Haven te Tandjong Priok

Summary

Reportage about work and life in Tanjung Priok, the harbour of Batavia (Jakarta) around 1920.

Shots of the harbour of Tanjung Priok: the first inland port, the morning rush hour, the train station, the harbour office, the old pasar (market), the second inland port, labourers at work, unloading the ship “Jan Pieterszoon Coen Amsterdam”, the electric transportation of coal, the new “coolie camp” (shelter for native workers), a dry dock, naval aircraft, Petit-Trouville, people on terraces, a beach scene, a woman with a monkey and a dog.