Extraordinary women. 7, Martha Gelhorn / produced by WMR Productions ; in association with BBC Worldwide ; produced & directed by Sarah Jobling.

Martha Gellhorn became a war correspondent almost by accident when her lover, Ernest Hemingway, urged her to file a report from Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. She wrote about the innocent victims of the war: the civilians who lived in daily fear of being killed by bombs. It was the beginning o...

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Other Authors: Jobling, Sarah (Director, Producer), Okonedo, Sophie (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2015.
Series:Academic Video Online
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