Directing
Willard Van der Veer
Born — Died
1894-08-23 — 1963-06-16
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
3 titles
Willard Van der Veer was born on 23 August 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for With Byrd at the South Pole (1930), Maintain the Right (1940) and The Crawling Hand (1963). He died on 16 June 1963 in Encino, California, USA.
Known for
7.5This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily Rock) above Idyllwild. The various climbing techniques are explained, as well as the dangers one encounters in this sport. We also see the team rappel from the summit. A second team, used for comic relief, has nothing but problems.
Three on a Rope
1938
How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.
Hot on Ice
1938
Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they tire of the repetitive routine, a superior officer tells them the story of another Northwest Mounted Policeman. The story shows the chase and capture of a killer by the policeman, with the respect he commanded causing an Indian tribe to return his dead body back to the post and also turning over the killer he tracked down, only to lose his life to disease while helping the tribe fight the same malady that killed him.
Maintain the Right
1940
Behind the camera
7.5This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily Rock) above Idyllwild. The various climbing techniques are explained, as well as the dangers one encounters in this sport. We also see the team rappel from the summit. A second team, used for comic relief, has nothing but problems.
Three on a Rope
1938
How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.
Hot on Ice
1938
Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they tire of the repetitive routine, a superior officer tells them the story of another Northwest Mounted Policeman. The story shows the chase and capture of a killer by the policeman, with the respect he commanded causing an Indian tribe to return his dead body back to the post and also turning over the killer he tracked down, only to lose his life to disease while helping the tribe fight the same malady that killed him.
Maintain the Right
1940