[MOVIE]
1a Compagnia di fanteria indigena dell’Angola a Lisbona / Angola’s 1st Native Infantry Company in Lisbon; Prod.: Agência Geral das Colónias 35mm. L.: 246 m. D.: 12’ a 18 f/s. Bn.
Two years before this event, the 1st Angolan Native Infantry Company had acted as the guard of honour at the Portuguese pavilion in the Paris International Colonial Fair. Their exotic and martial appearance delighted the Portuguese press to such an extent that they became a major attraction.
Restoration credits
Print restored in 1999 from a nitrate print by ANIM/Cinemateca Portuguesa-Museu do Cinema