Media item

The large lock in IJmuiden in use again

Week number 46-30

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

Type:
video
Length:
01:52
Publication date:
1 July 1946
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER463-HRE0001395C

The larges sea lock in IJmuiden was transformed in a concrete fortress by the Germans during the war. The lock is now in its original state again and put back into use. The "Oranje" is the first ship to sail through the lock, looked on by many spectators.