Suddenly left a legacy of 500 pounds, Rachel Higgins, maid-of-all-work in the Palfrey household, desires to become a "lady". Helped by Madame Recamier, a modiste who pities her, Rachel, perfectly gown...
Brief reportage about a swimming meet for men and women, though a moat and a canal. The meet is watched by a large crowd of spectators. Afterwards, the winners are honoured and immortalized in photogr...
A melodrama about a blacksmith on a war battlefield who wrongly imagines his seriously injured friend to be dead. After the war, he marries the wife of this man, but to everyone's surprise this man re...
Comedy about a vegetable seller in the centre of Amsterdam who wants to marry her daughter to the son of a dodgy businessman. Bleeke Bet was made along the same lines as De Jantjes (The sailor lads):...
Film by Alberts Frères In the vaults of the Film Museum is a short film which, when it arrived in the 1950s, was given the title The Flower Fields of Haarlem. The film shows the visit of two women an...
Documentary about the Boddaert Home In 1903, the nurse Elisabeth Boddaert opened her first home for 'difficult youth'. Under the motto 'overcome evil with good', children were hospitably welcomed here...
Social drama about a street urchin made good. Boefje, published in 1903, is M.J. Brusse's most popular book. It tells the story of Jan Grovers, a street urchin from Rotterdam with a heart of gold who...
Documentary about Bolsward This documentary introduces Bolsward as one of Friesland's most lovely cities, a city with a rich history. The main streets and buildings are filmed, with much attention pai...