- James A. FitzPatrick: [narrating] The innumerable waterways in this colorful land provide an excellent means of transportation. And in wintertime, when frozen solid, they become excellent routes for traffic on sleds and skates. But rural Holland presents its most charming scenes during the milder seasons - when the attractive dairy maids quietly row forth in their boats, to collect the daily supply of milk from various little stations along their routes.
- James A. FitzPatrick: [narrating] Spakenburg is especially noted for the unique costumes worn by its women. And they are not dressed for the benefit of tourists, for visitors from the outside world are not as common here as they are in other parts of Holland. Owing to the absence of men, Spakenburg appears to be a woman's domain.
- James A. FitzPatrick: [narrating] After the toil of the day, a favorite diversion is a bicycle ride along the level country roads.
- James A. FitzPatrick: [narrating] Prior to the last world war, the stork was a very conspicuous bird in Holland. But during the food shortages caused by the recent war, all of the storks, it is said, were either eaten or frightened away. So now nothing remains to commemorate their memory, except a deserted stork nest on the roof of the farmhouse. Nevertheless, the absence of the stork has had no effect on the baby population. As a matter of fact, there has been a tremendous increase in the birth rate since Mr. Stork vanished from the land.