Media item

500.000th house build after the war finished

Week number 56-49

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Meer

The festive completion in Groningen of the 500.000th house built in the Netherlands after the war. Ir. H.B.J. Witte, Minister of Housing and Building Industry, unveils a commemorative plaque and hands over the key of the house to the new inhabitants, who invite him as their first guest. The house is part of a block of prefabricated houses with a communal laundry room in the basement, with an adjoining playroom for the children.

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
22 November 1956
Length:
01:27

Meer

Type:
video
Original format:
 
User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Tags: