"It Happened in Holland"

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
485
Date Released
18 Sep 1930
Length of issue (in feet)
867
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Uncle Sam’s Girl ‘Hikers’
  2. 2Deauville Data
  3. 3"It Happened in Holland"
  4. 4A Novel Ensemble (Pathecolor)
  5. 5The ‘Bus House
  6. 6High Society

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
NoS Summary - A travelogue showing traditional Dutch scenes - windmill, cheese making, etc.
NoS synopsis: "Holland, land of canals, windmills, clogs - and cheeses! And Dutch Girls as busy as beavers." M/S of a Dutch woman in traditional dress walking towards the camera in front of a windmill. She holds the lead of a dog which is attached to a cart holding two milk churns. A boy walks behind guiding the cart. As they pass by, a little boy is revealed to have been walking behind them. The cart is pushed towards some outbuildings. M/S of a woman standing at a large wooden tub. She is making cheese. "Life here is just one cheese after another." C/U of an older woman pushing milk curds into a mould. This is placed with other moulded cheeses. C/U of two women wrapping the cheese in muslin then putting them back in the moulds. "The kind of cheeses that would make good cannon balls, in emergency - " M/S of the balls of cheese all lined up together. M/S of two women painting on wax. M/S of man throwing the cheeses onto a chute, they roll down into the hold of a boat.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Scenery and travel
Locations
Netherlands
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.196
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No. EP196
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
107

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