A Dutch newsreel with sound, including items on the opening of the Baanhoofd bridge for the passage of the Princess Irene, new clothes for the Spaarnestad flower girls and the arrival of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees at Heliport.
Social drama about a family emigrating to Australia.
Taxi driver Piet Amstel is worried about the ‘declining morals’ of 1950s Amsterdam and decides to emigrate to Australia. The government drive to build atomic shelters and the incessant Dutch rain only strengthen his purpose, as Amstel figures sunny Australia would make a positive change for his family. But first he needs to bring his daughter and her criminal boyfriend back on the right path.