traditional costumes

A Dutch newsreel including items on the centennial existence of the Apollo candle factory, the national show jumping competition and the annual herring race.

A Dutch newsreel including items on a training session of the Dutch national football team, and about the return of the crew of the Rotterdam freighter “Calypso” after its collision with the tanker “Andros Stream”.

Hollandse tulpen en klompen consists of two short fragment made by foreign companies - or there subsidiaries - in the Netherlands.

Documentary about the inhabitants of Volendam.

Shots of Volendam, Urk, Spakenburg, and Marken were very popular in the early years of film. These villages had much to offer filmically, including their special traditional costumes, picturesque houses, and a charming fishing harbour. In an age where romance and strong traditions were still very much alive, towns like this stirred the imagination. In this film, the Volendammers get a chance to show what they can do.

Documentary about Volendam in winter.

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.

Documentary about tourist attractions in the Netherlands.

Promotional film for the Alhambra Theater in Vlissingen.

Promotional film of the Alhambra in Vlissingen, where visitors to the theatre could win fifty guilders if they recognized the people who appeared in the film. Theatres of that period used creative solutions like this to attract audiences.

Compilation film consisting of urban scenes, journeys along rivers, images of everyday life, and portraits of people dressed in traditional costume.

Melodrama about two brothers who are in love with the same woman.