Auto wolności dla niewolnych | SEAT 600

A car of freedom for the unfree, or the story of the SEAT 600, the tiny car that put an entire nation on wheels under the dictatorship of General Franco. This is the story of how Spain, poor, isolated, and condemned by the world, built a car that gave millions of families their first taste of freedom and their first trip to the sea, even though they had to wait up to four years for the car. We reveal the hidden, dark price of this economic miracle: the Cold War Madrid Pact of 1953, five American bases on Spanish soil, and over a billion dollars in aid, thanks to which the regime lifted the country from poverty. It is also the shocking story of the Palomares disaster of January 17, 1966, when an American B-52 bomber dropped four hydrogen bombs on a Spanish village, one of which was searched for in the sea for 80 days. We also discuss the surprising irony of fate, as it was the SEAT 600, built to legitimize the dictatorship, that quietly helped push Spain toward democracy. We also touch on the Polish aspect of this story, as the Spanish car was even exported to Poland, and its ideological twin was our beloved little one. The music used in the film is "Eyes of Glory" by Aakash Gandhi and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Cooper Cannell. The photos are from archive.org and are publicly available.