The beautiful Dutch province of Gelderland in in color

First part of a film about entrepreneurship and companies in the picturesq Dutch Gelderse Valley in the province of Gelderland, almost a century ago. Among other this film shows the Ritmeester cigar factories in Veenendaal, the Phoenix brewery in Amersfoort, the Monument to the Belgian WW-I refugees in Amersfoort, the Klein-Heidelberg tavern, the horticultural enterprise Klein-Westland, a goose breeding farm, wool dyeing, and the work of a beekeeper. For more information: see the detailed timeline below. The original B&W film has been motion-stabilized, speed-corrected, enhanced and colorized by means of modern Artificial Intelligence software. Music: Various Source: Beeld En Geluid. Timeline: 00:00 Garden at the intersection on the ridge at Amersfoort with its church tower in the distance 00:12 Luxurious suburban villas 00:26 Monument, donated by the Belgian inmates as a thank you for the enjoyed hospitality 00:31 Image: The monument, consisting of three square main towers 00:38 Director walks around the monument, high on the hill plateau 00:51 The dark silhouette of the monument 00:55 Beer barrels of Phoenix-Bier at Amersfoort 01:15 Klein-Heidelberg pub with huge horizontal beer barrels 01:21 A Waiter pours the Phoenix beer into two glasses 01:47 Residential house at the horticultural company Little West Country 01:51 The vast acreage of greenhouses 02:12 The camera is pushed across narrow gauge rails between two rows of greenhouses 02:20 Staff walk in and out of the greenhouses with flowers 03:05 The interior of a greenhouse; along the inside of the roof grows the vines 03:16 Close-up of the ripe wine grapes 03:21 The Owner cuts a bunch of grapes and puts them in an auction box 03:47 Close-up of the picked bunches of grapes in the box 03:55 Cut flowers including chrysanthemums 04:12 Detail image of so-called spider-head chrysanthemums 04:25 On to the egg farm 04:31 Egg turns into a croaking goose chick 04:43 Moments later the chick becomes a mature white goose 04:54 Young geese in the goose breeding farm around the drinking basin 05:18 The whole troop then turns back 05:22 A straggler has been trampled underfoot but scrambles to his feet and follows the rest 05:26 A flock of geese walks back and forth in the pen in front of the open doors 05:38 But then decide to come outside 05:49 Overview of the extensive breeding farm 06:11 On to a sheep farm: The washed coat contains pure wool 06:17 Full spools 06:22 A dyed strip of wool is passed through machines 06:29 Cigar maker at work 06:38 Emblem on the box of the Ritmeester cigar factory 06:46 Overview of the market with stalls in Veenedaal 07:22 The European famous bee market: Access to the market site 07:29 Market overview; The hive baskets are in rows next to each other against makeshift walls 08:05 Beekeeper puts on his hood and sticks a cigar through the mouth hole 08:19 Beekeeper looks inside of a pair of hives 08:33 The bees crowd around the hive opening 08:42 The writhing mass of bees on combs in the hive 08:55 A pipe smoking hooded beekeeper 09:06 Beekeepers sit on the ground near the hives 09:15 The beekeeper takes off his hood 09:19 The End.

Director

Ricks Film Restoration