Unedited footage. The footage depicts a release of bulls in the streets, which are then fight by several horsemen and bull herdsmen as a test to their fierceness ('tenta') in an open land in Vila Nova...
One of the earliest Portuguese films, by Aurélio da Paz dos Reis, frequently refered to as the first portuguese film director, shows the stunts of a trapeze artist in a garden.
Images on the arrival in Lisbon of the German Emperor Wilhelm II for an official visit.
Documentary film of the South Atlantic aerial crossing, from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral in 1922.
Touristic sites of the Graça area, in Lisbon: churches (Penha de França, S. Vicente de Fora, Graça), Flea market, J. de Castilho bust and Estrela d'Ouro neighbourhood.
Views of several locations in the North of Portugal: Melgaço and Viana do Castelo, the Senhora da Agonia Festivities, Lamego, the river Vouga railway line, the river Leça, Oporto and Gaia.
Amateur film; unedited footage. Images of the North of Portugal: a traditional parade, a horse show, a train on the banks of the Douro river, washerwomen, oxen carts, villagers and sheperds.
The monuments and landscapes visited by the group excursion.
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Portrait of the film director
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Article on the director’s position in the Portuguese film industry and on his joining the Empresa Leitão.
On the use of portable projectors for home sessions and as an aid to education.
Notes on the film productions of the daily newspaper “Diário de Notícias”.
Announcement of the foundation of Portugália Film, its goals and ambitions.
On the celebration of the 3rd anniversary of the film magazine and the programm presented at Salão Trindade.
On the installation of Empresa Leitão and the production company’s starting activities with references to its first film.
Commentary on the exhibition of the group of 12 films of the series ‘Portugal pittoresco e monumental’.
Notes on the film and its thematics.