Unedited footage. Landscapes of the Serra da Estrela (the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal). Rock Cabeça da Velha.
Unedited footage. In Oporto, the climbing of Clérigo’s Tower by the Galician acrobats Puertollano in July 1917 as a promotional event of a crackers brand.
Comprehensive documentary film about the coal industry in the colamines of S. Pedro da Cova (north of Portugal).
Film on the city of Viseu and its several touristic spots: churches, monuments, forts, 15th and 16th century houses, palaces, hotels, ancient and modern streets and avenues, parks and bridges.
In a fire drill, a phone call alerts the firefighters to a fire in a block of flats. In the barrack, firefighters go to their vehicles to fight it and perform a rescue.
The celebrations in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) for the transfer of the territories administrated by the Niassa Company (of British and French interests) to the control of the Portuguese colonial g...
Film presenting touristic spots of Évora, in Alentejo: Giraldo Square, Cathedral, Roman Temple (Temple of Diana), São Brás Chapel, São Francisco Church and Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça.
Carts pulled by horses march in Campo Grande with spectators in the stands. Occasionally we see flowers being throwed.
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Silvino Santos filming the Teotonio fall for the film commissioned by J. G. de Araujo from Manaus.
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Photograph of the production company's installations: the power station.
Notes on the sound newsreels. Emphasis on the presence in Portugal of Paramount operators.
Article defending the adoption of measures to foster the Portuguese film productions.
Portuguese film operator, Manuel Maria da Costa Veiga, remembers the first years of film exhibition in Portugal.
Weekly publication of cinematographic art.
Notes on the cinematographic work of Aníbal Contreiras and César de Sá.
Commentary on the scientific films’ enormous interest, namely those using chronophotography.
Notes on film’s potential in depicting reality with emphasis on some reels on WWI.
Commentary on the historical value of newsreels in terms of search and reconstructing of events.