Media item

At the shipyard 'De Schelde' the new MS the 'Princess Beatrix' is constructed in a unique way

Week number 39-05

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

Type:
video
Length:
01:25
Publication date:
27 January 1939
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER390-HRE0000D8CC

The construction of the ship the "Princess Beatrix" on the shipyard "De Schelde" in Vlissingen. SHOTS: - overview shipyard; - the rear part of the ship and the front part separate from each other in scaffolding; - rear part is christened by workers and then slowly taken towards the front part.