With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain
"Lincoln Brigade volunteers train, fight, and convalesce on the Spanish front"
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About this film
American volunteers in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade are shown in training, on the Spanish Civil War front lines, and recovering in hospitals, in footage shot by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Herbert Kline and combined with Robert Capa newsreel material for union-hall fundraisers.
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Historical background
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain (1940) emerged during the studio era and wartime cinema. Filmed in black and white, it documents the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, combining footage shot by Cartier-Bresson and Kline with newsreel material by Robert Capa and additional footage by Jacques Lemare. Archival records and catalog entries help place the work within film-history surveys of the period.
Why this film matters
Preserved under Wikidata ID Q64761066, With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain is valued as a nonfiction record within catalog and archive collections. Wikipedia's "With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain" entry connect it to broader histories of cinema exhibition and restoration.
Making of
Production details for With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain (1940) are drawn from archival listings and reference sources; surviving materials vary by title.
What critics said
Survival status shapes reception: With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain is discussed mainly in preservation and film-history literature rather than in wide contemporary review columns.
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Visual style
Visual style for With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain reflects period camera and lighting practice documented in surviving prints or stills.
Music
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain belongs to the sound or transitional era; music and dialogue handling depend on the surviving print.
What audiences thought
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain (1940) reached whatever regional audiences its distributor could access; later interest comes mainly from repertory and online preservation.
Film restoration
A copy or excerpt is available via Wikimedia Commons.
Where to watch
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:With%20the%20Lincoln%20Brigade%20in%20Spain.webm