Media item

Michiel de Ruyter

Polygoon film on the commemoration of the seventeenth century naval hero Michiel de Ruyter in Vlissingen.

Type:
video
Length:
02:02
Publication date:
1 January 1957
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
Source:
MICHIELDERUYT-HRE00026542

Report on the commemoration of seventeenth century naval hero Michiel de Ruyter in Vlissingen. For this occassion a historical reconstruction has been made of the event when De Ruyter sailed into the harbour of Vlissingen after the four-day naval battle against the English in 1666 and was welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd. SHOTS: - statue of De Ruyter in Vlisingen; - several of the harbour of Vlissingen.