Prachtige rondvlucht over Amsterdam Scheveningen Delft Den Haag en Rotterdam in in kleur

A beautiful flight (with the KLM) over the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Scheveningen, Delft, The Hague and Rotterdam nearly a century ago in color (A.I. enhanced & colorized). This flight was made with the H-NACC aircraft that took-off from Schiphol and headed for Rotterdam Waalhaven airport to pick up passngers for a scenic flight. The aircraft, type Fokker F.VII, can also be seen in even more detail in my next film. In previous years (1924) it served also on the first extremely long distance route between The Netherland and Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (nowadays Indonesia). Rotterdam Waalhaven airport was opened only 6 years earlier on 26 July 1920. To a large extent this airport was destroyed during WWII in 1940 and never rebuilt. In stead Rotterdam opened airport Zestienhoven in 1956, currently known as "Rotterdam The Hague Airport". The source of this film, Beeld En Geluid, states "1927" as the date of this film. However, this must be incorrect because the H-NACC crashed in Belgium on 9 July 1926. Therefore it can be assumed that this scenic flight happened not long before that fatal crash. Vliegtuig-enthousiasten zullen hun hart op kunnen halen aan deze film. Met name de zeer scherpe beelden van de beroemde H-NACC en ook van het stationsgebouw van Vliegveld Waalhaven zijn uniek! As usual, I need your help to identify all the locations and to add them to the timeline and CC captions, so please help if you can! Draft timeline:00:00 The film starts while the H-NACC flies over the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam00:17 Bloemensingel and Munttoren in Amsterdam00:23 Brief glimpse of the Dam and De Bijenkorf warehouse00:29 Victoriahotel (bottom-left)00:33 Amsterdam Central station and surroundings00:38 Over Fort Schiphol00:48 Towards Purmerplein in Amsterdam Noord; Nieuwendammerkerk00:52 Purmerplein in Amsterdam Noord01:12 Approaching Scheveningen from the North Sea01:21 Flying over the old pier (destroyed in 1943)01:28 The Kuhrhaus at Scheveningen01:39 The lighthouse at Scheveningen01:48 The Scheveningen fishing harbour02:00 The entrance to the harbour02:03 Waalhaven airport in Rotterdam02:10 Passengers checking in for a scenic flight with the KLM02:18 "Only" 7.50 Dutch Guilders for a ticket (about € 400 in today's money)02:43 Stunning views of Waalhaven terminal building03:12 Passengers gathering for boarding the H-NACC; kids are getting exited03:39 The Fokker F.VII aircraft H-NACC is being prepared for the flight03:48 First glimpses of Rotterdam from the air03:54 The Peace Palace in The Hague (Donated by the American Carnegie)04:00 The Hague (Bezuidenhout?) from above04:06 Location (?)04:10 Location (?)04:14 Approaching Delft04:18 The smelly Calvé "Gist & Spiritus" factory in Delft04:21 Delft old town center04:25 The Nieuwe Kerk and Grote Markt come into view04:32 Flying over Rotterdam Hofplein area with the Delftse Poort04:39 The Rotterdam City Hall04:43 Post office building on the Coolsingel04:50 The old city of Rotterdam, almost fully destroyed during WWII04:54 Hardly anything remained standing after the German bombardement on 14/05/194004:57 Oranjeboom beer factory at the Nassaukade / Oranjeboomstraat (Feijenoord)05:06 Location (?)05:09 Inland vessels in the Rotterdam harbour05:15 Separate rail- and road- bridges over the Maas River at Noordereiland in Rotterdam05:23 A safe return to Rotterdam Waalhaven Airport. Music: Trevor KowalskiSource: Beeld En Geluid

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