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Broken and destroyed houses at coastal area in Holland.

Broken and destroyed houses at coastal area in Holland. Men and women carry wooden frames of destroyed houses. Stationary ship at the coast. A man hoisted out of the ship.

Date: 1955, May 23
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039867
Sailors prepare the sails before the International Dragon Boat Race begun in Holland.

International Dragon Boat Race in Holland. Dragon boats lined up in the Zuider Zee river. Sailors prepare the sails. The race begins. Sailors row the boats. The sails billow in wind.

Date: 1955, August 25
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055715
Boy and girl children alike wear skirts and have long hair until the age of 8 and play together in Holland.

All youngsters look like girls in Holland. A house seen. Youngsters climb down the stairs of the house. All youngsters look like girls. Boys and girls, both, wear same costumes. White panel on shirt indicates he is a boy and if it is missing she is a girl. Boys and girls alike wear skirts and have long hair until the age of 8. Girls wear embroidered caps. After age of 8, boys get hair cut and take their place in the male society. Youngsters play together. A girl rides a scooter.

Date: 1955, September 19
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071440
People gather at the bank of Ijssel river to watch the Junior swimming championship in Holland.

Junior swimming championship in Holland. People gather at the bank of Ijssel river. Participants swim in the river. People watch the championship. The winners stand amidst people.

Date: 1955, August 1
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062936
Netherlands celebrates the birth of Willem-Alexander, son of Princess Beatrix

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.

Date: 1967, April 27
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035367
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Netherlands with half staffed flags.

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.

Date: 1956, November
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035858