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The Hague gets a new city hall
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Week number 47-14
Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.
- Type:
- video
- Length:
- 01:20
- Publication date:
- 31 March 1947
- User:
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
- Creator:
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
- Source:
- WEEKNUMMER471-HRE00013986
The old city hall of The Hague at the Groenmarkt, dating from 1565, is becoming to small. The department Municipal register and the council chamber are housed externally. A new building will be located at the Alexanderveld. Former mayor S.J.R. de Monchy breaks the ground. SHOTS: - ext. old city hall; ext. external locations; - arrival of De Monchy and company at construction site; breaking ground ceremony; construction workers and an excavator start digging; - scale model of the future city hall.
