Holland in the Western Hemisphere (1942)
island
Curaçao
category
Arts & crafts, Built heritage, Intangible heritage, Natural heritage, and Tangible heritage
type of material
Film/video
target group
General public
language
English
author/maker
Netherlands Information Bureau and Philip Hanson Hiss
Photographed by Philip Hanson Hiss, “Holland in the Western Hemisphere” (1942) is a color documentary film about the Dutch Caribbean. Made by the Netherlands Information Bureau, part of the Netherlands’ government in exile, the film highlights both the beauty of the former Dutch colonies and Dutch territorial holdings as ideal vacation destination.