Media item

Scheveningen the way the Germans left it behind

Week number 45-46

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

Type:
video
Length:
01:07
Publication date:
7 November 1945
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER454-HRE00029851

The German occupiers have created a huge havocon on and around the boulevard an the beach of Scheveningen. Houses are entirely of partially demolished. Concrete walls and bunkers are everywhere. Workers start with removing the concrete, a.o. with pneumatic chisels and by using explosives.