BIOGRAPHY OF GENERALISSMO FRANCISCO FRANCO SPAIN & SPANISH CIVIL WAR 50034

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This documentary from 1961 is part of the ‘Biography’ series created in the 1960’s by David L. Wolper and narrated by Mike Wallace. This episode takes a look at Francisco Franco prior to, during and after the Spanish Civil War which took place from 1936 to 1939. Francisco Franco is pictured at (:39). Mike Wallace informs viewers Franco had ruled as a dictator for a quarter of a century (1:27). Spanish army troops are seen moving through the streets (2:11). Franco’s early youth is depicted (3:04) beginning with his birth in Galicia in 1892. Franco is pictured at fourteen during his enrollment at a military academy (3:12) and at seventeen (3:23) following graduation when he had become a 2nd Lieutenant in the Spanish army. Spanish naval vessels are seen loaded with troops in 1912 (3:34) as Franco volunteered to aide in squashing native uprisings in Morocco. Franco rose