March of Time -- outtakes -- Amsterdam - May 1939

Identifier
irn1001092
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.134.1
  • RG-60.1161
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

May 9, 1939: General activity on Muntz Plein, in the center of Amsterdam. Trams, bicycles, busy. Sailors. Policeman directing traffic. 05:34:44 View of square, street scenes. 05:35:26 Cases unloaded from barges on the River Amstel. Barges. More materials unloaded. 05:37:37 View of canal, tour boat, Dutch houses in BG. 05:38:12 Policeman directing traffic. Boat unloading. 05:39:09 Sailing boats at dusk, going down canal. Amsterdam station. People entering. 05:39:30 April 18, 1939: View of Kalverstraat, the main shopping street of Amsterdam. People getting on trams, street scenes, shop windows, reading newspaper with headlines of Roosevelt cabling Hitler and Mussolini. 05:40:23 Street view with tram, horse and cart. Loading a barge. 05:41:31 Morning scene in Amsterdam with people going to work, bicycles, automobiles, Dutch sign post, trams. Another street with people cycling, Hotel Central in BG. Loading boat. LS, original Dutch East India Building on Prince Hendrikstraat in Amsterdam, CUs, insignia/monogram on building.

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheets available in departmental files.

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