Commemoration of 1948: ceremony on Fort de Bilt
Week number 48-19
Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.
Remembrance Day at Fort de Bilt, a 19th century militairy fort near Utrecht. During the Second World War it was occupied by the Germans and resistance fighters were executed there. SHOTS: ext. Fort de Bilt; int.: grave crosses; at the grave monument in the courtyard a memorial ceremony is held by civilians and soldiers; the trumpet is blown; soldiers stand to attention; former members of the resistance lay a wreath; mothers and widows lay flowers.
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
- Publication date:
- 4 May 1948