The film shows the activities of a machine gun battalion: field exercises on horseback, combat, machine gun cleaning, horse riding and equestrian gymnastics, fencing, harnessing the wild mules.
The garrison units of Lisbon perform military exercises near the Jamor river, attended by the Minister of War, and in which artillery and “heavy” machine guns take part.
Documentary film on the daily life in the Military School: classes, sports (swedish gymnastics, leaps, pole vaulting), artillerty exercises, a parade featuring the school’s band.
Incomplet. Views of bathers and beaches of Parede, Tamariz, Conceição and Ribeiro in Cascais. Streets, hotels and chalets of Estoril. Shows, sports and leisure. Fishermen patching the fishing nets.
Non-fiction film on the key-players of the military coup of 28th May 1926, which brought the First Republic (1910-1926) to an end.
Images of the funeral ceremonies of the poet Guerra Junqueiro, gathering a huge crowd who followed the procession from Basílica da Estrela to the Jeronimos Monastery.
Documentary film on the education establishment, its facilities (edifice built in 1914 which now hosts the headquarters of the Guarda Nacional Republicana) and activites.
Images of a gala bullfight, on foot and on horseback, in an unidentified site.
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Notes on the film.
Notes on 2 documentary films portraying the countrywide tributes to the Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I.
Notes on the production activities of Portugália Film, its facilities and main goals.
Review of the film and of the 3rd issue of the Diário de Notícias newsreel series.
Biography of the film director and notes on his work, namely his documentary films.
Notes on the creation of a newsreels series and on the film 'O Funeral do Presidente'.
Article on the director’s position in the Portuguese film industry and on his joining the Empresa Leitão.
Announcement of the foundation of Portugália Film, its goals and ambitions.