Haghe Film

Footage of the public declaration of support to Queen Wilhelmina that took place a week after SDAP leader Troelstra had declared the revolution in the Netherlands in the wake of the First World War.

"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!" is a Dutch fiction film from 1931, directed by Willy Mullens and Herman Bouber, and produced by Haghe Film. It is an educational film about the fight against tuberculosis, centering on the Verhulst family as they make the move to a modern, airy home.

Children in costume. fishing boats. Island of Marken on the former Zuiderzee bay, Netherlands.

Reportage about the opening of the pumping station in Lemmer, Netherlands.

Shot in the Philips factory that produced glass housings for lightbulbs, Eindhoven, Netherlands. In the factory, dozens of glass blowers can be seen making these glass housings. Two of them even manage to blow and stretch a piece of glass to a length of twenty meters.

A reportage about the rice culture in the Dutch East Indies, with a focus on processing the sawahs (wet rice fields).

A promotional film about Sumatra, with shots including Lake Toba, country houses, the market in Pasanggrahan, trucks rigged with oxen, Fort de Kock, traditional costumes, the harbour of Padang, and the performance of various dances.

Shots of Heerlen, Netherlands, and its surroundings: we see several coal mines in rural South Limburg.

This documentary shows the most important squares, streets, and buildings of Zaltbommel, Netherlands, with shots of the river Waal. We see the market, the water tower, old fortifications, the railway bridge, the St Maartens tower, the carillon tower, and the cable ferry. The film also has footage of a shipyard where ocean ships are built.

A historical tour of Hoorn in North Holland.

The film opens with a panoramic shot filmed from a church tower. From the tower, we can see the old town of Enkhuizen, Netherlands, and, in the background, the former Zuiderzee. The silent witnesses from these former times are the harbour, and the ‘Dromedaris’ fortress tower.

Philips presents itself as a modern, international company that has its own laboratory, power station, and transport service. Notable in the film is the detailed attention paid to the various components of the lightbulbs. Concert footage of the ‘Philip’s Harmonie’ in performance shows that Philips was proud of the many facilities it provided to its employees. The Eindhoven-based factory offered its workers accommodation, sports, and recreation.

A crowd of supporters walk towards the stadium, which opened in 1914 in the Nederlandsch Sportpark on the Amstelveenseweg. The stadium’s general manager, J.J. van den Berg, is in the audience. The national anthems are played, and the players of Denmark and the Netherlands introduce themselves. The field is surrounded by four very crowded stands, and each corner has a monumental tower. Seated on the covered grandstand are well-known figures, including Princess De Ligne, J.P. Kan, and C. Feith. The Netherlands takes an early lead in the match, which the 30,000-plus spectators deliriously applaud. When the Netherlands brings the score to 2-0 in the second half, the mood becomes even more exuberant. For the first time in football history, the Netherlands beats Denmark.

Shots of life in Volendam and the bay of Zuiderzee.