Media item

700 years a city

Week number 48-32

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

Type:
video
Length:
01:45
Publication date:
31 July 1948
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER483-HRE0001B084

The Hague celebrates its 700 year existence as a city. SHOTS: - Festively decorated streets, squares and buildings; - on the Binnenhof a gigantic stand is built, which is empty during the day, but in the evening it's filled with spectators for the open-air commemoration play by A. den Hertog; - a parade, organised by clubs and companies, moves through the streets; enormous public interest; - in the evening the buildings are festively lit.