New Earth
1933 · 30 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 275 VOTES · DIR. Joris Ivens
Overview
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).
Dialogue Timeline — 112 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 NEW EARTH
00:00:23 ...a massive assault on the sea began...
00:00:59 The large inland lake that is created as a result of this...
00:01:22 ...weighted down with rocks, to protect them from strong sea currents.
00:04:51 Crane boulder clay
00:05:05 ...against the attacking waves by a stone slope.
00:05:21 ...from the sea.
00:10:39 ...from rivers and polders...
00:12:59 The sea resists its closure forcefully.
00:17:54 The first earth, reclaimed from the sea.
00:22:58 ...working in 2 shifts...
00:23:43 WORLDWIDE GRAIN CRISES
00:23:57 HUNGER MARCH IN US
00:24:57 "We're bursting with grain!"
00:25:39 "Our grain lies rotting in the fields!"
00:26:22 Mister Legg, says:
00:26:53 Therefore, throw the corn into the sea!
00:27:37 GRAIN THROWERS ARE WANTED
00:27:59 THROW IT IN, MY BOY!
00:28:11 THE RICH HARVESTS HAVE BUNGLED THE PRICES
00:28:36 THEY ARE THROWING THE GRAIN INTO THE SEA
00:28:56 LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN IN YOUR LIFE!
01:09:02 the plan of engineer Lely...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed112
Dialogue density3.7 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:09:02
Production Record
DirectorJoris Ivens
LanguageDutch
IMDb votes275