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Francisco Franco, 1936. 'Over France's southern frontier came sounds of strife and streams of refugees. For Spain was a land divided itself. The Spanish rightists rose against the newly-elected government. There was an explosion of passion in a country sharply contrasted between poverty and wealth, left and right. At first, the government maintained control. Then from Spanish Morocco, the Governor of the Canaries, a general Franco, brought to the rebels reinforcement and leadership. Then Spain was in for agony...In that bitter struggle for a country, other nations took sides. The Franco forces received aid from Germany and Italy, the government from Soviet Russia. The line-up of future opponents was taking form'. From "Time To Remember - The Time Of The Three Kings", 1936 ( Reel 4); documentary about events of the year of the abdication crisis.