Media item

The 'Bouwcentrum'

Week number: 49-01

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

Type:video
Length:02:03
Publication date:1 January 1949
User:Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Source:BG_9385
Tags:Rotterdam,  stad,  vpro 

On the bare land that was left after the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940 a building for the Bouwcentrum (Building centre) was placed. This centre serves as an international information and documentation centre for the entire Western European reconstruction. SHOTS: - ext. + int. with library; exhibition of building materials and installation- and electrotechnology; models that give an impression of the reconstruction of a.o. Rotterdam and Arnhem.