US Base Opened in Amsterdam

Clip: 499429_1_1

Year Shot: 1954 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1605

Original Film: 027-625

HD: N/A

Location: Holland

Timecode: 00:55:29 - 00:56:00

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Reel: 1

US Base Opened in Amsterdam. Delegates sit at a table and talk. CU of a flag. Delagate turns and shakes hands with a military official. Military men salute and flag is held out. The numbers 406 and 512 are on it. A man in a black overcoat and hat gives a speech from a podium. Military men other people stand behind him. Military men salute. A man pulls back a curtain and unveils a plaque. CU of plaque: "amp Nieuw-Amsterdam. D Kamp Is Op 16 November 1954. Geopend Door Mr. Arn. J. D'Ailly Burgemeester Van Amsterdam." American flag is raised up the flag pole.