Slate: Spanish Civil War negatives
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Jonathan
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Awesome, not many of these people left.
johannielscom
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On occasions I feel sloppy for using all kinds of film mixed up, but to see that 'the master' also did this makes me feel better about it 🙂
Thanks for the link, John.
Thanks for the link, John.
elmer3.5
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Hi, very interesting, the best being all fresh i mean, they´re not put into a collection with only "the best"!
Thansk!
Thansk!
robur
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Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Cesar.
Regards,
Cesar.
GoodOldNorm
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About 15 years ago I was fortunate to attend a lecture given by a local man who fought int the Spanish civil war. Unfortunately his name escapes me but I can tell you a little about his life. He grew up in Nottingham (UK) a town that was hit hard by the depression in the 30s. He helped to organise a campaign against the fast growing fascist movement in the UK at that time. He would often be out at night chalking coded messages on the road surfaces of Nottingham. He did this to inform the people travelling in the city the next morning of secret meetings to organise anti fascist activities. This man heckled Oswald Mosley and fought Blackshirts hand to hand in the streets and meeting halls of Britain. When he heard of The Spanish Civil War he travelled to Spain to fight for what he believed in. The British Secret Service followed him as far as Paris (he was falsely accused of being a communist) but he lost them with help from French anti fascist contacts. His first real action of the war was a disaster. After neatly folding his clothes and placing his kit under a bush he climbed up to the top of a ridge overlooking a flat plain. Along side him on the ridge were people from all over the world, all anti fascist but not trained soldiers, these where the International Brigade. At tea time on a lovely summers day thousands of Fascist soldiers many of them Moors attacked, they easily overan the inexperienced I.B. Our hero came face to face with his enemy stood only five yards apart he could not fire his gun. Whether or not it was fear or compassion that made him pause to this day he could not tell you. The Moor soldier did not pause or think he shot the poor Brit, fortunately the bullet went through our mans hand between his forefinger and thumb up his arm and out of his elbow. He was spun violently backwards and rolled down the ridge where he lay for several hours unmolested. After surviving the Spanish Civil War he joined the Navy and fought as a seaman in WW11. I was very proud to shake this mans hand and I always think of him on remembrance day. I am sorry that I cannot remember his name but I will always rember his courage and what he did to fight fascism. Thanks for posting the link to the photos I found them very interesting, Norm
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About 15 years ago I was fortunate to attend a lecture given by a local man who fought int the Spanish civil war. Unfortunately his name escapes me but I can tell you a little about his life. He grew up in Nottingham (UK) a town that was hit hard by the depression in the 30s. He helped to organise a campaign against the fast growing fascist movement in the UK at that time. He would often be out at night chalking coded messages on the road surfaces of Nottingham. He did this to inform the people travelling in the city the next morning of secret meetings to organise anti fascist activities. This man heckled Oswald Mosley and fought Blackshirts hand to hand in the streets and meeting halls of Britain. When he heard of The Spanish Civil War he travelled to Spain to fight for what he believed in. The British Secret Service followed him as far as Paris (he was falsely accused of being a communist) but he lost them with help from French anti fascist contacts. His first real action of the war was a disaster. After neatly folding his clothes and placing his kit under a bush he climbed up to the top of a ridge overlooking a flat plain. Along side him on the ridge were people from all over the world, all anti fascist but not trained soldiers, these where the International Brigade. At tea time on a lovely summers day thousands of Fascist soldiers many of them Moors attacked, they easily overan the inexperienced I.B. Our hero came face to face with his enemy stood only five yards apart he could not fire his gun. Whether or not it was fear or compassion that made him pause to this day he could not tell you. The Moor soldier did not pause or think he shot the poor Brit, fortunately the bullet went through our mans hand between his forefinger and thumb up his arm and out of his elbow. He was spun violently backwards and rolled down the ridge where he lay for several hours unmolested. After surviving the Spanish Civil War he joined the Navy and fought as a seaman in WW11. I was very proud to shake this mans hand and I always think of him on remembrance day. I am sorry that I cannot remember his name but I will always rember his courage and what he did to fight fascism. Thanks for posting the link to the photos I found them very interesting, Norm
