Holland in the Western Hemisphere (1942)
1942 · Short film · 11 min
- Western
- War
Synopsis
Photographed by Philip Hanson Hiss, “Holland in the Western Hemisphere" (1942) is a color documentary film about the Dutch Caribbean. Made by the Netherlands Information Bureau, part of the Netherlands' government in exile, the film highlights both the beauty of the former Dutch colonies and Dutch territorial holdings as ideal vacation destination and delves into the strategic significance of the area for the Allied powers during World War II and into the post-war period as a shipping port.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- Netherlands Information Bureau
- Released
- 1942-10-31
- Running time
- 11 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Paleolithic Rock Art
- Philip Hanson Hiss
- Western Hemisphere
- Dutch Caribbean
- Netherlands Information Bureau
- World War
- Fort Oranje
- Sint Eustatius
- Lesser Antilles
- Beth Haim Cemetery