Footage from 1948 and from circa 1943. War crime trial of Hans Albin Rauter in the Hague, Netherlands in 1948. Judges in tribunal give the floor to the public prosecutor ("procureur-fiscaal"). The prosecutor reads a statement in which he explains why the prosecution of Rauter is one of the two most important Dutch Nazi trials (along with the prosecution of Anton Mussert), and why Rauter deserves the death penalty. Flashback scenes from World War 2 of Jewish Dutch citizens being rounded up and loaded into railroad car for deportation slave labor camps and concentration camps while under guard by Nazi Germans. Jews loading into train cars. Some Jews are wearing Jewish star of David symbol on their clothing. Jewish people climbing into train cars, loading various goods in the train, German Nazi guards standing outside the train cars as men can be seen closing the doors and locking Jews inside railroad cars. Chalk writing on railroad cars filled with Jewish people includes one that says "74 pers." (indicating 74 persons in that train car). Steam comes out from the train locomotive. View of railroad train as it moves away on the tracks. Prosecutor completes his readings and sits down.
A NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) air show in the Netherlands on the 49th Anniversary of Dutch Air Force. Spectators in the stands. Formations of Dutch Gloster Meteor jet fighters, U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bombers, RAF (Royal Air Force) Hawker Hunter jet fighters, USAF B-47 Stratojet bombers in flight.
Dutch export products packed in the Netherlands. Edam cheese coated in paraffin wax from Edam-Volendam region inside crates. 'New York' and 'Holland Edam Cheese' written on the crates. Man removes Edam cheese from the crate. A label for “Holland Edam Cheese”. Farm-made cheese wheels from Holland on display. A man cutting a slice of Edam cheese with a knife. Tulips growing on a farm. A man digs out mud from the farm and takes the tulip bulbs out. The tulip bulbs being packaged and loaded in a crate. 'Product of Holland' written on the packs.
A documentary film on the geography and the life style of people in the Netherlands. A map locates Zuider Zee, Marken and Amsterdam. The Government decides to drain and dam the Zuider Zee to make more farm land. Another map locates an 18-mile dam at Zuider Zee. Houses along a side of the street. Fishing boats anchored near a waterway. People walking on the street. A man holding a crate of eels.
A documentary film on the life style of people in the Netherlands. Houses along the sides of a street. Dutch people walking on the street. The people wearing their native costumes. A woman and a girl wearing the costumes. A girl with a child on stroller.
A documentary film on the life style of people in the Netherlands. A woman wearing the native costume seated inside a house. The woman stitches a dress. Heavy clothing being worn by the people to keep away from winter. Girls wearing heavy dress walking on a ground. Houses in the background. A girl cheers and dances. A few people standing outside a house. A man holding the hands of a girl. The man smokes cigar. A man stands outside a house. The man wears his wooden shoes and walks outside the house. A woman walking towards the house. The woman takes her shoes out and walks inside the house.
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