# National derby for youngsters

National derby for pigeons, the annual Orleans flight. Pigeons are put in baskets and delivered to basketing centres, ringed and put in baskets. From Roosendaal the baskets go by train to Orleans. In Feignies at the French border customs checks the train and on the way caretakers take care of the pigeons. In the Netherlands the pigeon fanciers start their clocks on a signal from the radio. The baskets will be unloaded in Orleans, after which the 60,000 pigeons will be released. The pigeon keepers are kept informed by radio. Pigeons arrive at their keepers, who insert the rubber ring into the pigeon clock. They then hand in this clock at the club rooms, where the winner, a pigeon from Oss owned by Mr. Perquin, is announced.

- Kind: Film
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Archive: [Europeana](https://www.europeana.eu/item/2051906/data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_654291)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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