Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands gives birth to Willem-Alexander, the first male child born to the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange, in over a century. People view a light shaped like a cradle. Crowds gathered outside the Utrecht University Hospital (now known as the University Medical Center Utrecht Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, Netherlands). A spokesman speaks to reporters announcing the birth of Princess Beatrix’s child. Dutch people dancing and rejoicing on the streets.
The ministry of Foreign Affairs in Netherlands. Cars are parked outside the building. The building has several flag posts with the national flag of Netherlands all flying at half staff. People can be seen on the roads. Another building shown with flags of the United States and the United Kingdom. Footage is from timeframe of anti-communist rallies and violence in Amsterdam, in support of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
Netherlands mourns the death of Princess Wilhelmina, the mother of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Mourners attend Princess Wilhelmina’s all-white funeral in Amsterdam. The coffin of Princess Wilhelmina is carried by an all-white carriage. Queen Juliana wears an all-white dress while her husband Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld wears a military uniform. People stand on sides of the street as cortege passes. Thousands of people gather around the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, where the Dutch royal family crypt is located. Church bells ring out. Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhardt and their daughters, Princesses Beatrix, Irene, Margriet and Christina (also known as Marijke), stand up. Church service before the burial of Princess Wilhelmina.
United States Thunderstreak jet fighters delivered to Netherlands. The Thunderstreak jet fighters replace the obsolete jets of Netherlands Air Force. The Thunderstreak jet fighters in flight. Dutch pilots look up at the formation of the Thunderstreak jet fighters.
Excerpt from "The Netherlands -- A Country Claimed from the Sea." Map of Europe outlines the Netherlands including North and South Holland. Windmill near a water canal. Dutch man and children in native costumes. A busy city street. Dutch men, women, and teenagers on bicycles along with various cars and road traffic passing by. Vehicular traffic. View of a canal. A large steam ship passes under a canal bridge and after passing under, it erects its main smoke stack that had been pulled down or retracted to clear under the bridge.
Farms, dikes, and canals in the Netherlands. View of a dike in a Dutch village. An animated map shows flow of Rhine River and its connected smaller rivers in the Netherlands. A windmill in a farm. View of farmlands. Holstein Friesian cattle and sheep graze in farm.