New Earth

New Earth

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 14, 1933

Runtime

0h 30m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

69%

Original Title

Nieuwe gronden

Production Companies

Capi-Holland

Director

Joris Ivens

Description

The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people of the Netherlands struggle and succeed in building a breaker, thereby eliminating the wild inland body of water once known as the Zuider Zee (now called Ijsselmeer).