A beautiful animated short film of the Spanish Navy on the current Flag of Spain

This May 28th marks the 240th anniversary of the adoption of the current Spanish flag as the national ensign by the Spanish Navy.

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Spain today has a flag that flew at sea before becoming the National Flag. That red and yellow ensign, which some consider a mere piece of cloth, has long been for Spanish sailors the symbol of their homeland and the bond that unites them with their native land, even from the most remote corners of the world. With it, every ship of the Spanish Navy is a piece of Spain that bears our colors everywhere.

The current red and gold ensign became the national flag of Spain on 28 May 1785, by a Royal Decree of King Charles III and after a competition was held to find a flag that would look better at sea than the one used until then, which bore the royal coat of arms on a white background.

This Tuesday, the Spanish Navy released a beautiful animated short film that explains the origin and meaning of the Flag of Spain for our sailors. The video was directed by Abraham López Guerrero and featured collaborations with the excellent cartoonist Borja Montoro, animator and illustrator Nacho Subirats, and conceptual artist Javier Blázquez, with exceptional voice actor Ramón Langa as narrator (The video is in Spanish but has an English audio track; you can activate it in the bottom bar of the player):

The Spanish Navy explains the following in the description of this video: "Through its protagonists, Juan, a rescued castaway who begins his life in the Navy; Churruca, the Admiral who rescues Juan and teaches and guides him through his promotion process, and El Platas, a character who represents brotherhood, and in a key of adventures, pirates, battles and excitement, this short film tries to explain the origins of the Royal Decree of Charles III that defines and unifies a single flag for Spanish ships, a flag that has survived to this day."