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Unique footage of the destruction of the Netherlands during WW-II in color, Part-1 (1945)
About this film
This is part-1 of my four part series about the devastation of the Netherlands during WW-II. The footage has been meticulously restored, enhanced and colorized with the latest video software, based on A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). Before the second World War the Netherlands were a proporous state that was undergoing intensive economic growth. Amsterdam as it capital was at the heart of these developments. The country was ruled by Queen Wilhelmina who played an active roll in its further development. Her daughter Princes Juliana was being prepared to take over as Queen in the coming decade. The harbour facilities in Rotterdam and Amsterdam were further extended in order to fulfil their important roles of being and remaining the gateways to Europe as regards international trade. Many wharfes were engaged in building large sea and ocean going ships, not only for Dutch companies but also for a large contingient of international companies. One of the most modern ships, the MS Oranje, served during the war as hospital ship. Dutch ships sailed all the oceans. The Netherlands was and still is a beautiful country with its great old cities many dating from before the middle ages, its many…
Directors & creators
Ricks Film Restoration
Subjects
Netherlands, WW2, Destruction, War, Germans