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.
Apr 1922
Activities involving the shipment of sugar from the Dutch East Indies. This shipment took place in Pasuruan, with destinations including Europe, China, Japan, and the former British India. We see shots of samples being taken, and bags being weighed. Loading in canoes, and being transferred to the ship S.S. Tjikarang. Shots of the office of N.V. Afscheep- en Commiessiezaak, formerly known as J.F. Esser.
Oct 1927
Apr 1930
A reportage about the rice culture in the Dutch East Indies, with a focus on processing the sawahs (wet rice fields).
Aug 1927
Nov 1928
Shots of Heerlen, Netherlands, and its surroundings: we see several coal mines in rural South Limburg.
Jun 1928
A historical tour of Hoorn in North Holland.
Jul 1919
Through a car accident, a young pilot gets to know a girl who works as a fashion model in the city. She leaves her fiancé in front of him and applies for a job as a stewardess. The inspection shows that she, like her brother, suffers from tuberculosis. The pilot abandons her, but her ex-fiancee comes to visit her at the sanatorium and marries her. However, their happiness is overshadowed by the death of their child from tuberculosis...
Feb 1939
A reportage about the Javanese cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta in the Dutch East Indies; this film was commissioned by the Ministry of Colonies.
May 1927
Shots of life in Volendam and the bay of Zuiderzee.
Oct 1920
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.
Jul 1920
Film commissioned by the Dutch tobacco agency about the tobacco harvest in Deli on Sumatra, in the Dutch East Indies. In addition to the production of tobacco, we also see workers from various ethnic populations who have been moved to Sumatra by the tobacco industry, as well as the daily life of the Western managers and staff.
Feb 1927
Documentary about Haarlem.
Jan 1922
Children in costume. fishing boats. Island of Marken on the former Zuiderzee bay, Netherlands.
Jul 1916
Aug 1920
Jun 1927
Four short films about the south-western region of The Netherlands.
Dec 1921
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.
Jun 1918
Report about the transfer of the administration of the Dutch East Indies from Governor-General D. Fock to A.C.D. de Graeff on 7 September, 1926.