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Locks near Vreeswijk put into use

Week number 38-12

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

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The new locks near Vreeswijk in the canal Vreeswijk-Jutphaas (side arm of the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal) are put into use. SHOTS: - the new locks; - map on which the course of the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is shown; - the old situation at the Koninginnesluis (Queen's Lock), where the canal is filled with inland vessels; - the Dutch flag is hoisted in front of a large audience, after which the locks atre opened and the ships sail into it; - the new lock with ships.

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
22 March 1938
Length:
01:33

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video
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User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
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