cityscapes

Documentary about the Gouwe river.

Working footage of a royal visit to Groningen.

In 1922, Queen Wilhelmina, Prince Henry and Princess Juliana visited Groningen. Filmmaker Willy Mullens shot diverse footage of the event, showing the royal family riding through the city, attending church services, and visiting a gathering on an athletic field. Mullens also filmed a blind girl offering flowers to the Queen.

The filmmaker himself – with camera in hand – also briefly appears in the frame.

Documentary about Kampen.

Documentary about Kampen, one of the oldest Dutch Hanseatic cities, located along the IJssel. We see its most important buildings, including the Hoofdcursus, which is the training building for army officers. Officers from the Indische Leger also trained here.

Reportage about the laying of electric cables in the IJ.

Reportage about the inauguration of the Mayor of Schiedam.

Several men wearing hats, including the new Mayor, are driven in an open carriage to Schiedam’s town hall. The audience curiously looks on and follows the procession. At the city hall, they step out of the carriage and walk into the building, amid great public interest. The reportage ends with a shot of the men in a sun lounge. They pose for the camera.

Images of the city of Arnhem and its immediate surroundings.

Impression of the harsh winter of 1917 in the Netherlands.

Reportage about a massive historical pageant in Rotterdam.

Documentary about the municipality of Heerlen and its surroundings.

Advertising film in which Loet Barnstijn shows what his film company is capable of doing.