Images of the River Douro from Oporto to Entre-os-Rios.
The airmen visit Oporto: the entourage walks through the city and attend a children's party at Crystal Palace. Gago Coutinho steers one of the “farman” seaplanes lent by Angel Beauvalet.
“A shot of a great bustle” (in "Jornal de Notícias" - 1 Nov 1896). Fragment.
One of the earliest Portuguese films, by Aurélio da Paz dos Reis, frequently refered to as the first Portuguese film director, shows the workers of a factory on their way out.
Fragmento. One of the earliest films by Aurélio da Paz dos Reis, frequently refered to as the first Portuguese film director, shows two couples in traditional attire dancing.
Images of Figueira da Foz: streets, monuments (including a WWI Memorial), allegoric cars, procession, the beach and the vacationers, the Casino.
Images of the shearing of sheep in the autonomous region of Madeira.
Film documenting a tortuous series of cavalry exercises. It includes a harrowing sequence of horses descending steep hills and cliffs and jumping into the water. Film restored in collaboration w...
Film frame of the film 'Panoramas do Porto' ('Panoramas of Oporto', c. 1900).
Portrait.
Film frame of Arthur Costa de Macedo's 'Homenagens aos soldados desconhecidos' ('Tribute to Unknown Soldiers'), 1921.
Film frame.
Film frame.
Film frame
Film frame.
Notes on how documentary films about Portugal can contribute to tourism reinforcement.
Notes on the potential of film in diffusing Portugal abroad.
Interview with Aníbal Contreiras on the film productions of Lisboa-Film.
The author proposes that the State should produce films about the major national monuments and sites as a contribute to education.
Notes on the film 'Peregrinação Patriótica' (1929). Photos.
Review.
Notes on the release of 4 documentary films produced by Lusitâna Film.
Interview with Edurardo Lopes, manager of the distribution company Fomento Artístico on the Portuguese film industry.