Hemingway and the Spanish Civil War
00:00 - 01:53
1m 53s
Ernest Hemingway narrates the opening of a The Spanish Earth, a film he wrote with John Dos Passos to bring the realities of the Spanish Civil War to a worldwide audience. It was created with the support of the left-leaning Republican, democratically elected government in Spain who were in conflict with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy backed Nationalist forces under Francisco Franco.

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