airplanes

Reportage about the First Air Traffic Exhibition Amsterdam (ELTA).

Reportage about a demonstration flight by aviator Clement van Maasdijk.

Reportage about the visit of the British pilot John Alcock on August 3, 1919.

Animated advertising film for the Eerste Luchtverkeer Tentoonstelling Amsterdam in 1919.

One of the first Dutch animated films, An Adventure in the Skies pays attention to the Eerste Luchtverkeer Tentoonstelling Amsterdam, which opened on August 1, 1919.

The film opens with some precarious 'adventures' with a balloon, an umbrella, and a few aeroplanes. At the end of the film, we see a poster in which the letters are gradually re-ordered to announce the exhibition.

Report about a bike race around Helmond.

Over a hundred cyclists leave Helmond. The spectators are three rows deep along the street side. After the cyclists have left Helmond, the audience gather in front of the camera and react curious and boisterous. The peloton rides through Geldrop. There already are many laggards.

The cyclists pass a chaotic checkpoint. They get a stamp, have a snack and continue the race. Some cyclists get offered a drink on a tray. Along the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal the leader waves to the camera.