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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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.