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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    Nederlandsch-Indische Film Maatschappij (Buitenzorg)

    The NIFM was established in the spring of 1925 by Filmfabriek Polygoon, with the aim of producing films about the Dutch East Indies. In June of 1925, cameraman I.A. Ochse left for the Dutch East Indies, where he shot footage for e.g. the film...

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    Foto- en Kinoatelier Umbgrove (Soerabaja)

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    L.C. Reedijk

    L. C. Reedijk, based in Suriname, was a reserve lieutenant in the army, and was also an amateur filmmaker. He also spent some time in the Dutch East Indies, where he had a plantation on the east coast of...

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    Eerste Soerabayasch Kinematografisch Atelier (Soerabaja)

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    Koloniaal Instituut voor de Tropen

    The Vereeniging Koloniaal Instituut was founded in Amsterdam 1910, and after 1945 became known as the Indisch Instituut. Since 1950, it has been known as the Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT).

    In 1912, the Institute, whose aim was...

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    Charles Umbgrove

    Charles Umbgrove was a film entrepreneur based in Surabaya. He was the manager of a cinema there called the Oost-Java Bioscope...

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    L. P. de Bussy

    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...

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    Van Winger

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    H. Flindt

    Flindt was a cameraman who worked in the Dutch East Indies. Together with Van Waveren, he owned Bureau Industria, a corporate and advertising film company.

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    P.R.W. van Gesseler Verschuir

    Dutch civil servant; worked in the Dutch East Indies as comptroller, was the assistant-resident of Kudus, and from 1929 to 1933 was the Governor of Yogyakarta.

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