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1936 SPAIN: Spanish civil war victory still eludes both armies
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3:32Now PlayingDate: 24th August 1936
Location: ALICANTE, SPAIN SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN PINA, SPAIN MADRID, SPAIN BURGOS, SPAIN
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Spanish civil war nears climax. British Paramount News cameramen on all fronts risk death for pictures of fighting.
GIBRALATAR
Gen. view Rock of Gibraltar
SPAIN: San Sebastian
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Top view pan. of San Sebastian harbr. Long view & semi view of debris in st. pan. down shelled house & semi view showing shelled house.Gen view. People milling about. Cu. of big shell. Gen view. destroyed British Consulate. Men carrying coffin out of house and loading it onto back of truck.
SPAIN: Burgos
Top view of crowd at Burgos. Cu. generals Mola and Franco towards. Long view of Generals onto Balcony. Pan. of packed square. Side view Franco addressing crowd. Pan. of crowds with hands upraised. Cu. of generals Mola & Franco leaving Bldg.
SPAIN: Villafranca
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Gen view "Villafranca" sign on side of destroyed building. Street scene. LAS tilt down Balconies. Gen view Spanish flag on side of building.
SPAIN: Tolosa
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Gen view group of rebels pose for camera. Gen view bullet riddled government tank.
Rubble of buildings in damaged village. Vehicle drives past body in street. Armed men standing beside body. Body on ground
SPAIN: Madrid
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Gen view of Largo Caballero and his right-hand man Alvarez del Vayo head of the workers union, walking with armed men. Wide men building defences. Wide defence lines (audio gunfire)
SPAIN: San Sebastian
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Government troops fire on statue of Christ and the Angels. Gunmen throwing rubble of monument to the ground.
SPAIN: Toledo
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Gen view Battle scenes from fight for Toledo. Men on rooftops firing. Fields with heavy artillery firing. Troops behind sandbags. Top view men firing from dugout. Gen view heavily damaged building. More troops firing (audio gunfire)
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