>2nd root: building the van nelle factories,
(bouwen voor het licht),b&w, 26min.

This documentary tells how in Rotterdam, between 1917 and 1932, the Van Nelle factories came into existence. Most of the footage used in the documentary was shot during the construction of the factories. The original highly inflamable nitrate film stock had been lying around in a storage room of the factories for sixty years. It was never edited.

The factories, designed by the office of Brinkman & van der Vlugt, are one of the first examples of modern archtecture. They are one of the few Dutch designs no historical survey fails to mention.

Kees van der Leeuw, the commissionar
Mart Stam, the designer
Leendert van der Vlugt, the architect
still photographs
movie excerpt

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