# Youth hostel ''De Kleine Grie'' opened

On Ameland, a former German bunker complex from the Second World War has been converted into a large youth hostel in just a few years' time. Today the building complex will be officially opened by the Queen's Commissioner, Mr H.P. Linthorst Homan. Following this festive event, a demonstration will be given of the launching of the lifeboat, the "Jhr. J. Ott. SHOTS: - A group of girls in West Frisian costumes crosses the Wadden Sea by ferry and arrives in the harbour of Nes; - At the decorated gate of honour near the youth hostel grounds they form a guard of honour; guests for the opening ceremony (and the first guests for the youth hostel?) enter the grounds through the gate.Linthorst Homan hoists the flag; - ext. buildings; int.: recreation hall, dormitory; - a team of horses pulls the lifeboat from the boathouse and drives it through the surf into the water; - the boat passes just below the coast.

- Kind: Film
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Archive: [Europeana](https://www.europeana.eu/item/2051906/data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_656658)
- 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)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/europeana/2051906~data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_656658?play=1)