mayors

A Dutch newsreel including items on the opening of the laboratories of KEMA's transformer building, a waiter competition at the Maastricht Vrijthof and the closing ceremony of the Dutch pavilion at the Expo 58.

A Dutch newsreel with sound, an overview of the past year 1959.

A Dutch newsreel including items on the start of the 'Bevrijdingsrally' in Eindhoven, the image and sound fair Firato in Amsterdam and a dog show in Huizen.

Reportage about the festivities during Dokkum’s ‘shopping week’.

Reportage about the inauguration of the Mayor of Schiedam.

Several men wearing hats, including the new Mayor, are driven in an open carriage to Schiedam’s town hall. The audience curiously looks on and follows the procession. At the city hall, they step out of the carriage and walk into the building, amid great public interest. The reportage ends with a shot of the men in a sun lounge. They pose for the camera.

Reportage about a massive historical pageant in Rotterdam.

Reportage about the festivities to mark the inauguration of Mayor M. van Hout in Helmond, on July 29, 1913.

 This film opens with the arrival of Mayor Van Hout at the station in Helmond, where he makes a speech. He is then taken by carriage to the town hall. The reportage also contains footage of the public on the square – many children look into the camera – as well as the brass band in the bandstand, and the decorated streets.