Friesland

Short film from a series of six films about the pleasure of watching.

Part 3 observes water sports enthusiasts in their boats in an overcrowded lock in Friesland.

Two Dutch comedians (Johnny Kraaijkamp sr and Piet Römer) spread their wings and fly off into the Dutch countryside, moving through a kind of rural Never-Never Land.

‘Age is not better, hardly as well qualified to be an instructor of youth, for it has not profited as much as it has lost.’ With these words by Thoreau, Nikolai van der Heyde ends his fascinating film about a Dutch boy and an American girl who try to live their own lives in the narrow-minded province of Friesland of the 1920s.

Partially staged promotional film for various agricultural cooperatives.

Drama promoting the establishment of state funded old age pensions.

Corporate film about the production of cheese at the Friesche Coöperatieve Zuivel-Export Vereeniging, a dairy cooperative.

Corporate film about the production of butter at the Friesche Coöperatieve Zuivel-Export Vereeniging, a dairy cooperative.

Reportage about the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the VVV in Leeuwarden.