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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    J.P. van Limburg Stirum

    Dutch civil servant; from 1916 to 1921 he was the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Van Limburg Stirum also held the post of ambassador to China, Sweden, Egypt, Germany, and Great Britain.

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    A. Neytzell de Wilde

    Dutch civil servant; worked in various governmental roles in the Dutch East Indies. From 1925 to 1929, Neytzell de Wilde was the President of the People’s Council.

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    Autobedrijf Fuchs & Rens

    Fuchs & Rens was an automotive company based in Surabaya.

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    A.C.D. de Graeff

    Dutch civil servant and politician; from 1926 to 1931, he was the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. De Graeff was also the ambassador to Japan and the United States, and was the Foreign Minister under...

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    Alex Roosdorp

    From the twenties on, Alex Roosdorp was working as a photographer and photo dealer in his hometown ...

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    Marofilm

    Marofilm was the production company of the Deventer photographer and filmmaker Alex Roosdorp ...

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    Marie Roosdorp - van den Berg

    Marie Roosdorp - van den Berg was the wife of the photographer and filmmaker Alex Roosdorp. Together with her husband she was responsible for the films of their production company Marofilm: her husband did the camera work and editing, she was...

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    Wieringermeer

    Images of land reclamation and the subsequent cultivation of the new polder land, for the purpose of increasing the area of arable land in the Netherlands. The harvesting of various crops is shown.

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    Herwinnen door werken

    Herwinnen door werken, subtitled How we saw Netherlands - is a filmed colour portrait of Netherlands just after the Second World War. Immediately after the liberation of Deventer in April 1945, Alex Roosdorp and his wife Marie Roosdorp-...

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    De Wieringermeer - juli 1948

    Images of the recovery of the Wieringermeer polder after the Second World War.

    Images of the Wieringermeer polder and its villages Middenmeer, Slootdorp and particularly Wieringerwerf. The film revolves around the aftermath of the flood of...

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