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Patriotic flag-waving in Ter eere van den Belgische soldaat / A la gloire du troupier belge, an official propaganda film that “emphasizes the activity, endurance and sacrifices of all soldiers” made by the Film Service of the Belgian Army in 1922.

In the late 1930s, André Cauvin had made fame as the director of several remarkable art documentaries. Because he was a well-known filmmaker at the time, he is asked by the Belgian Ministery of the Colonies to make documentaries about the Belgian Congo. After a first visit in 1939, Cauvin becomes attached to the country and its people. He returns on several occasions and makes many succesful documentaries. When the B

This 1910 Pathé short about two kids visiting Brussels was clearly intended to attract tourists.