A Jewish settlement camp near the Zuiderzee, Netherlands prior to World War II. The Jewish settlement camp is on reclaimed land near the Zuiderzee where the Jews learn carpentry, cabinet making and farming to equip them for life in Palestine. Jewish men in a wash room. Jewish men eating in a community restaurant. Men walk out of the community building. Men working in a greenhouse. Cooks in a kitchen. Women peeling potatoes. The Jews working in a carpentry shop.
American former war correspondents in the Netherlands and Belgium to mark the 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe during World War 2. A sign on a building reads 'Esso Motor Hotel.' American correspondents leave the hotel. Road sign for "Maastricht". Airport hangar with lettering "Airport Luchthaven Zuid Limburg." A bus driven past a civilian band parading down a street. The correspondents seated in the bus. The bus driven past fields in the countryside. A road sign for "Centrum / Belgie". The correspondents get off the bus and enter a government building likely in Antwerp Belgium. Views from inside a bus as the correspondents arrive at NATO headquarters in Brussels. They get off the bus. The correspondents seated around a table during a meeting.
Snow covered city in Netherlands. Snow on water. Sailor break ice to free barges. Men crosses bridge. A couple crosses a bridge. Man ties ice skate shoes. Children slide sled on ice. People skate on ice. Women skate in line. People slide on sled over snow. Children skate. Children throw ice balls on each other and play.
Farmers utilize huge greenhouses to overcome acreage shortages in Netherlands. Huge green houses in a snow covered area. Vegetables grown inside the greenhouses. Farmers work inside the greenhouses and check the crop through a device.
Map shows Zuider Zee, and towns of Marken and Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Animated map shows where the 18-mile dam, the so-called "afsluitdijk", across Zuider Zee was completed in 1932. Areas that are being reclaimed in the resulting body of water (Ijsselmeer) are shown. Colorful scenes of docked fishing boats. Man with a box full of eels, which are the only fish still obtainable since the waters in Ijsselmeer are too shallow to support other fish. To promote tourism, Dutch people are seen wearing traditional costumes. Children in the native costume.
Dutch people from two small fishing villages at the IJsselmeer, Volendam and Marken, wear traditional costumes. Dutch woman in traditional clothing outfit stitches a cloth in The Netherlands. She poses for the camera. Two native children in the costumes at a dock area. Young boys pose for the camera, one smiling and joking, while the other remains straight-faced. The older boy is seen jumping rope in a demonstration for the camera. Docked boats in the background. Native children play outside their houses wearing customary fashions. Dutch man holds hand of a small girl. Old native man smokes pipe. A small girl in a floral dress. Natives wear wooden shoes. Three elderly men dressed in traditional outfits, including pants with wide upper legs, are seen conversing near a dock. Scenes of native children. A windmill near a water canal.
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