Dutch Troops Deploy for Korean War
Dutch Troops Deploy for Korean War
Master 1848 - Tape 1 TLSs Dutch Marines (Royal Netherlands Marine Corps) marching with standard flag bearers carrying United Nations and Netherlands flags outside the Hague. MS flag bearer marching with U.N. flag. MS Prime Minister of the Netherlands WILLEM DREES watching parade from steps outside the Hague. CU Netherlands and United Nations insignia patch on sleeve of military uniform. TLS soldiers walking along dock, boarding troop transport ship at Rotterdam. Panning MS Indonesian Marine private boarding liner with gear. TLS/MSs Dutch Marines standing aboard ship with life preserver vests on. MS Dutch Marines joking around, exchanging black berets and exposed shaved heads. MS white women and man waving goodbye to troops from dock. CU white mouse crawling about beret of smiling Dutch Marine wearing the item-- a peculiar mascot, indeed. TLS Dutch Marines gathered together, waving farewell. VO: "Outside the Hague, Dutch troops heading for Korea parade through the city. 630 out of 2,000 who volunteered make up the unit. For the first time in the history of Holland a part of its army marches under a flag other than the Dutch standard. On the reviewing stand, Prime Minister Willem Drees. The U.N. insignia is on every man's sleeve. Among those embarking at Rotterdam are Indonesian veterans. Life preservers are tested before the start of the one-month trip to Pusan. And the departure is enlivened by mutual admiration of haircuts designed for action. A [peculiar mascot is taken along as Holland makes its contribution to the United Nations cause."