Laya Films documentary about the bombing of Catalonia by German and Italian aircraft, specifically the strikes on the cities of Barcelona and Lleida, during the Spanish Civil War. The film begins with...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Images from inside the Basque Government building in Barcelona. Distribution of food. An official points to a rationing sign captured by t...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Basque President, José Antonio Aguirre, and former Justice Minister, Manuel Irujo, accompanied by doctors and health service personnel, t...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Images of coal mining in Sant Joan de les Abadesses. We are shown the entrance to the mine, the transport equipment and the narrow gauge r...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Images of a Catalan rock salt mining operation. Large salt crystal formations. The narrator points out that, in addition to the economic b...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Basque refugees in a mountain residence in Catalonia. The refugees perform domestic and agricultural tasks and we are shown close-up shots...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. A Catalan delegation visit Madrid to mark the first anniversary of the start of its defence. Images of the delegation at the Brihuega (Gua...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Minister without Portfolio, Manuel de Irujo, visits the lines of trenches along the Eastern Front that form the advance to divide the enem...
Set inside a room made to look like an art studio, a sculptor works the clay prepared by his assistant onto a frame hanging on the wall, and deftly moulds a series of faces depicting a variety of char...
A gypsy begs for money from Juanita and her boyfriend Pedro. Pedro goes to give her some but Juanita stops him. Then Juanita daydreams that the gypsy persuades a gang of ruffians to kidnap Pedro. The ...
Gringoire and his wife, Claudine, have an argument and Gringoire storms out of the house. Claudine follows him but cannot persuade him to return. Peevishly, he sits down in the middle of a field where...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. A battalion of Czech army mechanized infantry and light armoured units readied to participate in the Milovice military manoeuvres, part of...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. A unit of Catalan militia sets out for the front north of Huesca. Drills performed in snowy mountainous terrain, militiamen advancing up a...
Laya Films documentary produced during the Spanish Civil War which aims to show the effects of war on the Spanish civilian population. It begins with images showing rural life, with farmers cultivatin...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Images of men and women among the branches of almond trees in blossom. The narrator presents the image to herald in a spring filled with p...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Ethiopia's Emperor, Haile Selassie, visits the League of Nations. Images of the delegation arriving by car at the headquarters and of Hail...