Map of the Netherlands with town of Hertogenbosch highlighted. Infantry move through the town of Oisterwijk, Netherlands, transported in "Kangaroo" armored personnel carriers of the 1st Canadian Armored Carrier Regiment. They are followed by armored vehicles of Squadron B,15th (Scottish) Reconnaissance Regiment. 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division Commander, Major General Sir Collin Muir (Tiny) Barber consults with two of his commanders at a river crossing in Moergestel (He is good-naturedly called "Tiny" because he is the tallest officer in the British Army. One of the officers with him may be Major Gordon or Major Mills.) British troops set up a battery of artillery and fire at German positions. British troops cross a canal in boats, while Churchill tanks and bren guns provide supporting fire. Soldiers climb the canal bank and proceed toward town of Boxtel. Several columns of the British 2nd Army proceed towards Hertogenbosch. A British Sherman tank firing. Buildings on fire due to bombardment. British forces employ a flame-throwing (Crocodile) Churchill tank. Members of the 15th (Scottish) Reconnaissance Regiment rescue civilians trapped in an air raid shelter. Fire and smoke rises. British tanks enter the town of Hertogenbosch. Liberated citizens come from hiding after the battle. (World War II period).
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.
Princess Margriet, third child of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during World War II. View of Netherlands flag flying on Parliament Hill (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9, Canada). View of the Ottawa Civic Hospital (1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada) after King George VI of the United Kingdom temporarily declared the hospital as “extraterritorial”. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, consort of Princess Juliana and father of Princess Margriet, carrying his infant daughter inside the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Prince Bernhard writes down Princess Margriet’s name during the registration of her birth. Two Dutch officials stand as witnesses during the registration of the royal birth. Princess Margriet's name on the registration document is shown. Prince Bernhard plays with his daughters, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, and pet dog in the snow.
Project Cirrus, in the Netherlands, 1951. Film is devoted to views of Norwegian air crews and their de Havilland Vampire jet aircraft, posing where they are encamped at an airfield in the Netherlands. Camera pans over parked aircraft an shows closeup of markings of Norwegian Squadron 336 on aircraft fuselage. A pilot poses, looking skyward, in opened cockpit of his plane. He wears a helmet with goggles raised atop it and his oxygen mask dangling below it. Closeup of Norwegian airman with "Norway" displayed on his left shoulder patch. He wears glasses and looks skyward. White clouds fill the sky in the background throughout the film. Two Norwegian fliers in flight suits pose looking away from the camera (in profiles). A vampire jet begins a takeoff roll as the film ends.
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