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A passenger Steamship arriving in Willemstad, Curacao.
A pontoon bridge swings open wide to allow passage of an arriving steamship in Willemstad, Curacao. Views from the ship as it traverses the canal. Passengers line the deck to watch.The pontoon bridge swings back into position again, and local pedestrians and vehicles that have been waiting, move quickly to proceed on their way again.
Several duty free shops in the market and different products on display in Willemstad, Curacao.
Duty free shops at a market in Willemstad, Curacao. Visitors and natives at the market. A car moves on the street. A duty-free shop of perfumes. Perfumes and women’s hats on display. A woman on street selling wicker bags. The boards of different shops hang on the walls. Traffic on streets and Dutch-style buildings. Spars and mast of sailing vessels. Buildings in the background.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands watches as Dutch Marines parade in her honor.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands visits Curacao Island, a Dutch colony in South America. Princess Juliana on a motorcade in Willemstad. Curacaoans cheer and welcome the Princess. Princess Juliana receives a bouquet of flowers from an open car. People cheering from colonial Dutch-style houses. Dutch Marines in white uniform forming an honor guard during a parade. United Nation countries (United States, Republic of China, Netherlands, etc) flags pass in review. Princess Juliana watches the parade with Dutch colonial officials.
Princess Beatrix of Netherlands visits Curacao in Dutch West Indies
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands visits Curaçao in the Dutch West Indies for a month. Her mother Queen Juliana bids farewell to Princess Beatrix. Princess Beatrix boards a KLM Douglas DC-6 “Prinses Marijke” (PJ-DPM). A huge crowd welcomes Princess Beatrix on the Curaçao International Airport (known at the time as “Dr. Albert Plesman airport”). Princess Beatrix climbs down a KLM airstair. The Governor of the Netherlands Antilles and other leaders welcome her on the airport. Princess Beatrix and Dutch Antilles leaders leave in an open car. Princess Beatrix waves to crowd gathered to welcome her.
German submarine crew destroys an allied freighter off the coast of Curacao in Caribbean.
Map of the Caribbean is shown. A German sailor aboard a German submarine looks through his binoculars. The submarine moves through heavy seas. German officer looks through submarine's periscope. The coastline of Curacao is seen through the periscope. An allied freighter is spotted. German sailors prepare to attack. Shows several instrument panels, radar and gauges inside the submarine. Torpedo is fired from the submarine. German sailors cerebrate at the deck. Allied freighter gets destroyed and sunk. (World War II period).
Allied troops transfer from a ship onto a landing craft and head towards Manila Harbor in the Philippines.
Allied ships at Manila Harbor in the Philippines towards the end of World War II. Dutch / Australian hospital ship AHS Maetsuycker from Curacao bearing a Red Cross sign. The Maetsuycker underway. Filipinos row a boat in the foreground. A fleet of ships underway in the far background. Cranes at the harbor. Allied troops loaded in a landing craft. Soldiers being transferred from a ship into the landing craft. The landing craft pulls away.
