Summer and beachwear fashion in the Netherlands Antilles. Models disembark from a KLM West Indies Douglas DC-6 aircraft (Prinses Magriet, PJ-DPP). Two models wearing housecoats pose on a terrace. Women wear matching pinstriped dress. Models in bikinis enjoy a picnic on the beach. The two women in bikinis lie down. In evening models wear white cocktail dresses. They pose for a photographer.
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands visits Curaçao in the Dutch West Indies for a month. Her mother Queen Juliana bids farewell to Princess Beatrix. Princess Beatrix boards a KLM Douglas DC-6 “Prinses Marijke” (PJ-DPM). A huge crowd welcomes Princess Beatrix on the Curaçao International Airport (known at the time as “Dr. Albert Plesman airport”). Princess Beatrix climbs down a KLM airstair. The Governor of the Netherlands Antilles and other leaders welcome her on the airport. Princess Beatrix and Dutch Antilles leaders leave in an open car. Princess Beatrix waves to crowd gathered to welcome her.
A long table is set with Netherlands Coat of Arms displayed on drapes behind. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands is escorted to the table and meets Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn. As she stands behind the table, a succession of Hollywood actors come up to greet her. The setting is a studio stage with smaller round tables set up for other guests. After the dinner, the Princess mingles with Actresses Hedy Lamarr and June Allyson, and speaks with actor Lionel Barrymore (confined to wheel chair ). She is then escorted to a working stage where she converses with actors in costume and observes how movies are made.
The first birthday celebration of the Frisian Lautenbach quadruplets in Deinum, a village in Friesland, The Netherlands. A lady sits near the babies (Dirkje, Meint, Willem and Ytje) while they play in their cots. Nurses take care of the Lautenbach quadruplets lying in incubators in the Diaconessenhuis in Leeuwarden, Friesland. The Lautenbach quadruplets play in the backyard of the house.
Princess Beatrix visits New York. Princess Beatrix of Netherlands travels to New York by sea. Dignitaries greet and receive the Princess at a harbor. The Princess visits New York to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Henry Hudson's Exploration. Civilians greet the Princess during a ticker tape parade. The Princess enters the City Hall.
United States General (and future President) Dwight David Eisenhower visits the Netherlands. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the Netherlands with other military officers. Eisenhower reviews naval recruits standing at attention. Eisenhower looks through binoculars and observes Dutch Army soldiers performing drills and firing guns in training exercises. Army soldiers of the Netherlands climb barricades and perform other drills while practicing. Exteriors of Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, welcome Dwight David Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.