Tag: architecture

Amsterdam 1939 | 20240110


Screenshots from the film Amsterdam 1939 a trip through the canals and along the old facades of Amsterdam in 1939 , published first by Polygoon in 1940 a few months before World War II. Images are discussed in detail in the film.

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1. Amsterdam 1939 | 20240109 | Miracles•Media | @michelvanderburg | URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2024/01/09/amsterdam-1939-20240109/
2. Resolution is low, since the original archive footage from Sound & Vision (Open Images) is only 352 × 288 pixels.

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Amsterdam 1939 | 20240109


Amsterdam 1939 | 20240109 | Miracles•Media
Documentary – Dutch spoken , English subtitles.

EN – In 1939 with Polygoon film company through… the canals and along the old facades of Amsterdam. Published in 1940 a few months before World War II.

NL – In 1939 met de Polygoon filmfabriek door de grachten en langs de oude gevels van Amsterdam. Gepubliceerde in 1940 kort voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Tocht langs de Stadsbank van Lening, Vondels huis, huis op 3 grachten, Kolkje, schuilkerk Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder, Schreierstoren, Montelbaanstoren, Gooyer molen, Jordaan, Lange Jan, Westertoren, Bickerseiland, Waaggebouw, Amsterdamse universiteit, Agnietenschool, gildekamer chirurgijnen.

Film edited (image and sound) from a 1940 Polygoon-Profilti documentary | Sound & Vision (Open Images).
Music : (1) RAF March String Chorus, and (2) Roses in the Garden , both by Jean-Miles Carter | Artlist.
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Night Panaroma Ghent Vrijdagmarkt Market Square

Night Panaroma Ghent Vrijdagmarkt Market Square
Vrijdagmarkt (Friday Market) last September with the Statue of Jacob van Artevelde and two monumental art nouveau buildings of the socialist movement – Ons Huis (Our Home) and Bond Moyson – built around 1900, which currently house the socialist health insurance federation and the Socialist National Trade Union Federation. Film : 20191125 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

The Expatriate


① memo 20190510 ~ The Expatriate ~ Rotonde building at street corner – junction of the Rue de la Croix de Fer and Rue de l’Enseignement – last wednesday, where used to be brasserie La Rotonde, prominent in a scene in The Expatriate, Brussels , Belgium

Maisel Synagogue


① memo 20180329 ~ Maisel Synagogue ~ Maisel Synagogue (Czech: Maiselova synagoga) in the former Jewish Ghetto, Prague, Czech Republic, filmed March 30, 2012

Sanatorium Zonnestraal


① memo 20180219 ~ Sanatorium Zonnestraal ~ Zonnestraal (trans. Sunbeam) was built as a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1920s , an example of the Nieuwe Bouwen, modern architecture , Hilversum , Holland