A documentary film titled 'The Netherlands' on the geography and the people in the Netherlands. The map of Europe. The map outlines Netherlands. Germany and Belgium also located on the map. Another map locates North and South Holland. Windmills in an area. A man and woman walking on a street with children. The woman with a child in a stroller. Traffic passing on the street. Buildings along the sides of the street. A steam boat underway on a river.
A traditional Christmas parade in Amsterdam, Netherlands. St Nicholas (Known as Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas in the Netherlands) seated on a horse and people stand by the side of roads and cheer for him. Honor guards accompany Sinterklaas on horseback. Queen Wilhelmina, Princess Juliana, her children (Beatrix, Irene and Margriet) and husband Prince Bernhard look out from the window of the Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam Postbus 3708 1001 AM Amsterdam The Netherlands). A Dutch man holding his daughter. Prince Bernhard smokes a cigar besides Queen Wilhelmina. A mascot dressed as Zwarte Piet (a blackface companion of Sinterklaas) distributes special Sinterklaas-themed sweets to children. The Dutch royal family meets Sinterklaas. Zwarte Piet talks to Princess Irene. The procession moves on streets and Saint Nicholas presents gifts to young children in the crowd.
Project Cirrus, Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) officer maps a campaign in a field, he marks on a map. Two NATO officers walk in the area. NATO airmen briefed by an officer. Instructor stands at the blackboard during briefing.
A U.S. Air Force C54 aircraft taxis, with outboard engines shut down, to the ramp at Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland, during NATO Air Forces exercise Project Cirrus. Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, Commander in chief, U.S. Air Forces Europe, and Commanding general of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe, descends a long ladder to the ramp. He is greeted by A Dutch Air Force General and poses with other NATO Air Forces officers. He is briefed by a NATO officer, and then surrounded by reporters who interview him. Next, he enters a 1950 Ford sedan staff car and is driven away. The next scene shows Norstad in discussions with NATO fliers at a camp in open fields. Closeup of Norstad with two NATO Generals (one from Norway). Broader view of the group showing elements of the camp in the background.
Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Holland. General Eisenhower stands with other officials at an air base. Transfer of American airplanes to Dutch Air Forces. A U.S. airplane parked on the air base. Pilots and officials stand near the airplane. General Eisenhower meets Dutch pilots and shakes hands with them. He watches the demonstrations of United States Air Force ( USAF ) Thunderjets flying in formation.
People honor the dead in Holland. People walk in columns to honor men who sacrificed their lives to free the Dutch from Nazi German occupying forces. A flame torch. A cross near graves of men. People observe silence. Stationary traffic on a road. People gathered. A monument dedicated to the Resistance Movement.