Documentary
O caminho de ferro de Benguela
Artur Pereira · 1913
Synopsis
A silent documentary devoted to the Benguela railway, whose content has not been described: what remains is the title, the year, an image without colour and the absence of sound.
Context
The film was shot in 1913, a year after the line, setting out from the ports of Lobito and Benguela, had reached Huambo, on the high plateaus. The concession, granted in 1902 to the Scottish engineer Robert Williams, was to take the rails from the port of Lobito to the eastern frontier of Angola, which they reached only in 1929. The surveys of Angolan film history list it among the short films, without giving its running time.
Who it is for
A short silent documentary in black and white, shot on 35 mm film; its running time is not given.
Prizes and reception
Regarded by histories of Angolan cinema as the first dated film recording in the country.
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