Media item

H.M.'s torpedo-boat destroyer 'Evertsen' returns

Week number 51-23

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

Type:
video
Length:
01:07
Publication date:
2 June 1951
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER512-HRE0001591F

At the request of the UN, the "Evertsen" has served in the waters around Korea from July 1950 until April 1951. The ship is now relieved by the "Van Galen" and returns to it's home port Den Helder. SHOTS: -The ship becomes visible on the horizon and approaches slowly; - on the quay a huge number of waving relatives awaits; - the ship enters the harbour; - UN-flag in the mast-head; crew lined up on deck; -when the ship has moored, the wife and daughter of the commander D.J. van Doorninck come aboard and greet their husband and father; - the crew members pour onto the quay and greet their relatives; - relatives go aboard and walk on the deck; - UN-flag blows on the mast.