How The Netherlands rose like a Phoenix out of the ashes of the Crisis Years and WWII [AI colorized]

About this film

CRISES YEAR =========== After the devastating Wallstreet crash in October 1929 not only the US economy went into turmoil but the negative effects of the Great Depression spread to all corners of the world. My country, The Netherlands, was one of the countries that did not escape from this fate. Unemployement started to rise dramically. All ready in 1930 about 150.000 men, out of a population of just over 7 million had become unemployed. In the following years unemployent rose steeply to its peak level of 600.000 by 1935. Gradually it then started to slightly decrease although until the second world war about 350.000 remained unemployed. The period of between 1934 and 1936 was thus named the "Crises years" in The Netherlands. Daily rows of unemployed men would kew up in front of labour exchange bureaus, either to try to find very scarce jobs of to receive a stamp in their booklet to confirm their status of unemployment in order to receive dole money. In order to avoid people becoming too lazy too work, the government deliberately kept this dole money to a minimum, just enough to pay the rent and buy food. There was no money for clothes, sports and leisure activities. Huge parts of t…

Directors & creators

RicksFilmRestoration

Subjects

The Netherlands, Crisis Years, Crisisjaren, 1934-1936, In WWII, Tweede Wereldoorlog, Heropbouw, Post WWII, Lieftink, George C.Marshall, Seys Inquart, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bombardement, Colorized, Enhanced

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