The Hague

Crime film with cartoon hero Dick Bos

A daring train robbery by an obscure gang called Nemesis is making headlines. When the gang members also kill a partner in a The Hague fashion house and threaten the other owners of the firm, they turns to Dick Bos for help in solving the Nemesis mystery.

Moord in het modehuis was directed by Piet van der Ham and cartoonist Alfred Mazure, who created the Dick Bos character. The lead role in this semi-professional production was played by Maurice van Nieuwenhuizen, a famous judo champion at the time.

Short film on the occasion of the five-hundredth performance of the play Boefje (12 november 1935).

Reportage about the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Pisuisse.

Educational film about botany.

None found, but a news item in 'De Kinematograaf' (1.11.1918), which describes one scene, gives some idea: "Max (or Clivie) is accepted as assistant in a grocer's shop.

On Tuesday, 22nd June 1915, newspapers in The Hague published a humorous news item about a lady whose elegant high-heeled shoe got stuck between the rails of the steam-tram from The Hague to Scheveningen. Despite all her efforts, she could not pull the heel out of the rails. The tram had to stop and a crowd gathered. When a policeman arrived, he ordered the lady to remove her shoe. She refused. Resolutely, the policeman knelt down and unbuttoned the shoe. The lady withdrew her foot and revealed... a stocking full of holes.

Reportage about a solar eclipse, by Willy Mullens.

On April 8, 1921, the morning edition of ‘Het Vaderland’ published the following report:

Jonkheer Axel van Hoogveld is a medical student who hopes that, as doctor, he can devote his life to the benefit of mankind.

Documentary about the newspaper business.