Land Behind The Dikes: The Netherlands (main title missing)

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Land Behind The Dikes: The Netherlands Pt 1 of 2 (main title missing) Prod. Louis de Rochemont main title missing Dutch countryside - dikes. Map of Netherlands showing area below sea level. Farmland - farming scenes - vegetable harvest. 15:02:35 Animated map w/ land reclamation in Zuider Zee. Sea wall across mouth of Zuider Zee. 15:03:12 Construction monument w/ Art Deco lettering 28May32 - VO re replacement of salty sea water w/ fresh water from rivers. Road along wide dike w/ traffic passing. 15:03:36 Barges pumping water into earth & sucking out to create dikes - men in boots at work. Dike reinforced w/ willow & straw matting. Changes to landscape - island once surrounded by saltwater. Reclaimed land prepared for farming - drainage ditches dug. 15:05:46 Diagram showing cross-section of farmland - polders. 15:06:03 Unicorn Farm on oldest polder in North Holland - CU plaque 1682 - girl picks flowers - farmer de Jong & wife milks Fresian cow herd. Daughter into farmhouse, leaves clogs outside. INT cow barn - girl on swing. Farmer’s son & daughters inside farmhouse - girls peel potatoes while mother cooks. Kids harvest apple crop. Farmer drags mud out of irrigation canal. 15:09:12 Windmill - horse & cart past - farmer prepares sails to catch the breeze - INT wheels & cogs pumping water into canal. Modern pumping station interior. 15:11:01 Farmers load vegetable harvest into barge - inland waterways used to take produce to market - barge carried across dike on cable car mechanism. Barge into lock - lock keeper lowers water level & barge proceeds. Market area w/ canal thru center; barges float past traders to show produce. CU electric price indicator. 15:13:26 Livestock market, buyer & seller clap hands to agree on purchase. Goats, cows, horses. Farmer looks at cattle market. 15:14:25 Dairy - workers load milk into machine for pasteurization, cooled & into vats made into cheese. Balls of cheese divided into buckets. 15:15:39 Meeting of Dairymen’s Co-operative; men talking, listening, smoking. 15:16:19 Town square of Alkmaar, clock on old bell tower w/ animated figures - cheese unloaded from truck at market including balls of Edam - cheese porters in traditional uniforms. Kids help roll Edam cheeses down ramp onto boat. 15:17:41 Countryside scenes - workers building new polders for farmland w/ train on dike; new village under construction. CU bricklayer. LS houses. 15:18:53 Farming on finished polder. 15:19:16 Sea crashes on beach behind dike. Geography; European Farming / Agriculture; Postwar Holland; Post-WW2; Post-WWII; Food; Marketing; 1949; NOTE: Any continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk