Tournooi (1948)

Oscar nominated short film from 1962, written and directed by Herman van der Horst.

A documentary on the beauty of nature on Texel, especially highlighting the many birds on the island.

Short film on the bearers of the golden fleece, sheep, and the economic importance of sheep breeding for the island Texel.

With spring, the first lapwing eggs appear. A short impression of the Friesian tradition of egg collecting.

Documentary on the different stages in the development from caterpillar to butterfly.

An impression of national park De Hoge Veluwe in the Netherlands. Flora and fauna, park management and the legend of St. Hubertus.

Portrait of Arnhem destroyed by war. Citizens and volunteers clear the rubble and start the reconstruction of their city.

Ode on the resilience of Rotterdam, where people are working hard on the reconstruction of the city that was destroyed in the war. Winner of the prize for best realistic film at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Bunkers, mines and barbed wire are removed to recover the pre-war landscape.

Short impression of the work of fishermen on the Dogger bank.

The ruined harbor of Rotterdam obstructs the recovery of The Netherlands after the war. Rapidly and with borrowed strength the harbor takes its rightful place in the city of Rotterdam.

An impression of the repairs of the sluice of Ijmuiden after the damage taken during the war.

A boy tries invain to get aboard a fishing boat. Gazing over the water he imagines a life aboard.