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Abstract
Part I. Movement of infantry and cavalry west of Madrid. A chain of fighters of the people's militia moves across the field. General Miyakha is in charge of the operation. Participants of the Second International Congress in Defense of Culture in the meeting room; opening the meeting, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Republic Negrin, are the General Commissioner of the Republican Army Alvarez del Vayo (sinhr. in Spanish. Yaz.), German writer G. Regler. Among the writers - participants of the congress, the French writer A. Malraux, German writers A. Segers, E.E. Kish, Soviet writers A. Tolstoy, M. Koltsov etc. Part II. Soldiers of the people's militia shoot at the enemy with rifles and artillery pieces, go to the attack on the battlefield. A truck with volunteers, a bus with soldiers of the people's militia passing along the streets of Barcelona. Trucks with artillery pieces are driving along the street. Soldiers of the people's militia at military exercises. Armed fighters of the international brigade E. Lister in the ranks. E. Lister salutes. Seeing the soldiers of the people's militia to the front. Part III. Soviet writer A.N. Tolstoy and the Danish writer M. Andersen-Nexe at the drinking fountain in a street in Barcelona. V.L. Stavsky, A.N. Tolstoy, A.A. Fadeev, A. Barto, V.V. Vishnevsky greet the fighters of the people's militia. Participants of the 2nd Congress in Defense of Culture in the hall. Writers A.N. Tolstoy, M.E. Koltsov, L. Rennes, A. Malraux applaud. M. Andersen-Nexe on the podium. J. Benda speaking (sync. In French). Soldiers of the 11th division are handing over trophies taken at Brunete to the congress participants. Spanish poet V. Alberti, E.E. Kish, A.N. Tolstoy with soldiers and trophies on stage. Republican troops enter the city of Brunete.
Director
N. Karmazinsky, V. Erofeev
Color
B&W
Film ID
13621
Keywords
civil war in spain
, cities
, international movements
, literature
Meterage
617
Number of Parts
3
Operators
R. Carmen
Other Creators
Музоформление А. Reutman, D. Block, sound engineer D. Oatmeal
Release Date
1937
Sound