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Educational film about the natural beauty and cultural life of the Veluwe.

Promotional film about the municipality of Haarlem.

This film shows Haarlem at its best: the St. Bavo Cathedral, street scenes, historic buildings, and beautiful parks and villas. Many of these shots were filmed from sailing boats, moving trams, and a church tower.

Documentary about the ruins of Valkenburg Castle.

Documentary about the city of Utrecht. This film is dedicated to Mayor Reiger, who had a great deal of influence on the development of Utrecht at the turn of the century. The opening shot is an aerial view of downtown, filmed from the hundred-metre-high Domtoren. Considerable attention is paid to the Domtoren, the Domkerk, the nearby university, and the most important canals. From a boat in the canal, the filmmaker depicts the shipyard basements and the low-lying quays. Many passers-by pose for the camera. Footage is also shot from a moving tram.

Documentary about UrkDocumentary about the people of Urk, consisting mainly of shots of women, men, and children in traditional costume, posing for the camera. The film was probably shot on a public holiday. We see several women doing their daily work: hanging the laundry, and fetching water from the pump. A postman comes along with the letters.

A crowd swarms on Amsterdam’s Dam Square in front of the horse tram. In the background, we see the outline of Central Station.

News item about the Zuiderzee flood of 1916, shown a few days after the disaster happened.

Documentary about the Frisian town of Stavoren.

Documentary about Sittard.

The documentary shows the most important buildings, monuments, streets, squares, and waterways of Sittard. What catches the eye are the many churches and other Catholic buildings. We also see the St. Rosa Chapel, a famous destination for pilgrims, but also infamous as a meeting-place for the ‘Buckriders’, a notorious gang of robbers who plagued South Limburg in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Advertising Film for the Haarlem Dairy ‘De Sierkan’.