Glass

Glass

7.5 | 1958-06-27 | Documentary

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…

Featured Crew

Bert Haanstra Director
Bert Haanstra Writer
Bert Haanstra Editor
Bert Haanstra Producer
Wim van der Velde Assistant Director
Eduard van der Enden Cinematography
Ralph Sheldon Editor
Pim Jacobs Music

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