No-Do
Encyclopedia
No-Do is the colloquial
name for Noticiarios y Documentales, ("News and Documentaries"), state-controlled series of cinema
newsreel
s produced in Spain from 1943 to 1981 and closely associated with the 1939–1975 dictatorship of General Francisco Franco
. In their heyday, the No-Do newsreels predictably contained a good deal of propaganda
and servile reporting in favour of the Franco regime. They were a way in which Franco could have a monopoly over the news and inform, or not inform, the people of whatever he wanted to. The No-Do newsreels, tainted by their indelible association with the dictatorship, fell out of favour within a few years of Spain's return to democratic government
after Franco's death. The last No-Do was produced in 1981 prior to the operation's absorption into RTVE
, Spain's state-controlled television and radio broadcaster.
The No-Do archive is an important asset of RTVE and is often mined for nostalgia
programs.
Colloquialism
A colloquialism is a word or phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation rather than in formal speech, academic writing, or paralinguistics. Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier...
name for Noticiarios y Documentales, ("News and Documentaries"), state-controlled series of cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
newsreel
Newsreel
A newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest. It was a source of news, current affairs and entertainment for millions of moviegoers...
s produced in Spain from 1943 to 1981 and closely associated with the 1939–1975 dictatorship of General Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
. In their heyday, the No-Do newsreels predictably contained a good deal of propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
and servile reporting in favour of the Franco regime. They were a way in which Franco could have a monopoly over the news and inform, or not inform, the people of whatever he wanted to. The No-Do newsreels, tainted by their indelible association with the dictatorship, fell out of favour within a few years of Spain's return to democratic government
Spanish transition to democracy
The Spanish transition to democracy was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. The transition is usually said to have begun with Franco’s death on 20 November 1975, while its completion has been variously said to be marked by the Spanish...
after Franco's death. The last No-Do was produced in 1981 prior to the operation's absorption into RTVE
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...
, Spain's state-controlled television and radio broadcaster.
The No-Do archive is an important asset of RTVE and is often mined for nostalgia
Nostalgia
The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past, often in idealized form.The word is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of , meaning "returning home", a Homeric word, and , meaning "pain, ache"...
programs.