Koninklijke Stearine Kaarsenfabriek Gouda

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Summary

Corporate film for the Stearine Candle Factory in Gouda, with shots of the building complex and the production process.

The film ends with a shot of workers leaving the factory, which at the time was a familiar fixture of corporate films. This film, made by Willy Mullens in 1918, is illustrative of the many corporate films that Mullens produced for his companies 's-Gravenhaagsche Filmfabriek and Haghe Film.

Royal Stearine Candle Factory in Gouda was one of the few films released by the production company Commerciële en Industriële Film (CIF), which after World War One focused on making corporate films to promote Dutch industries. Haghe Film was to produce the films, while the CIF would bring in the assignments and distribute the films. But little came of these efforts.

After the release of The Royal Stearine Candle Factory in Gouda, the CIF died a quick and quiet death.

Information

original title
Koninklijke Stearine Kaarsenfabriek Gouda
alternative title
Nationale propaganda
production year
1918
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Non-fictional
director
original distributor
producer
production company

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Crew

Technical notations

original length
487
sound
Silent
colour
Black & White, Tinting
format
35mm
acts
1

Resources

B. Hogenkamp, De Nederlandse documentaire film 1920-1940, Amsterdam (1988), p. 13, p. 135

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