No-Do
No-Do is the colloquial name for Noticiarios y Documentales,, a state-controlled series of cinema newsreels produced in Spain from 1943 to 1981 and closely associated with the 1936-1975 Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime.
In their heyday, the No-Do newsreels predictably contained a good deal of propaganda and effervescent reporting in favour of the Francoist State. They were a way in which Franco could have a monopoly over the news and supply public information, censorship and propaganda for the formation of public opinion favorable to the Spanish State.
The No-Do newsreels, tainted by their indelible association with the Francoist State, fell out of favour within a few years of Spain's transition 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 programmes.
