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News from Indonesia: the Margriet hospital in Batavia, handing out of clothing to the native population
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Week number 46-40
Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.
- Type:
- video
- Length:
- 01:15
- Publication date:
- 1 October 1946
- User:
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
- Creator:
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
- Source:
- WEEKNUMMER464-HRE000139AD
1) A modern hospital has been built in Batavia, the Princess Margriet hospital, replacing the old hospital that was destroyed in combat during the Japanese occupation. SHOTS: streets shots of Batavia with the entrance of the hospital; patients lie on the veranda underneath sunshades; nurses and doctors take care of them. 2) During the Japanese occupation there was a shortage of textiles. In several villages thee are now handed out to people. SHOTS: on the village square a long row of people are waiting in line; some are dressed very poorly and are barefoot; at a table they receive a piece of fabric.
