The President of the Republic Manuel de Arriaga and his delegation walk through the wharf of Cais do Arsenal. Images of the british RMS Durham Castle ship transporting troops to Mozambique.
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.
The visit of the President of the Republic to the city council of Lisbon: arrival in carriage, a parade of a unit of infantry force in colonial campaign outfit.
Paço d’Arcos, Army. Views of the facilities and explosive devices work.
Documentary film on the education establishment, its facilities (edifice built in 1914 which now hosts the headquarters of the Guarda Nacional Republicana) and activites.
Train arrival to Sintra’s station. Views of the village: palaces and main buildings.
Views of the city of Guimarães. Upon today’s knowledge, only the image (incomplete) subsists.
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Film poster of the first public screening of films directed by Aurélio da Paz dos Reis.
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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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Notes on the work of film director José Branco Gomes Barata.
Notes on the team work; set still of Fernandez Tomaz.
A letter to the periodical on the authorship of the film «Angola» (1930).
Criticism on the weaknesses of the Portuguese documentary films included by law in every cinema-shows.
On the film potential in the domain of tourism. An incentive for that type of film.
On some weaknesses of the protection law stipulating the inclusion of 100 m footage of Portuguese documentary films in commercial scéances.
Notes on the first film exhibitions in Portugal and on Portuguese early films.
Notes on the huge development of documentary film, namely in Germany.