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A Dutch newsreel including items on the sea aquarium in Scheveningen, the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, and the festive “Vlaggetjesdag” herring event in Flevoland.

Fisherman’s drama by actor-director Theo Frenkel.

Documentary about the Frisian town of Stavoren.

Educational film about the rescue activities of the Zuid-Hollandsche Redding-Maatschappij.

Propaganda Film About the Dutch Military.

Holland neutraal (Neutral Holland) is this film’s subtitle, which was meant to show that the Dutch armed forces are very much prepared to guarantee the Netherlands’ neutrality in World War One. The more than 2.5-hour film was made by Willy Mullens in 1917, when other Western European armies had become numbed after three long years in the trenches. The footage in the Army and Navy Film depicts a relatively high-spirited mood, considering how the Dutch military had mobilized but not actually participated in the war.

Impression of the harsh winter of 1917 in the Netherlands.