This film shows the Northern provinces: Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe as well as the two Western provinces: North and South Holland, as it was over 90 years ago before 1930! More details are in the time line below.
The quality of the original B&W footage is not as good as other footage from the same source. Nevertheless, it is so unique that we decided to upload it to KZfaq. The B&W source has been motion-stabilized, speed-corrected, interpolated, restored, enhanced and colorized with modern A.I. video software. Because of the poor quality, the video noise and other filters had to be configured to higher settings to more drastically clean up the footage.
Music: Spectacles Wallet and Watch
Source: Beeld En Geluid, A great Dutch online historic film archive.
Timeline (draft):
00:00 Steam train
00:12 Groningen and Martini tower
00:18 Agrigultural activity
00:46 Bringing in the hay
00:57 National fest in Appingedam
01:06 Horse and buggy
01:40 In the woods
01:56 A shepherd and his sheep
02:26 Digging turf
02:40 Cutting turf sods for heating purposes
03:13 Black & white Friesian cows (Fries stamboekvee)
03:41 Groninger blaarkop cow breed
03:52 Healthy cow
03:58 Healthy bull
04:07 Ice scating along the canals and lakes in Friesland
04:17 Ice masters
04:58 Ice sailing
05:37 Ice skating, maybe part of an Eleven Cities competition
05:42 Sailing on Friesland's many lakes
06:40 Train ferry near Stavoren
06:51 Industrious activity on the water
07:06 Binding wicker
07:18 Wicker mats as underground for a new dyke
07:32 Dyke construction
07:48 Creating a solid under layer with bolders
08:03 Filling barges with clay
08:19 Pumping clay and sand to create the dyke
09:23 Finishing the dyke
09:46 A scenic boat trip along a canal
10:14 Watermill
10:42 Scenes along a canal
10:44 The land is about 3 m. lower than the water level!
11:06 Alkmaar and its famous cheese market
11:27 "Handjeklap" to make a deal
11:31 Inspecting and tasting the cheese
11:45 Weighing the cheeses
11:56 Amsterdam Central Station and the famous Tea house
12:14 Panning towards the Damrak
12:30 Palace on the Dam
12:42 Stock exchange: Beurs van Berlage
12:51 Beursplein
12:55 Damrak looking towards the Central Station
13:15 Leidseplein: American Hotel, Stadsschouwburg and Hirsch building
13:57 Rijksmuseum
14:05 Designed by Kuyper
14:11 The Munttoren
14:20 One of Amsterdams wonderful canals, location-1 (?)
14:26 Location-2 (?)
14:38 Location-3 (?)
14:43 Location-4 (?)
14:52 Location-5 (?)
15:00 Location-6 (?)
15:04 Rembrandthuis, Jodenbreestraat
15:20 Statue of Rembrandt
15:28 Rembrandt's famous Nightwatch
15:38 Near Het Kolkje
15:48 Het Kolkje
16:01 Ditto, location-8 (?)
16:07 Alley, location (?)
16:12 Ladies trading goods
16:18 Old men, probably in the Jordaan quarters
16:26 Probably Volendam
16:42 Ladies in Volendam traditional costume
17:02 Volendam fisherman
17:07 Ditto
17:13 Ice skating on the Zuiderzee
17:16 Horse drawn ice sledge
17:21 Cycling on the ice
17:26 Such harsh winters are history now
17:37 Happy people from the island of Marken
17:52 Marken girl in traditional costume
17:59 Ditto, two Marken girls
18:06 Frans Hals museum in Haarlem
18:36 Hyacint growers
18:40 Fields full of flowers in the Bollenstreek
18:48 The famous Dutch tulips
19:03 Leiden, Academy building, Rapenburg near the Botanical Garden
19:28 A boat trip on a canal, probably in Leiden
19:36 Maybe the Vliet
19:51 Cattle along the canal (Vliet?)
19:56 The Hague, Houses of Parliament
20:12 The Ridderzaal where the Parliament meets
20:28 Looking towards the Ridderzaal through the pillars
20:45 Opening of Parliament in 1919, each year on the 3rd Tuesday in September
20:49 Queen Wilhelmina salutes the Royal Standard
20:57 She rides back to her palace
21:23 The Hofvijver next to the Houses of Parliament
21:42 Lange Vijverberg on the left
21:59 Vredespaleis (peace palace), funded by Carnegie
22:09 Judges inside the Vredespaleis
22:29 Ditto, outside
22:40 Scheveningen beach with its many wicker beach chairs
22:49 The old Pier right in front of the Kurhaus
22:58 The Pier burnt down during WWII in 1943
23:04 More beach scenes
23:10 The Hague, location (?)
23:25 Holland's many cyclists, probably been to the Bollenstreek
23:45 Canal in The Hague, maybe Mauritskade (?)
23:55 Removing leaves from cauliflower, location Westland (?)
23:59 Green houses in the Westland
24:06 The Nieuwe Kerk in Delft
24:24 Status of Hugo Grotius (Hugo De Groot)
24:32 Portrait of William of Orange
24:35 The grave of Hugo de Groot
24:41 The Grote Markt in Delft
24:44 Oude Langedijk
24:56 Oude Delft
25:06 Passing the Oude Kerk
25:11 Another canal in Delft, location (?)
25:15 Panoramic view of Rotterdam Harbour
26:35 Rotterdam harbor
30:56 Rotterdam Coolsingel
Notes:
1. We had difficulty to find enough great music to fill over 30 minutes of video. If you don't like the music then just turn down the volume and play your own music in stead.
2. Please do not re-use my footage anywhere without permission, thanks!