3-023-590 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

A Man Standing Outside the Frontage of a Building Obscured By Sandbags Next To an Ornamental Gate, 1937. Spanish Civil War. '...there was - alas - plenty of trouble...at large in Europe, particularly in places like Madrid. For the cities of Spain were the first to feel the breath of war in a truly modern manner. It has been said that war is but an extension of politics. True enough, particularly if it happens to be a civil war...Sandbags, air-raid shelters, the constant threat of sudden death'. From "Time To Remember - Sense Of Values", 1937 (Reel 2); documentary film about the events of 1937, war in the Far East, build up to war in Europe.