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Forty Years

Forty Years

Original Title: Veertig Jaren

19381h 25m

Status

Released

Release

1938

Runtime

1h 25m

Storyline

This government commissioned film -- made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina's reign -- chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938 against the backdrop of the social and political events of the times. It shows the emergence of trade unions, the troubled years of the First World War, the development of aviation and Schiphol airport, the Dutch East Indies and the lives of the Dutch royal family.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Jan 10, 1938
Languages
Dutch
Production Countries
Netherlands