Glass

7.6
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 10 min
  • Premiere: 1958. June 27.

This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly edited ballet of working hands and the sequence of mechanical motions of the engines, is it especially a cinematic tour de force. That the industry can’t do without man’s involvement is shown in the scene where we hear the voice of Haanstra himself counting the bottles on the conveyor belt, until one bottle breaks…

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Crew

Eduard van der Enden

Cinematography

Directing

Bert Haanstra

Director

Wim van der Velde

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Bert Haanstra

Producer

Sound

Writing

Crew

Eduard van der Enden

Cinematography

Directing

Bert Haanstra

Director

Wim van der Velde

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Bert Haanstra

Producer

Sound

Writing