The Spanish earth [videorecording] / Contemporary Historians, Inc. ; a film by Joris Ivens ; commentary, Ernest Hemingway.

• Classic documentary made during the Spanish Civil War to dramatize the effect of the Fascist uprising on the ordinary citizen. Shows the struggle to protect Madrid from Francisco Franco's followers, the bombing of the city by German and Italian planes, and farmers trying to construct an irrigation system under the near-impossible circumstances of war. 

Ämnesord

War and motion pictures.  (fast)

Spain  -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939. (LCSH)

Spain  -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Motion pictures and the war. (LCSH)

Spain.  (fast)

1936 - 1939  (fast)

Genre

War films.  (lcgft)

Documentary films.  (lcgft)

Documentary films.  (fast)

History.  (fast)

War films.  (fast)

Konferensnamn

Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939)

Klassifikation

DP269 (LCC)