A traditional Christmas parade in Amsterdam, Netherlands. St Nicholas (Known as Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas in the Netherlands) seated on a horse and people stand by the side of roads and cheer for him. Honor guards accompany Sinterklaas on horseback. Queen Wilhelmina, Princess Juliana, her children (Beatrix, Irene and Margriet) and husband Prince Bernhard look out from the window of the Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam Postbus 3708 1001 AM Amsterdam The Netherlands). A Dutch man holding his daughter. Prince Bernhard smokes a cigar besides Queen Wilhelmina. A mascot dressed as Zwarte Piet (a blackface companion of Sinterklaas) distributes special Sinterklaas-themed sweets to children. The Dutch royal family meets Sinterklaas. Zwarte Piet talks to Princess Irene. The procession moves on streets and Saint Nicholas presents gifts to young children in the crowd.
Man opens a box of Cheese. '12 Holland Edam Cheese' written on the cheese box. Cheese slices cut. Tulip bulb uprooted from the soil and put into a bag in a crate full of tulip bulb bags. The crate closed. 'Product of Holland' written on bags and crate.
A helicopter is drawn out in fields by men. Two men carrying out helicopter fabrication process in a factory. Men working on landing gear. Men working on a cone made up of sheet metal which is attached to a worm wheel. Rotor axis is mounted on gear box. View of men working on rotor blades of helicopter which are pivoted universally to the main rotor axis. Men are shown working with fuselage and tail section of helicopter.
United States Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane in flight over Holland during World War II. A glider is being towed as seen from one of the aircrafts towing it. Two Douglas C-47 Skytrain planes towing the glider. Formation of gliders crossing the English Channel to the Netherlands. Aerial view of a flooded village in the Netherlands.
The launch of the new Brazilian crude oil tanker ship "Presidente Juscelino", occuring in Holland. People gather to watch the event. The wife of the Ambassador christens and launches the tanker ship, but the bottle tossed against the ship hull fails to break. It is recalled by an attached rope and, on the second try, the bottle breaks and the super tanker ship is launched. People cheer. The tanker sliding down the ways into the nearby harbor, with only 100 feet extra to spare in crossing the narrow harbor during launch. The tanker moving in the nearby harbor. Smaller boats in the harbor.
Lieutenant General William H. Simpson, Commanding General of the U.S. Ninth Army in Western Europe, arrives by jeep and talks at length individually to several soldiers of the U.S. 35th Infantry Division (attached to the British 21st Army Group). Lt. Gen. Simpson is greeted by XVI Corps CG MG John B Anderson who escorts Simpson into XVI Corps Headquarters. Lt. Gen. Simpson and MG Anderson stand with British Army Generals including MG Lyne of British 7th Armored. Simpson then puts on coat and helmet. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lt. Gen. Simpson, Lt. Gen. Omar N Bradley come out of the Corps Headquarter building and enter a car.
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