The film shows the activities of a machine gun battalion: field exercises on horseback, combat, machine gun cleaning, horse riding and equestrian gymnastics, fencing, harnessing the wild mules.
The garrison units of Lisbon perform military exercises near the Jamor river, attended by the Minister of War, and in which artillery and “heavy” machine guns take part.
Documentary film on the daily life in the Military School: classes, sports (swedish gymnastics, leaps, pole vaulting), artillerty exercises, a parade featuring the school’s band.
Incomplet. Views of bathers and beaches of Parede, Tamariz, Conceição and Ribeiro in Cascais. Streets, hotels and chalets of Estoril. Shows, sports and leisure. Fishermen patching the fishing nets.
Non-fiction film on the key-players of the military coup of 28th May 1926, which brought the First Republic (1910-1926) to an end.
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.
Documentary film on the education establishment, its facilities (edifice built in 1914 which now hosts the headquarters of the Guarda Nacional Republicana) and activites.
Images of a gala bullfight, on foot and on horseback, in an unidentified site.
Film frame.
Film frame
film frame
Title cards in vegetal paper.
Title cards in vegetal paper.
Title cards in vegetal paper.
Notes on the inexistence of Portuguese artistic documentary films.
Notes on the educational potential of film.
Article on the profile of a film reporter and the inexistence of such a career in Portugal.
On the Law of 1927 establishing as mandatory the exhibition of a 100m Portuguese film in every theatrical screenings
Notes on the need of a law enforcing the protection of the Portuguese film industry.