The launching of the destroyer ‘Tejo’ in the river Tagus – shipyard Rocha de Conde d'Óbidos, Lisbon, with the presence of the President of the Ministers Council.
Unedited footage. Images of the official opening of the building, located in Av. Da Liberdade, Lisbon, with the presence of the President of the Republic. Shots of the car exhibition.
Incomplet. The arrival of Congressmen at Aveiro's railway station. Images of the city, and the group’s visit to the shipyards and the seaplane hangar of São Jacinto.
Unedited footage. Successive shots of the event's public.
First phase of the works of water supply system to the city of Lisbon. The construction site is visited by the Minister of Public Works and Communications.
Incomplet. Unedited footage. Shots of the President Sidónio Pais’ visit to the North of the country: the arrival of the official delegation is attended by military and civilians.
Images of the excursion to the aforesaid places.
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.
Film frame
Photograph of the production company's installations: the power station.
Film frame
A view of the production company’s installations: the film studios on the left, the main building on the right.
Film frame.
Portrait of João Freire Correia and Maximino Abranches, 1909
Film frame
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.
Short note on the inexistance of Portuguese legislation on film industry.
A foretaste of Portuguese cinema's success in the year of 1930.
Notes on the educational potential of film.
On the potentials of sound film for the recording of Portugal’s oral traditions.
A protest on the fragmentation of a film about Angola as a way for exhibitors to enforcing the law.
Notes on a group of documentary films and on documentary cinema in general.