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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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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News on the release of the Cinema Conde’s newsreel.
News on the 2nd meeting of the camera operator’s association to develop the creation of a class union.
Notes on the founding of a new portuguese film company, Lusitânia Film, its facilities and purposes.
News of the arrival of a Pathé film operator to complement Gaumont’s unit work in portraying the country.
Notes on the film 'A revolução de Lisboa' (Ernesto de Albuquerque, 1918) and on its subject matter.
Notes on the film on the escalation of Basílica da Estrela in Lisbon.
Notes on the use of instructional and training films during World War I. The example of a film produced by Bray Studios.
News on the foundation of the film company and its goal of equaling its counterparts.