Media item

Old oil mill in operation again

Week number 59-51

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:54
Publication date:
25 April 1961
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER595-HRE00016A27

The oil mill from 1852 in Rolderwolde is put back in operation after a short ceremony. The mayor unties the sails after which the mill starts turning. With a.o. the interior with the bevel, cogs and millstones. Linseed is squashed, caught in a tank, heated and put into bags that are squeezed in a large press, which leaves linseed oil and linseed cake.