The Dutch Fishing City of Sheveningan (1928)

Working 55+ hour jobs lately-time for a Time Jaunt and I don't care where!
(spins dial)
Huh, this machine really likes the Netherlands when i'm not guiding it-not that I mind....

Scheveningen is a fishing village on the Dutch North Sea coast bordering the city of The Hague. It was visited in the late 1920's by our Mystery Cameraperson (alas, as is common on these touring shorts we have no credits available) with a decent camera for the day, steady hands and a professional technique. This ten-and-a-half-minute feature shows the viewer traders bidding for freshly caught fish, barrels of fish being filled and handled, children hanging about and pinching chunks of ice that have broken off huge ice bars, women making and repairing nets, nets being laid out to dry using horses and carts, fish being cleaned and hung on metal rods to be smoked. Aside from one motorized cargo carrier transportation seems limited to pedestrian, horse and bicycle, with the ships being shown relying primarily on sail with steam boilers for back-up...

This short film remained in a decent state of preservation in the Beeld En Geluid until found by Media Restorer Rick88888888, who used AI technology to correct Aspect Ratios and Speed, fill in minor flaws and add glorious Color and background noise! I raise a mug of spiced cider to Rick88888888 and all media restorers everywhere for my brief vacation before another shift here in 2023....Soundtrack, Colorized.