Utrecht

Director: Willy Mullens | Production Country: The Netherlands | Production Year: 1918 | Production Company: s-Gravenhaagsche Filmfabriek | FLM70061 | Film from the collection of EYE (Amsterdam) - https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/collection/...

This film is dedicated to Mayor Reiger, who had a great deal of influence on the development of Utrecht at the turn of the century. The opening shot is an aerial view of downtown, filmed from the hundred-metre-high Domtoren. Considerableattention is paid to the Domtoren, the Domkerk, the nearby university, and the most important canals. From a boat in the canal, the filmmaker depicts the shipyard basements and the low-lying quays. Many passers-by pose for the camera. Footage is also shot from a moving tram. The moving camera gives the film a more dynamic character than most of the other ‘city films’ from the early years of cinema.


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