Bravo Portugal!
name: label: Collection Director
content: Porterfield, Jeanne
label: Collection Director
content: Chickering, Lisa
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content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection
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content: Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection / Series 7: Films and film-related sound recordings
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2015.16, Subseries 7.6
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film shot in the mid-1960s and released in 1965 representing various attractions and destinations throughout Portugal. Footage includes tourist attractions as well as traditional ceremonies, festivals, and activities, including: the Tower of Belém, Church and Monastery of Jerónimos, the Monument to the Discoveries, Black Horse Square, and Alfama in Lisbon, as well as footage of a mass wedding on St. Anthony's Day; Nazaré; Coimbra and its university; a pousada in Óbidos and local methods of fishing for kelp, sardines, and tuna; vineyards in Porto; medieval architecture and two traditional dances in Bragança; a bull festival in Santarém and footage of a local caballero at home; and the Festa dos Tabuleiros in Tomar. Footage is devoted to both rural and urban destinations as well as their residents. The film tends toward the informal and humorous and includes footage of the filmmakers themselves. A shorter sound version, Portugal with Pleasure, was edited from the same footage and released in 1968 under contract with Volkswagen.

Locations include: Lisbon, Coimbra, Óbidos, Bragança, Santarém, Tomar.