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...
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Photograph of the production company's installations: the power station.
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A view of the production company’s installations: the film studios on the left, the main building on the right.
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Portrait of João Freire Correia and Maximino Abranches, 1909
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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.
Notes on the documentary films depicting submarine life, referring some technologies used.
Report on the departure of Augusto Claro to Africa and the reasons behind this departure.