Netherlands

Kobus Drost, a well-to-do farmer, is asked by his nephew Verbeek to come to Volendam to talk about the financing of a reconditioning of his boat.

Lively comedy around a baby and the mother-in-law from hell, based on the play 'Een huis vol herrie' ('A house full of strife'), by A. Duprez and A. Milo Bennet.

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

Reportage about a shop-window contest in Leeuwarden.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the VVV , a shop-window contest was organized in Leeuwarden. In a series of images, this reportage shows the various shop-windows that were entered in the competition. The names of the shopkeepers are mentioned in the intertitles. At the end, we see the jury making their rounds.

Romantic drama taking place on the eve of the Second World War.

Documentary about Enkhuizen.

The film opens with a panoramic shot filmed from a church tower. From the tower, we can see the old town of Enkhuizen and, in the background, the former Zuiderzee. The documentary continues with images of the town’s important buildings and picturesque streets. The intertitles refer to the former glory days when Enkhuizen was still an important harbour. The silent witnesses from these former times are the harbour, and the ‘Dromedaris’ fortress tower.

Engel, working as maid-servant for a rich, stingy farmer, receives from him two rixdollars for her services and his advice to buy a lottery-ticket. When she goes into town, Amsterdam, she decides to spend the money on three pairs of stockings. Back at the farm, she puts on a pair of the new stockings and leaves the house to go shopping. In her absence the farmer enters her room to look for the lottery-ticket. What he finds is a card with the number 9, which he believes is the number of the lottery-ticket but which is actually the card that was attached to the stockings.

Documentary about the city of Eindhoven.

The film shows the most striking buildings, streets, squares, and rivers of the city of Eindhoven. The intertitles give their location. The film opens with the arrival of a train at the station. The following shots include e.g. the city hall, the St. Catherine Church, and the Stratumse Dijk. The filmmaker also aims his camera at the inhabitants of the city; we see for example women doing laundry in the Dommel. Atop the water tower, he gives a panoramic view of the surroundings.

Documentary about the cherry season in the village of Elst in the Betuwe.

This film shows the cherry-picking season in Elst. The film, shot on a sunny day, looks cheerful and light. A man on a long ladder picks the cherries that grow high up in the tree. Every fifteen minutes, the cherry-pickers gather at the sorting table. A hunter keeps the starlings at bay. Four girls – the intertitles refer to them as ‘the starlings' – pick cherries and eat them with great relish. The film ends with shots of Elst, filmed from a car.

Reportage about an advertising parade in Eindhoven.