Queen Juliana Opens New Girl Scout Centre (1949)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear. Queen Juliana opens new girl scout centre in Baarn, Holland / Netherlands. (Dutch (?) commentary throughout.) M/S of exterior of the new centre called ’Buitenzorg’ (Without Trouble). M/S of Queen Juliana in Scout leader uniform and two women scout officials walking through girl guard of honour. M/S of girls watching. Queen Juliana and the two officials walking between lanes of girls. C/U of young girls watching; Princess Margriet (Marguerite?) of Holland among them. Elevated shot of the assembly of girls. L/S of Queen Juliana making speech (in Dutch) from rostrum - natural sound. Shots of young girl guides intercut with shots of the Queen. The speech covers the opening of the new centre, with the Queen saying that when we work together it will be a solid building in which will live friendship and peace, so the scouts can really be an example for the great world. M/S back view as Queen Juliana cuts tape to open new
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