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.
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Portrait of the film director
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Fim poster.
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Criticism on the weaknesses of the Portuguese documentary films included by law in every cinema-shows.
On the film potential in the domain of tourism. An incentive for that type of film.
On some weaknesses of the protection law stipulating the inclusion of 100 m footage of Portuguese documentary films in commercial scéances.
Notes on the first film exhibitions in Portugal and on Portuguese early films.
Notes on the huge development of documentary film, namely in Germany.
Commentary on the film work of Artur Costa de Macedo.
Film review of 'Alfama, velha Lisboa'.
Manuel Antunes Amor reports on his documentary works in the East.