Media item

Celebration of the Indonesian Independance Day

Week number 52-34

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

Type:
video
Length:
00:43
Publication date:
17 August 1952
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER523-HRE0000CE9F

The proclamation of the Republic is commemorated on 17 August 1945 in the garden of the residence of the High Commissioner of the Indonesian Republic in Wassenaar. SHOTS: - A large crowd of Indonesian men and women, many women in traditional attire, gathers on the field in the open air; men in uniform marche by and hoist the Indonesian flag solemnly in front of the gathered people; 00:17 acting High Commissioner S. Tirtoprodjo; 00:22 lieutenant-colonel H.T. Harjono (in uniform).