Media item

Demonstration by the Rotterdam motorcycle police

Week number 48-13

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

Type:
video
Length:
01:31
Publication date:
1 March 1948
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER481-HRE0000CFC1

The Rotterdam motorcycle police demonstrate their skills. SHOTS: - motorised police drives in and out of the police headquarters; - two officers on a motorcycle and sidecar move through the city traffic on the Coolsingel; - ditto: motorcycle and sidecar arrives at the crossing Westzeedijk; officer jumps out of the sidecar and starts to control traffic; - motorist is stopped by patrolling police on motorcycle and sidecar; - officers demonstrate their skills in stunt driving.