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01/01/1976 Documentary 0h 57m
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Overview

This feature documentary profiles the brave Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. To save Spain's constitutionally elected government from the threat of a fascist dictatorship (which eventually prevailed), over 40,000 volunteers from around the world fought in Spain, and 1200 of those were the Canadians of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. More than half of them never returned. This respectful, emotional and historically rich film is committed to the memory of those who truly believed in the cause of the Spanish Republic.

  1. Albert Kish

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-03-31
This is quite an interesting documentary that tells the story of the 1,200 Canadians who travelled to Spain between 1936-1939 to fight for the Republican cause during the Civil War. Using some well retrieved and effective archive footage from both Spain and Canada at the time, we quickly realise that those leaving to fight had little of worth to leave behind. The depression had hit Canada hard, and with over 1.5 million unemployed and many living in glorified army camps being paid 20c per day to help build roads the attraction of taking part in the fight in Spain was obvious. Meantime, the gov...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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