Exhibition of the designs for a national merchant navy monument
Week number 52-33
Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.
The designs for a national merchant navy monument to commemorate the ones that died in the merchant navy during the Second World War are exhibited in Rotterdam. Contains historical archive material. SHOTS: - the designs are exhibited in a room; close ups of the three designs that have been chosen by a jury: "Doorvaren" (Sail on) bij W. Couzijn, "Boeg" (Bow) by Carasso(?) and "Ruggegraat" (Backbone) by W.L. Reyers; ARCHIVE MATERIAL: - Merchant navy ships sail in convoy at sea, escorted by the navy; crew members are on guard; the ships are under fire; on fire; torpedoed or sinking.
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
- Publication date:
- 1 August 1952