Air raid precaution exercise in stadium
Creator(s)
- Imperial War Museums
Scope and Content
8mm Gevaert Cine-film. Grainy scenes of activities inside a stadium in Holland. Camera focuses on people and medical vehicles parked on the grounds of the stadium. One tent and a flag bearing a cross, presumably indicating a medical station. People are visible sitting in the stands. Men (and at least one woman) stand near vehicles that appear to be ambulances, with stretchers laid out near them. WS of the field and people in the stands. Firehoses are sprayed up into the air.
Note(s)
These films belong to Meijer Bed, a Dutch Jew. Meijer and Kaatje Bed (nee Vet) had two children Henriette Elly (Jetje) and John. According to IWM, the entire family was deported from Amsterdam to their deaths at Auschwitz.
Subjects
- NETHERLANDS
- MEDICAL PERSONNEL
- CROWDS
- AMBULANCES
- STADIUMS
Places
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.
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