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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    Autotocht door Bandoeng

    A “phantom ride” filmed from a car driving through Bandung (Java) and the surroundings, in about 1913.

     

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    Bestuurswisseling in Nederlandsch-Indië

    Report about the transfer of the administration of the Dutch East Indies from Governor-General D. Fock to A.C.D. de Graeff on 7 September, 1926.

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    Bezoek aan Djokjakarta en Soerakarta

    A reportage about the Javanese cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta in the Dutch East Indies; this film was commissioned by the Ministry of Colonies.

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    De Rietsuiker Cultuur op Java

    A promotional corporate film about the production and processing of sugar cane on Java, from planting to shipping.

    After we see images of sugar being extracted from the fruit of the palm trees, the old-fashioned sugar cane production is...

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    De rijstbouw op droge velden bij de Karo-Bataks

    A documentary that shows the various stages of rice growing in the dry fields among the Karo-Batak.

    The film opens with an “introduction”, in which a picture is given of “the landscape, the village, and the people”. This is followed by the...

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    Dwars door Sumatra

    Reportage about Sumatra, with varied images including the arrival of the boat from the Netherlands, the city of Medan, a resort on Lake Toba, a tea plantation, the palace of the Sultan of Deli, and the mosque in Medan.

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    Een compagnie militaire wielrijders

    A reportage about KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army) soldiers carrying out reconnaissance and practice rides by bicycle in the Dutch East Indies.

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    Haven te Tandjong Priok

    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...

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    Het dokken van een schip in de haven van Tandjong Priok

    A short educational film about the operation of the floating dry dock in Batavia (Jakarta) in the former Dutch East Indies.

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    Het djatiboschbedrijf

    Recordings of different phases in the planting, maintenance and felling of teak by local laborers on Java and Sumatra.

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