Filmoteca Española: Silent Spanish fiction and non-fiction films (1913-1920)

>>View collection Filmoteca Española presents a selection of documentaries, newsreels and non-fiction movies showing the Spanish daily city and country life during the second decade of the 20th century. Amateur movies are also included. Newsreels include international news of WWI (The Battle of the Somme, Marshall Von MacKensen advancing on Dobrudja… and more). Some of the first Spanish motion pictures released in that period like "El alcalde de Zalamea" (“The Mayor of Zalamea”, 1914) or "Las patatas fritas" (“Potato chips”, 1916) can also be found.