A big crowd of people standing on a bridge near the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. A policemen walks across a riot struck area, following actions by anti-communist protestors in sympathy with the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 . Broken glass pieces and other losses to the property can be seen. A street packed with a crowd of people, in the night hours. Police breaking up the crowds. A group of marchers including women and clergy walking together along a road.
Flag at sidewalk stall flown at half-mast in wake of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. Flags on buildings flying at half-mast. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in The Hague. Building sign as "Ministerie van Buttenlandse zaken". The Dutch flag flying half-mast behind stone sculpture of the Amsterdam coat of arms. Flags of different countries including United States and England flying at half-mast.
World War I Draft and mobilization activities in 1917-1918. American WWI military recruits get down from a railroad train to get to the training camp. U.S. Military officials board the seized Dutch steamer ship in New York Harbor (seized as a neutral vessel during timeframe that Dutch ships under the modus vivendi agreement with the allies were threatened by German U-boats). The ship appears to be the Nieuw Amsterdam. (Lettering behind officials as they board is clearly "Amsterdam" but there is an obstructed word before that may be "Nieuw". Several Dutch ships were seized by U.S. military officials during this same month, including the Nieuw Amsterdam). Crew on the deck of the steamer ship Amsterdam. Dutch flag flying on the ship.
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.
NATO assists Netherlands in flood relief operations. Netherlands troops work on dikes. View from inside a U.S. Air Force C-119 aircraft dropping relief supplies, including inflated rafts, over flood threatened areas of Netherlands. Netherlands troops dump material from a truck to reinforce dike. Troops and civilians work on dikes.
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands celebrates her 40th birthday at the Soestdijk Palace (Amsterdamsestraatweg 1, 3744 AA Baarn, Netherlands) in Baarn, Netherlands. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (husband of Queen Juliana) and their daughters, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, accompany Queen Juliana. Many children are gathered outside the royal palace to greet the queen with balloons. Some children present helium balloons to Queen Juliana's daughters. Thousands of balloons are set free in the sky. A small child carrying balloon stands in a window. Small boy holds flowers in hands. Queen Juliana watches the balloons in delight. Prince Bernhard smokes a cigar. Princess Marijke (Princess Christina of the Netherlands), the youngest daughter of Queen Juliana, carrying a balloon while standing in a window. A small Dutch boy brings flowers. People lining up to give flowers to Queen Juliana.