Film

The weekly car auction

Polygoon-Profilti (producent)

At the Europeana

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Weekly car auction (of the First Dutch Car Auction Organisation) at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. SHOTS: - Amsterdam city traffic: cars, bicycles, trams; - near the Olympic Stadium cars enter the parking lot; at the entrance a man makes notes on a notepad; - an Opel (Olympia type?) is being technically inspected by two men (including a brake test); an inspector makes notes on everything; - several old and new cars are parked next to each other; interested people walk around them; - cars are being driven one by one and then inspected by the auctioneer, sitting in a raised truck body. Various old and new cars are parked next to each other; interested people walk around them; - the cars are driven one by one and sold by auction by the auctioneer, sitting in a raised platform of a truck; - a buyer drives off with his new acquisition.

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