This amateur home movie with intertitles records a holiday to the Netherlands taken by Lord and Lady Armstrong and Baron Watson-Armstrong. Footage includes trips to Marken and Volendam where the focus is on the traditional costume still worn by Dutch locals in the area. Title: Visit of Lord and Lady Armstrong And Capt.The Hon. Watson Armstrong To Holland Title: Rotterdam 6 - 11 June 1936 Headquarters And Surroundings The opening sequence depicts various street scenes in Rotterdam with...

This amateur home movie with intertitles records a holiday to the Netherlands taken by Lord and Lady Armstrong and Baron Watson-Armstrong. Footage includes trips to Marken and Volendam where the focus is on the traditional costume still worn by Dutch locals in the area. Title: Visit of Lord and Lady Armstrong And Capt.The Hon. Watson Armstrong To Holland Title: Rotterdam 6 - 11 June 1936 Headquarters And Surroundings The opening sequence depicts various street scenes in Rotterdam with views of the architecture, roof top advertising signs, a large boulevard landscaped with trees, cobbled roads beside a canal, signposts to cities such as Gouda and Utrecht, an iron bridge structure, cyclists, cars and a horse and cart. There is a shot of the bronze statue of Erasmus, with an iron bridge in the background. Lord and Lady Armstrong And Baron Watson-Armstrong walk from a building entrance into the street. Buildings are clustered on a bank of a river as boats row by. There is a travelling shot of a large steamship cruise liner on the river, belching smoke from its funnel. Lord and Lady Armstrong and the Baron take a boat trip, probably along the New Meuse river. There is a variety of river traffic including smaller tugboats. A portrait shot of the three captures them on the Rotterdam river cruise. Title: Delft In the next sequence in Delft Lord and Lady Armstrong And Baron Watson-Armstrong visit the large cobbled Market Square area, standing first at an arched church doorway. The camera pans across the street where two men with cycles chat. There is a portrait shot of the Baron, Lord and Lady Armstrong. Dutch guild houses, shops, and the New Church, surround the square and a statue of Hugo Grotius (or De Groot) sits in front of the church. A man on a bicycle wobbles as he rides by, curious about the camera. A man is resting at the base of the De Groot statue. Title: The Hague The Armstrongs then visit The Hague. Various scenes document the historic buildings and culture around the Binnenhof (Inner Court, or government buildings) including an elaborate gilt fountain in the square, the Hall of Knights building, a close-up of a stone-carved insignia above an arch, and an equestrian statue in a tree landscaped boulevard. The film moves on to record a riverfront area with church (or castle) architecture, grand waterfront buildings, a coat of arms and a statue. A man in a smart suit gets out of a car on a square with café chairs and tables in the background. The letters 'Royal' appear on one building. In another square, a large memorial statue sits on a circular roundabout. A low angle shot depicts the statue figure. There is a general view of the modernist, functional Kodak building on Anna Paulownastraat. A horse and carriage are parked beside the pavement of a huge stately building with a gothic tower. There are various shots of the exterior façade of a mansion with statues and surrounding gardens. Title: ‘Den Haag en Kasteel Oud Wassenaar’ Lord and Lady Armstrong And Baron Watson-Armstrong are seated at a café table. They then walk slowly down some steps and get into a waiting car. The chauffeur doffs his hat as he drives away. Title: Marken The next sequence focuses on local Dutch men and women in traditional costume on Marken Island. There is a high angle shot down into a kind of gondola boat where Lord and Lady Armstrong And Baron Watson-Armstrong are sitting. The film then cuts to Lord Armstrong walking past on a village street. A group of women and children in traditional costumes of striped shirts, waistcoats and long wide skirts with white bonnets are gathered in the street. One young girl wears a heavily embroidered hat. A man walks past in traditional dress, carrying two baskets. A woman lifts her child in the air. Lord Armstrong and Baron Watson-Armstrong are standing amongst the group of locals. Lord and Lady Armstrong are with a group in costume, carrying signs, one for Yskoud Bier. A Coca-Cola sign is hung on a wooden clapboard house in the background. A child with the group carries a large doll dressed in the same national costume. In a travelling shot from a river, we see the Marken women and children wave them off from the quayside. Dark wooden houses are in the background. Title: Monnikendam A brief shot of Lord and Lady Armstrong and Baron Watson-Armstrong travelling on a boat follows. Title: Volendam There is a view through the windscreen of a car driving into the coastal town of Volendam. Three old fishermen in traditional clothing and hats are by the waterside. The film cuts to Lord and Lady Armstrong looking at postcards outside a souvenir shop. A woman stands outside in traditional dress, with a peaked dark hat and long white skirts. She looks at camera. Along the street three other men are all in traditional local dress with one younger man in casual contemporary dress. A man walks beside a young sailor (?) on the quayside. Two young women in traditional costume of long dark dresses, peaked dark bonnets, long white aprons, walk by camera. Title: Amsterdam This section opens with a shot of the Amstel Hotel. Baron Watson-Armstrong and Lord and Lady Armstrong are outside the entrance to the hotel. Title: Weesp In The 'Roskan' The three are outside a café with a striped awning in the sunshine. Next, they horse around with a bicycle, Lady Armstrong pushing the cycle towards her husband and mimicking a bull. They then shake hands and the Baron joins them. The film cuts to a shot of two cars pulled up at a grass verge on the roadside. One man leans into the window of the front car. Two others stand and watch. A fourth man holds a cycle, and another cycle lays on the grass. The front car then tows away the other. Title: Doorn (The Rosarium) Lord and Lady Armstrong and the Baron walk around the rose garden at Doorn Manor, and survey a white statue. Title: Visit To N.V. V/H Gebr Polak Rotterdam. Baron Watson-Armstrong and Lord Armstrong walk out of a shop. Title: Tea At The Home of Mr. Albert H. Polak Rotterdam Lady Armstrong and Mr Polak clink glasses in a drawing room. The Baron and Lord Armstrong also clink glasses. Various portrait shots show the four talking and drinking together. Lady Armstrong affectionately kisses the Baron and hugs him. Lord and Lady Armstrong and the Baron leave the Hotel Weimar with a porter carrying bags. A chic woman with bob waved hair and a small dog in her arms walks past and looks on curiously. There are various shots of loading the car with luggage. A large man shakes hands with the Armstrong family as they sit in the car. End Title: And A Hearty Au Revoir