Incomplet. A huge crowd attends a bullfight in a Doze Ribeiras parish square, located in the Angra do Heroísmo municipality in the Terceira Island, Azores. Some people defy the bull.
The film depicts the 3-day excursion of a group of workers of the newspaper “Diário de Notícias” to the aforesaid sites.
Images of several sports practised in Figueira da Foz: tennis, skating, barrels race, string game, auto and horse riding. Boa Viagem Mountain, “Vela” and the Cedar Woods.
Touristic sites of Figueira da Foz: streets, Casino, Hotel, City Hall, monuments, Palace Alorna and references to nearby towns.
Description of the extension work on the routes undertaken by the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro do Norte de Portugal (“Rail Company of the North of Portugal”).
The film shows a farmstead owned by Silveira Leitão where several animals are raised (pigs, sheep, lambs, oxen, horses, bulls and cows) among the pasture and turnip cultivation.
A patriotic rally in support of the Government attended by students of schools and universities from Lisbon, Oporto and Coimbra.
Non-fiction film on the aforesaid locations, in the region of Serra da Estrela ("Star Mountain Range", the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal).
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A view of the production company’s installations: the film studios on the left, the main building on the right.
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Portrait of João Freire Correia and Maximino Abranches, 1909
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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.
Notes on the work of film director José Branco Gomes Barata.
Film review.
Notes on the film ‘Como se faz um jornal’, and the founding of a unit dedicated to producing colonial films.
Notes on the team work; set still of Fernandez Tomaz.
Notes on the film works of José César de Sá and Fernandez Tomaz.
Notes on how documentary films about Portugal can contribute to tourism reinforcement.
Notes on the potential of film in diffusing Portugal abroad.
Notes on the works by César de Sá and Fernandes Tomaz.