Incomplet. A huge crowd attends a bullfight in a Doze Ribeiras parish square, located in the Angra do Heroísmo municipality in the Terceira Island, Azores. Some people defy the bull.
The film depicts the 3-day excursion of a group of workers of the newspaper “Diário de Notícias” to the aforesaid sites.
Images of several sports practised in Figueira da Foz: tennis, skating, barrels race, string game, auto and horse riding. Boa Viagem Mountain, “Vela” and the Cedar Woods.
Touristic sites of Figueira da Foz: streets, Casino, Hotel, City Hall, monuments, Palace Alorna and references to nearby towns.
Description of the extension work on the routes undertaken by the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro do Norte de Portugal (“Rail Company of the North of Portugal”).
The film shows a farmstead owned by Silveira Leitão where several animals are raised (pigs, sheep, lambs, oxen, horses, bulls and cows) among the pasture and turnip cultivation.
A patriotic rally in support of the Government attended by students of schools and universities from Lisbon, Oporto and Coimbra.
Non-fiction film on the aforesaid locations, in the region of Serra da Estrela ("Star Mountain Range", the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal).
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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.