Dutch film history

This database contains information about film in the Netherlands, and is gradually being expanded. At this moment, you can find information about early films (from ca. 1900-1930) and about experimental films.

Note: Many records provide information about a film, but do not show the film itself (due to copyright restrictions, or because the film has been lost over the course of time). Click here to see a list of films that can actually be viewed.

 

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    N.V. Philips gloeilampenfabrieken

    Corporate film for Philips.

    With the film Philips Fightbulb Factories, Philips presents itself as a modern, international company that has its own laboratory, power station, and transport service. The company also mentions that Philips...

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    Het bedrijf der Nederlandsche Basalt Maatschappij 'Zaandam' in Duitschland en Holland

    Corporate film about the extraction, processing, and use of basalt by the Nederlandsche Basalt Maatschappij.

    The film follows the typical pattern of a corporate film, with images of the workplace and the production process. We see for...

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    De molens die juichen en weenen

    Fiction film by Alfred Machin about a miller and a drifter.

    In the autumn of 1911, Hollandsche Film, the Dutch production branch of Pathé Frères, produced six films. Director Alfred Machin came to the Netherlands to make them, bringing a...

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    Het 25-jarig regeeringsjubileum van H.M. koningin Wilhelmina

    Documentary on the occasion of Queen Wilhelmina’s 25th anniversary of rule.

    This anniversary film, compiled by Haghe Film, consists mainly of footage that Willy Mullens had shot of the royal family in previous years. The film includes e.g....

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    De greep

    Short tragedy by Léon Boedels about an old man who has to watch his son getting tricked by his daughter-in-law, with serious consequences.

    Misfortune, tragic developments, and a fatal ending dominated many of the early Dutch fiction films....

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    Heerlen

    Documentary about the municipality of Heerlen and its surroundings.

    As the beginning of this documentary reports, the population of Heerlen has tripled over the past decade due to the arrival of the mining industry. The film continues with...

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    Limburg in beeld

    Documentary about the province of Limburg, made by the documentary department of Filmfabriek Hollandia.

    This documentary about South Limburg consists of four parts that were produced in 1918 by Filmfabriek Hollandia as individual...

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    Leger- en vlootfilm

    Propaganda Film About the Dutch Military.

    Holland neutraal (Neutral Holland) is this film’s subtitle, which was meant to show that the Dutch armed forces are very much prepared to guarantee the Netherlands’ neutrality in...

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    Het's-Gravenhaagsche vacantie-kinderfeest 1920

    Reportage about roughly a thousand children from The Hague on their annual outing to Soesterberg.

    This film follows roughly a thousand children from The Hague on their annual outing to Soesterberg. At six in the morning, the participants...

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    Amsterdam op hol

    The revue consisted of 5 scenes and an apotheosis. The second scene, Amsterdam op hol!, was a film, announced in the programme leaflet as "a wild chase through the streets of Amsterdam. Cinematographic scene from the producer F.A....

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