Forty Years

This government commissioned film -- made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina's reign -- chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938 against the backdrop of the social and political events of the times. It shows the emergence of trade unions, the troubled years of the First World War, the development of aviation and Schiphol airport, the Dutch East Indies and the lives of the Dutch royal family.

Directors

Johan De Meester, Edmond T. Gréville

Writers

Jo van Ammers-Küller, Ben van Eysselsteijn

Released

January 10, 1938

Language

Dutch