Sugar shipping at the N.V. Afscheep- en Commissiezaak, Formerly J.F. Esser

Sugar shipping at the N.V. Afscheep- en Commissiezaak, Formerly J.F. Esser 1927

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Activities involving the shipment of sugar from the Dutch East Indies. This shipment took place in Pasuruan, with destinations including Europe, China, Japan, and the former British India. We see shots of samples being taken, and bags being weighed. Loading in canoes, and being transferred to the ship S.S. Tjikarang. Shots of the office of N.V. Afscheep- en Commiessiezaak, formerly known as J.F. Esser.

1927

Stavoren

Stavoren 1920

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A boat in the Zuiderzee approaches the port of Staveren. This once-famous Hanseatic city is now known as the pleasure boater’s gateway to the Frisian lakes.

1920

Sneek

Sneek 1920

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A small rural town in the Netherlands, with shots of its most important buildings, streets, squares, and waterways. A central focus of the film is Sneek's Waterpoort, the city's best-known and most prominent building.

1920

Beautiful Netherlands: Zeist

Beautiful Netherlands: Zeist 1922

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Filmed from a tram, we see the Utrechtseweg, with imposing villas on both sides of the street, including the country house ‘Ma retraite'. The film also contains footage of the ‘villa quarter’, the town hall, the Hotel Figi on Het Rond, and the Donkerelaan, as well as Slot Zeist, surrounded by woods and water.

1922

Enkhuizen

Enkhuizen 1919

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The film opens with a panoramic shot filmed from a church tower. From the tower, we can see the old town of Enkhuizen, Netherlands, and, in the background, the former Zuiderzee. The silent witnesses from these former times are the harbour, and the ‘Dromedaris’ fortress tower.

1919

The Flight from the Netherlands to the Indies

The Flight from the Netherlands to the Indies 1924

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Reportage about the first flight to the Dutch Indies. Shots of the departure of the Fokker VII H-NACC in the Netherlands in the presence of KLM-director Plesman and of the arrival in the Dutch Indies. We also see the trial flight above Rotterdam.

1924

Weesp

Weesp 1920

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The most important buildings, waterways, monuments, streets, and squares of Weesp, near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.

1920

The Life of the Bees

The Life of the Bees 1917

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A popular-scientific film about beekeeping. The beekeeper Jan Luberti gives a tour of his Bijenlust bee farm near The Hague, Netherlands, and shows the many aspects of keeping bees, and how they make honey.

1917

Children Outside

Children Outside 1928

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Propaganda film in three parts for Kinabu, a Dutch charity based in The Hague that sends sick or underweight city children to recuperate in the countryside.

1928

Solar eclipse April 8, 1921

Solar eclipse April 8, 1921 1921

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Various onlookers, including pets, experience the eclipse. We also see a view through a telescope of the eclipse itself.

1921