Juan Garcia Duran is a veteran anarcho-sindicalyst, with a doctorate in the Sorbone University, who has work for thirty years as Librarian and with archives around the world to build up his master work "La Guerra Civil Espanola: Fuentes (Archives, bibliografia y filmegrafia)", published in 1985 by Editorial Critica. Spain.

The chapter dedicated to U.K. mentions that main SCW sources are not in the Foreign Office Archives, but in the Public Record Office Ruskin Ave. Kew. Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. Documents can be copied or mail ordered following the Index: to Foreign Office General Correspondence 1920-1939. The Index contains 19000 documents directly or just connnected with the SCW. The main source relates to Sea Warfare (5000 documents).

Each entry follows an alphabetical order, for instance: "Measures to prevent Italian Fascists entering via Gibraltar: suggestion made by Spanish Government for non recognition of passports issued by Spanish Consulates in Italy, with the exception of those issued at Naples" W13720/9549/41. The explanation of such figure is as follows: W13720 is document number, 9549 is file number and 41 means Spain, 1IWII means Western . (Please, is there anyone in G. Britain who can volunteer to obtain for me a copy of W5816/83/41 )

Number of Portuguese serving with Nationalist Forces; W15667/83/41 Flow of recruits from Portugal; W16108/83/41 Number of volunteers from Portugal :Measures for withdrawal. Any copy and mail expenses shall be happily refunded.

The main Foreign Office Archives are at Chancery Lane, where some other documents can be found but the main SCW files are in the above archives.

Documents from the House of Commons and the House of Lords, are to be found at The Record Office, House of Lords, London S.W.1 (Records of Parliament) Debates 1936-1939. HMSO London, from 1940. And Accounts and Papers vol 28 no 1-2 International Committee for the application of the agreement regarding non intervention in Spain (all printed volumes) . Also Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919-1939 London HMSO, 1979 beginning in vol 17, with 530 documents in that volume, and finishing in vol. 19.

Other sources are: Marx House Archives Library London EC1R ODU, which contains lots of original material from the International Brigade Association, mainly from the XV Brigade. Also complete collections of "The volunteer for liberty" and "Spain Today" newspapers.

Archives from the Application of Non Intervention International Committee. at Ruskin Ave. Kew. Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU .

The British Library offers about 1000 books related to SCW. See "British Museum Subject Index of the modern works added to the British Museum Library (1936-1960)" Subject is: Spain, History Twentieth century. Civil War. For recent books see The British National Bibliography .

Press Library. Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Chatham House. St.
James Sq.
London SW1 4LE.
One of the best collection of newspapers and articles classified for countries and subjects.

British Film Institute
81 Dean St. London W1V 6AA:
26 films of British production

British Paramount News -Visnews.
Cumberland Ave. London NW10 7 EH
Almost a hundred films on the subject.

Educational & Television Films
247a Upper St. Highbury Corner London N1 1RU.
A dozen or so SCW films.

Gaumont British News : its archives and films are with British Paramount News.

Imperial War Museum Lambeth Rd.London SE1 6HZ Half a dozen films.

Movietone Film Library .
North Orbital Rd. Denham , Nr. Uxbridge, Middx.
Denham 2323: almost 100 original films.

Universal news - its archive is now owned and held by British Paramount - see above .

The Times newspaper.
Gray's Inn Rd.London WC1 X 8EZ.
See "Palmer's Index to the Times" newspaper 1906-1941 under Spain. Civil War there are more than 30 chapters.

As this information was published in 1985, I would kindly ask to make a proper review by any British reader, from the basis herein given. If you find it interesting , next issues of 'Abanderado' will provide a review of other chapters of Garcia Duran book dedicated to other countries research archives.