Portugal The First Days of Freedom

Newsreel of economic and political life in Portugal before and after the overthrow of the fascist regime in April 1974. Traffic on the streets of Lisbon. View of the poor quarter of Lisbon. Balsa wood processing process. Fishermen at sea. Peasants are working in the field. Prison building; police file cabinet. The head of the Portuguese government in 1932-1968, Mr. A. Salazar, speaks to journalists. The head of the Portuguese government after 1968 M. Caetano passes through a crowd of protesters. Fighting Portuguese troops in the African colonies. The guerrillas are in the jungle, dismantle weapons. Military parade in Lisbon; presentation of awards to the relatives of the dead soldiers. Farewell of relatives to soldiers going to the front. The events of April 25, 1974 Armed soldiers, tanks on the streets of Lisbon. Jubilant people in the square. Demonstrations of workers on the streets of the city. Arrival at the port of Lisbon of a ship of the Portuguese Naval Forces, whose crew refused to participate in NATO maneuvers; people meet the crew members at the port. Meeting of the National Rescue Council; General Spinola is speaking. People meet political prisoners released from prison. Meeting at the airport, Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party A. Cunyal and Secretary General of the Socialist Party M. Soares. May Day demonstration of workers in Lisbon; on the podium - A. Kunyal. Oath of General A. Spinola after his election as President of the Portuguese Republic. Talks of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal with representatives of the national liberation movements of Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Angola. Prime Minister Gonsalves speaking at his first press conference. Government meeting.

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