Sky Over Holland

Netherlands (1967): Short

This remarkable film, written by Simon Koster and directed by John Fernhout (Ferno), was shot in 70mm. and color, of course, from a variety of moving conveyances, including jet planes, motorboats, automobiles, ice skates affixed to platforms powered by wind-driven sails, and so forth. Without any spoken narration but with a very apt music score, it was an amazing overview of a remarkable compendium of what Holland has to offer - art, history, natural scenery, its industries, canals, harbors - you name it. The credits seemed to indicate that the government of the Netherlands had sponsored this project with the special participation of the Dutch Air Force (which included fantastic shots from jet planes as they descended through broken cloud cover onto the massive sunlit fields of tulips, segueing into shots of the masterpieces of Piet Mondrian on museum walls.) (gregcouture, IMDb)

· Short Subjects (Live Action) 1967: John Ferno, producer

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