Metro-NS-Station in Bijlmermeer officieel geopend en tunnelaanleg Nieuwmarktbuurt
Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
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Station Amsterdam Bijlmer, a common station for the trains of the NS and the metro, is officially opened. Although subways will not run there until 1977, the platform is already suitable for the underground. On the route to Central Station, the metro line is being worked on in many places in the city. SHOTS: Amsterdam Bijlmer station; train rides along platform through opening ribbon; sign 'this is where your metro will soon be' along platform; metro runs above ground; parts of the metro track, including Weesperplein station, stairs and test tracks at Waterlooplein station and tunnel without rails. Weesperplein station, stairs and test tracks at Waterlooplein station and a tunnel tube without tracks; construction site for Waterlooplein station; various (aerial) shots of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood, including construction sites and protest calls on the wall ('houses, not tubes'); tunnel builders squirting away sand to lower tunnel tubes; Amsterdam central station surrounded by construction activities. ARCHIVES MATERIAL: riots between police and protesters against the subway in 1975; demolition of houses.
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