L. P. de Bussy

Biography

L.P. de Bussy worked from 1905 until 1917 as a biologist at the Deli tobacco plantation in North Sumatra. In 1913, he became general manager of the Deli Proefstation, where he developed various insecticides.

Four years later he became director of the Afdeeling Handelsmuseum of the Koloniaal Instituut in Amsterdam. In February and March of that year, he shot three thousand meters of film in the Dutch East Indies, Sumatra, and Java. During the filming, he worked with 'Controller' W. Middendorp, and probably also with Dr. Honig, who succeeded him as general manager of the Proefstation.

In 1919, after the First World War, the films were shipped to the Netherlands, where they were first shown in 1920. Mr. Giel, who was also a freelance editor on the Koloniaal Instituut’s Lamster films, was responsible for the editing and titles. De Bussy also lectured an as adjunct professor at the Faculty of Indology at the University of Utrecht.