After reprising key events from Alfonso XIII’s early years—most notably the loss of Spain’s remaining colonies in 1898—this program traces his reign up to the military debacle at Annual. Vintage film and dramatizations bring early-20th-century Spain to life as they document major challenges to Spanish monarchal rule: Catalan agitation for autonomy, the spread of socialism and anarchism, the execution of Francisco Ferrer Guardia, labor violence, and ongoing warfare in Morocco. Sociocultural aspects of the times, such as the literary Generation of ’98, are also singled out. Not available in French-speaking Canada. An RTVE Production. (Spanish with English subtitles, 63 minutes)