Spanish Civil War and the International Brigades
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'Newsreel': film of a poem
Film of the poem 'Newsreel' by C Day-Lewis. Film by Roger Lang of Cleo.
The film is constructed from archive materials from British Pathe set to the words of Day-Lewis's poem of the same name written in 1936. The last verse is as striking today in the age of terrorist threat as when it was written. The film is published on the web using 'Flash' as part of the National Education Network British Pathe schools project.
:: click here to see the film.... (Please give it a few seconds to load up...thank you...)
:: Read and/or download the "independent learner" and teacher notes about the poem and the film.
Notes on 'Newsreel'.
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"...I sat on my leg to stop the bleeding..."
Paddy Cochrane, from Dublin, volunteered for the British Mediical Unit as a ambulance driver. After serving on the front east of Madrid he was posted to the mountain village of Belchite which was being bombed, and where he was wounded by a 'sniper' and rescued by an American brigader who carried him to safety.
"...the next morning I heard a voice crying, "Any Americans?"...I shouted "No! Just an Irishman!"...and he carried me, fireman style, under fire, to safety..."
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Events recorded on video...
:: 2010
Geoff Lawes on the Hull brigaders ... Jack Jones memorial at IWM ... Len Crome lecture IWM by Richard Baxell.
:: 2009
Len Crome memorial lecture ... Celebration for Bob Doyle ... IBMT Jubilee Gardens annual event ... IBMT AGM and events in Middlesborough, Durham and Newcastle ... Celebration for Jack Jones, Royal Festival Hall ... events in Belfast, December 2009 ...
:: 2008
70th anniversary events of the International Brigades leaving Spain in Stiges and Barcelona - October 2008.
:: IBMT Jubilee Gardens annual event - July 2008
2007
:: 71st anniversary events, unveiling of the memorial and AGM in Belfast - October 2007.
:: 71st anniversary event London - July 2007 - including Billy Bragg and Spanish veteran Roman Marquez
2006
:: 70th anniversary event and AGM in Manchester - October 2006.
:: 70th anniversary event in London - July 2006 - including the speech by the Spanish Ambassador to London Carlos Miranda and text of the speech to the EU by the president Josep Borrell.
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Video Interviews
Digital video interviews with International Brigade veterans include:
:: Paddy Cochrane :: Bernard McKenna :: Sam Lessor :: Jack Jones :: Jack Edwards
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Poems from Spain
'Where shall we find you George Brown?" read by Jim Jump editor of 'Poems from Spain' at the 70th anniversary event in London.
George Brown was a brigader from Manchester who was killed on the 7th July 1937 in the battle of Brunete. The poem in his memory is anonymous and was found in the Working Class Museum library in Salford.
:: We have video of Jim Jump talking about Poems from Spain.
'Poems from Spain'. published by Lawrence & Wishart, 2006.
See L&W... £10.99 paperback
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Video on The Web
Increasing amount of moving image material available through the web.
Usual problems with copyright and lack of contextual information in many cases.
:: Video on the web
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Acknowledgements
:: International Brigades Memorial Trust (IBMT) www.international-brigades.org.uk
:: Marlene Sidaway, Secretary of the IBMT.
:: Veterans: Jack Jones; Sam Lesser; Paddy Cochrane; Penny Feiwel; Bob Doyle; Jack Edwards.
:: Jim Jump editor of 'Poems from Spain' pub. Lawrence & Wishart. 2006.
:: Marx Memorial Library
:: Ciaran Crossey Ireland and the Spanish Civil War
:: British Pathe Schools LIcence
:: International Brigade Commemoration Committee, (IBCC) - Belfast.
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