Media item

Visit of the Royal Institute of Engineers to the Zuiderzee works

Week number 26-17

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

Type:
video
Length:
02:52
Publication date:
23 June 1926
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER261-HRE0002A4F2

Excursion by round-trip boat of the Royal Insitute of Dutch Engineers to the Zuiderzee works in Wieringen. - arrival by steam round-trip boat at a dike and going ashore of the engineers, 41"; - overview shot of the construction of the dike, 21"; - several shots of stoneworkers at work, the basalt blocks are put into place by hand, 38"; - several shots of a steam excavator with chain lockers that smoothens the slope of the dike, 51".