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Crewmen evacuate freighter ship Ping An on Netherlands coast during heavy autumn storms lashing at parts of Europe

Autumn storm hits Europe. Storm surf waves roll over the coast. Ships and boats struck in the storm and beached offshore. Liberian freighter Ping An stuck off the coast of Ter Heijde, in the Netherlands. Rescue operations underway for the crew of the Ping An, as citizens look on from the shore. Lifeboats from the Ping An reach shore with 49 crewmen happy to be safely on shore. A Dutch coast guard carries an Asian crewman on his back to the shore.

Date: 1965, December 14
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056322
Pilots and planes of the Royal Netherlands Indies Army Air Corp, or ML-KNIL, in Singapore during World War II..

Scenes of the Royal Netherlands Indies Army Air Corp (ML-KNIL) at Kallang Airfield in Singapore during World War 2. Group of Dutch pilots gathered together for a group photo around aircraft B-3111, the plane of Lt. Frederik Pelder. The pilots are from 2-VLG V which was ordered to Singapore when the shooting war began, arriving 9 December 1941 and returning back to Semplak on 18 January 1942. Skull and cross bones held by commanding officer of 2-VLG-V, Captain Jacob Pieter van Helsdingen. The pilots and crew laugh and smile for the group photo shoot. A Dutch Martin 139WH (export version of the B-10) being loaded with bombs. Machine gunner seated in position in the aircraft. The Dutch Martin 139WH in flight overhead. Several views of Dutch Brewster B-339D fighter aircraft taxiing and in flight. Dutch pilots "scramble" (in response to alarm )and run quickly to their "Brewsters." Dutch Brewster B-339D aircraft take off in flights of three and join up in formation. An Australian Hudson I aircraft with Twin Wasp engines seen briefly as it taxis on the airfield.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061822
Netherlands and Indonesia sign a pact on the administration of New Guinea at a UN conference in New York.

The meeting of the United Nations in New York, United States. Officials seated inside the building. Netherlands and Indonesia sign a pact. They sign the agreement on the administration of New Guinea, claimed by both the countries. Officials shake hands.

Date: 1962, August 16
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063218
Indonesian and Netherlands officials sign a pact on the administration of New Guinea.

Dutch-Indonesian pact signed in New Guinea. Indonesian and Netherlands officials sign a pact on the administration of New Guinea which is claimed by both countries. The United Nations is to administer the country until Indonesia takes over.

Date: 1962, August 16
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063615
U.S. underwater demolition team places explosive charges on Japanese shore defenses of Balikpapan, Netherlands East Indies, World War 2.

The Battle of Balikpapan in Netherlands East Indies during World War II. U.S. underwater demolition teams on a U.S. navy patrol boat prepare explosive charges for an attack on the underwater defenses of Balikpapan. Men spill out of their larger craft into a rubber boat alongside and then into the sea. The explosive packs are thrown overboard, timed with each man's take off. Many kinds of equipment, mine detonators, measuring lines and firearms are used for the mission. Men place explosives on shore defenses. Men are picked up after the job is done.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073846
A Netherlands freighter having difficulty in heavy seas, in Atlantic Ocean.

Views from another ship of a Netherlands freighter enveloped in smoke and spray in extremely heavy wind and sea conditions. The freighter is seen from various angles, as it moves about. Smoke is not coming from its main stack, but from elswhere in the deck. In a calmer moment, the ship appears not to be in trouble.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074275