Professor Fritz Zernike demonstrates the 'Phase Contrast' microscope that earned him the Nobel Prize in physics. He makes minute living organisms visible with this instrument. Professor reads letters.
Aerial view of destruction by the hurricane in Holland. A fleet of ships at a port. Streets flooded with water. Plane drops drugs for people. Refugees on muddy roads. A soldier holds a child in his lap. People rescued by helicopter of the U.S. Army. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands meets refugees. She is accompanied by her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. A baby is seen at the refugee center. Queen Juliana looks at a child at a refugee center.
A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Convair CV-240-4 crash landed near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dutch officials inspect the crashed aircraft, Paulus Potter (PH-TEI), resting on a field. The Convair CV-240-4 bound for Paris lost altitude just after takeoff from Schiphol Airport. Men inspecting the damaged wing of the Convair CV-240-4. Men search for clues among the wreckage of the aircraft. The plane broke in two. Aircraft seats from the wreckage.
A fierce storm in Atlantic causes water to break over the dykes in Holland leading to a severe flood in West Europe. Houses submerged in water, people flee the flooded area. Men row boat across the flooded area. A wrecked car floats on water.