An aristocratic couple go on a trip. They stop to eat, but insects and other animals emerge from their picnic. It starts to rain and they take shelter in a house that turns out to be haunted and where...
A hand is seen to perform magic tricks to make quantities of coins appear and disappear. At one point, the head of a man appears who begins to produce coins from his mouth while the hand taps his fore...
A landowner (the heir to Can Pruna) decides to advertise for a wife. He receives a great deal of interest and numerous potential suitors turn up at the meeting place stated in the advert. Seeing how m...
A man is seen applying lather to his beard in front of a mirror as he prepares to shave. Suddenly, his reflection in the mirror is replaced by a series of grotesque and terrible faces, much to the ann...
Re-enactment of the siege of Saragossa during the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814) against France. Featuring scenes depicting the way in which the local people and soldiers battled to defend th...
Set against a black backdrop decorated with plant life, a girl makes various characters appear and disappear from huge eggs. This film forms part of what is known as 'cinema of attractions', success...
Laya Films documentary on the training of the Republican army's mountain battalions in the Pyrenees during the Spanish Civil War. Includes images of a variety of training exercises, both on foot and o...
Laya Films news report produced during the Spanish Civil War. Mexico's ambassador to Spain, Colonel Adalberto Tejeda, reads a message from his government which reaffirms its support for the Spanish Re...