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In September 1919, the Vaderlandsch Historisch Volksfeest, a folkloristic festival, was organised in Arnhem. Haghe Film,...

Although the name Polygoon was synonymous with Dutch newsreels, that doesn’t mean that Filmfabriek Polygoon was the only producer who made them. Both the...

Although the Filmfabriek Hollandia in Haarlem was by far the largest and most prolific production company in the 1910s, it was not the only one. Soon...

The arrival of the sound film immediately brought another problem with it: the language barrier. Whereas silent films were relatively easy to adapt for screening in various countries and regions, this was obviously quite different for sound films...

In the mid-1920s, when the Dutch feature film was as good as dead, variety shows and cabaret were thriving. Revue stars such as Louis Davids,...

In August 1920, the Internationale Kinotentoonstelling (IKT) was held in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The exhibition was the brainchild...

In the 19th century, one innovation after another was being invented: photography, the telegraph, the telephone. These discoveries were generally well known, but were not encountered on a daily basis by most people. Photography was perhaps the...

Kodak started a revolution in the film world when it launched 16mm film in the consumer market. This inflammable acetate film opened up a world of possibilities for the amateur filmmaker. 

New format catches on

Kodak was not the...