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The draining of the Zuiderzee

Week number 30-30

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

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Footage of the to a large extent drained part of the ZuiderZee (Wieringermeer) and some (excavating) activity. -Pan from the IJsselmeer Dam and electrical pumping-engine (Lely) to the drained land of the ZuiderZee 1'04"; -two gentleman cycling across the dyke 14"; -men digging a trench in drained land and laying a pipeline 17"; -tractor ploughing the earth 34"; -excavator at work 54";

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
16 November 1930
Length:
03:08

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video
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User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
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