Media item

Commemoration of the February Strike

Week number 66-10

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

Type:
video
Length:
02:00
Publication date:
25 February 1966
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER661-HRE0001C1C0

25th commemoration of the February Strike in Amsterdam. A street is named after Willem Kraan, one of the initiators of the February Strike. In the presence of the sculptor L.P.J. Braat, a daughter of Kraan unveils a statue of her father. Then his daughter, wife and grandchild lay a wreath at the monument. Mayor G. van Hall lays a wreath at the statue De Dokwerker (The dock worker) on the Jonas Daniël Meijer square, followed by other people. With photos of the February Strike.