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The following year, the same author published Panorama do Cinema Português [Overview of Portuguese Cinema](Terra Livre, 1978), a work that essentially sought to vulgarise and popularise contents related to the history of Portuguese cinema. Part of a series of breviaries on Portuguese culture, it targeted a non-specialised audience looking to acquire basic knowledge of the history of Portuguese cinema.
Confirming his prolific activity as a self-taught writer and historian, Luís de Pina updated several data in História do Cinema Português 1896-1986 (Publicações Europa-América, 1986), a "paperback" that became the main reference for cinema studies in Portugal for its comprehensiveness.
As Félix Ribeiro's successor at the Cinemateca, Luís de Pina played a decisive role in the consolidation of this institution as a research and editorial centre around the preservation of film heritage. On an individual level, besides his published stories, he collaborated with several periodicals and also insisted on the dissemination of marginalised themes, little known to the public. On the other hand, as a civil servant, he organised several cinematographic services and, during the Marcelist phase of the regime, he promoted the Estado Novo's official view on the history of Portuguese cinema. Like his predecessor at the helm of the Cinemateca, Luís de Pina left his personal mark on the institution's organisation and was rightly honoured for his valuable role on behalf of Portuguese cinema. In an obvious manner, Luís de Pina succeeded Félix Ribeiro as the "official chronicler of the kingdom."
Against the backdrop of the Revolução de Abril de 1974 [April Revolution of 1974], the cinematographic panorama underwent important changes. The publishing activity dedicated to cinema invariably also reflected the new ideology, with the publication of interesting works that until then had not been possible. The ensuing years witnessed the publication of O Imperialismo e o Fascismo no Cinema [Imperialism and Fascism in Cinema] by Eduardo Geada (Morais Editores, 1977), Cinema e Censura em Portugal [Cinema and Censorship in Portugal] by Lauro António (Arcádia, 1978) and Rumos do Cinema Português [Directions of Portuguese Cinema] by Germano Cleto (Fundo de Apoio aos Organismos Juvenis [Support Fund for Youth Organisations], 1979).
