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Congress of Jehova's witnesses

Week number 73-34

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

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35.000 Jehova's Witnesses take part in a five-day congress in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Witness Knorr from the USA, president of the Watchtower Society, speaks to the attendants and actors stage the fall of Jericho. In a mobile kitchen the meals are prepared and in the Marijke hall the participants eat their meals. 1014 new witnesses are immersed in the water as a sign of baptizing in swimming pool Den Hommel. On the old race track Mereveld 2000 tents are put up for the participants.

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
1 August 1973
Length:
02:37

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video
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User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
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