New earth

Edited version of film originally released in Amsterdam in 1934 under title: Nieuwe gronden.; Credits taken from print.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Music, Hanns Eisler; editing, Helen Van Dongen.; Narration, Tom Shirley.; A documentary on the reclamation of the Zuiderzee in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Ivens offered it to the Dutch government in exile to help the war effort. It was edited and cut and the central idea of the original film changed.; PFA 1608-04-242. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: June 15, 2004 scratched.