Filmfabriek Polygoon

Polygoon film from the late 1940s, with an impression of the activities in and around the AVRO radio studios in Hilversum. Beautiful footage of the technician giving a signal to the newsreader so he can read the news. Or relaying the correct time. Important for people who have to go to work or school.

The commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the independence of the Netherlands (November 17, 1813) by the National Youth Union (NJV) in The Hague.

The commemoration of the 350th birthday of Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587-1629), Dutch colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies.