United States Army and British Army airlifts paratroopers from England to the border of Holland during World War II. British and American transport airplanes and gliders land near Arnhem Holland (Netherlands). Soldiers, tanks and guns supplies offloaded and soldiers begin fighting with the enemy. Soldiers of Dutch Army aid the Allied forces. Allied soldiers rescue injured soldiers and advance towards enemy lines. Allied soldiers meet with Dutch Resistance or Dutch Underground Army members wearing identifying armbands. Group of German Army prisoners is seen including many young boy soldiers. Allied landing draws attention of German units allowing U.S. Army units to cross border into Germany. American soldiers near a bridge and crossing into Germany. They pass near railroad station at Roetgen Germany. Nazi German prisoners use horse carts and bicycle transport while being led away under Allied guard.
Maria Bertha Hertogh (also known as Nadra binte Ma'arof) arrives at Schiphol Airport, Netherlands after she was kidnapped at 5 and later married to a Muslim in Singapore. 13-year-old Bertha Hertogh returns from Singapore to Amsterdam, Netherlands. She along with her mother Adeline Hunter got off a plane. Bertha being greeted by her father Adrianus Petrus Hertogh. A large crowd gather to welcome her after a great turmoil in Singapore. A sign at a doorway reads 'Welkom’. People wave to Bertha.
The first image is the Rijksmuseum (Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A uniformed armed Dutch soldier stands guard in front of a building, in World War II. Uniformed Dutch troops carrying luggage and belongings, fill the platform at a train station. Next several, smoking cigarettes, are seen looking out a train window. An open truck transports several troops carrying rifles, along a street. Military vehicles carry troops and equipment across a bridge. A single stack working commercial ship leaves a port. Another ship named "Sumatra" (with two funnels) is tied up at a dock. View from below of two sailors installing a heavy machine deck gun. Sailors raising a torpedo from a barge. Dutch soldiers in battle gear occupy a sand-bagged coastal position, manning a tripod-mounted gun. A coastal artillery gun is seen in a rotating turret. Soldier manning a large searchlight. More coastal defense guns. A soldier with a machine gun in front of a windmill. Soldiers moving along a heavily sand-bagged trench. Lone soldier, with a rifle, occupying a trench.
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.
People gather for the spring opening of Madurodam, a miniature park located in Scheveningen district of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The village is also described as the 'Lilliput of the lowlands in Holland' by the narrator. Two children observe moving miniature cars on the model road in Madurodam (George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ Den Haag, Netherlands). Small model houses in the small-scale surroundings, visited by people gathered for the opening. The crowd watches as a tall actor playing as 'Gulliver' awakes from his slumber. Gulliver gives children a tour of Madurodam. People observe a bridge amidst the model village as a train passes over it.
The World Bicycle Championship in Holland, Netherlands. Cyclists from various countries participate in the International Championship. Eddie Merckx of Belgium wins the race. Crowd cheers. People hold banner that reads 'Eddie Merckx World Champion 1967'.