Portugal (film)

Portugal (film) People and Places featurette, released on December 25, 1957. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Filmed in CinemaScope. 30 min. Opening with animation showing the adventurous and courageous Portuguese explorers and the routes they traveled, this film then looks at some of the main elements of the Portuguese people’s economy—shipping, harvesting grapes for wine, marketing of cork, as well as the country’s bullfighting traditions.