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Amsterdam commemorates allied invasion

Week number 54-24

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

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Tenth commemoration in front of the Palace on Dam square of the allied invasion of France. Prime Minister dr. Willem Drees lights the national torch that has been attached to a float of the Amsterdam public works. The float with torch then leaves towards Caen under police escort, where it will come together with torches from four other Western European capitals.

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
4 June 1954
Length:
00:50

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Contributions:
Bloemendal, Philip (commentaar)
Type:
video
Original format:
Film 
User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
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