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The Zoo
The Zoo
A perfect, fast and hilarious montage. Using images from Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Bert Haanstra shows that a couple of similarities can be discovered between human and animal. ...
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The Manneken Pis Case
The Manneken Pis Case
Kamiel steals the famous Brussels statue of Manneken Pis to impress his girlfriend Denise, the daughter of the man who is supposed to guard it. The Belgians, however, wrongly accuse the ...
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Speaking of Glass
Speaking of Glass
The glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam commissioned Bert Haanstra to make film about glass manufacturing. The entire process can be seen: the delivery of raw materials, the ...
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Fanfare
Fanfare
In the small Dutch village of Lagerheide, two members of the local brass band get into a fight, forcing the band to be split in two. The two hotheads and their followers are doing their ...
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Glass
Glass
This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly edited ballet of working hands and ...
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Rembrandt, Painter of Man
Rembrandt, Painter of Man
In Rembrandt, Haanstra shows that it is possible to make a fascinating film only with images from paintings. He had to travel though all over Europe to numerous museums and private ...
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And There Was No More Sea
And There Was No More Sea
Short poetic documentary about the southern sea in the Netherlands.
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The Reconnaissance Drill
The Reconnaissance Drill
Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.
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The Oil Field
The Oil Field
How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.
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Panta Rhei
Panta Rhei
In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds reflect Haanstra's own moods.
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Mirror of Holland
Mirror of Holland
In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and afterwards put the images ‘up right’ again ...