With newsreel footage gleaned from the archives of six countries, this now-classic documentary tells the story of the Spanish Civil War from 1931 to 1939; and with shots of Spain in the Sixties interspersed, it tells a story of the war's ongoing effects. Director Frederic Rossif keeps the plight of the Spanish people at the fore while attempting to illuminate the confusion of political events that constituted the struggle. Though the film is narrated by John Gielgud and Irene Worth, its strength (and its major source of information) is to be found in its powerful images - “La Pasionaria proudly declaiming to the crowds below her; a ship in harbour with the words ‘Carlos Marx' painted on its flag;...lorries over-filled with makeshift soldiers, trundling their way to the front; the absurd contrast between the Republican fighters with their cardboard suitcases and the machine-like precision of the Condor Legion; the final parade of the remnants of the International Brigade through the cheering crowds of Madrid; a line of Basque priests roped together as they walk to their execution” (Monthly Film Bulletin). To Die in Madrid rem