Images of a Portuguese event in the “Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne”, the Paris Exposition of 1937 : the guests’ arrival, ball, song-performances by Luís P...
Views of the social event (a garden-party in Estoril).
Macao: Praia Grande Bay, main streets, rickshaws, public buildings and the “Loyal Senate”, local games, gardens and Grotto of Camoens, Interior Port.
Film on potato harvesting: men and women sow and pick potatoes with the help of horses (plough) and mechanical instruments. Potatoes production costs.
Incomplet. Depiction of the construction of wooden vessels in master builder Manuel Maria Mónica’s dockyards, in Ílhavo.
Views of the Mafra Convent. Interiores: statues, bas-reliefs, objects. Room decorated with deer heads.
Algarve: a succession of travelling shots along roads flanked by almond trees in bloom.
The exteriors of the studios of the Oporto-based film company, Invicta Film.
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Film frame of Arthur Costa de Macedo's 'Homenagens aos soldados desconhecidos' ('Tribute to Unknown Soldiers'), 1921.
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Commentary on the film and its subject matter (the tribute to Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I).
Notes on the film and its thematics (a fundraising event for the War Memorial).
Review on the 4 years of the periodical. Description of the anniversary celebrations.
Notes on the film.
Notes on 2 documentary films portraying the countrywide tributes to the Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I.
Notes on the production activities of Portugália Film, its facilities and main goals.
Review of the film and of the 3rd issue of the Diário de Notícias newsreel series.
Biography of the film director and notes on his work, namely his documentary films.