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International agricultural conference

Week number 47-20

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:video
Length:02:57
Publication date:13 May 1947
User:Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Source:WEEKNUMMER472-HRE0000DF68
Tags:arbeidĀ 

The IFAP, an international organization for agriculturists, holds a conference in Scheveningen to discuss the worl food problem. Before the conference an excursion is held through to inform the conference participants about the state of affairs in the agricultural field in the Netherlands. In the Ridderzaal in The Hague they're officially adressed by the minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies, S.L. Mansholt, an the chairman of the IFAP, J. Turner. SHOTS: - shots that illustrate the poor food situation; - excursion: the company looks at an orchard and cattle in a field; visits Staphorst and has a typical coffee meal from Drente in Emmen; - int. Ridderzaal and speeches by Mansholt and Turner.