Please watch Part-2 of this series about the "Watersnoodramp" with Dutch commentary here: th-cam.com/video/QhZqc1Fqgyo/w-d-xo.html (Bekijk Deel-2 via deze link).
My dad was a British Royal Engineer and helped with the disaster for which he was given, and still has, the Certificate of thanks from the Dutch Royal family. I will bring this attention to him to look at later.
Thank you to your dad for his service in the fight against the flood of '53. I am from the island Voorne-Putten which was among the severely flooded areas. 21 people died due to the flood in my village. A whole family (except one boy) got swept off the dyke while they were trying to reach the highest point in the village, where all the village people gathered. My grandfather only just bought a house and I've heard a story of him witnessing or helping the corpse of a young girl get recovered. She was stuck in the mud even below the creek that ran next to my grandfather's backyard. A commemoration is held every year. This year they went to the local cemetery to commemorate all victims of the flood by visiting the graves of those who drowned or got crushed. They stopped at the graves of the young family that got swept off the dyke, to play a hymn. The surviving son never lost his trauma in his life. You can hardly imagine the immense grief he must have gone through, even in his later years.
Very nice remastering of the original films of this major event in history, hats off to you Rick for preserving your Countries history and hope the news gets involved to help show your films. Cheers and stay safe
Thank you for these heart touching pictures showing me again how tiny i am. bringing this human catastrophy back to my mind with these impressive films which gain even more presence thanks to your work of colouring and editing, which is an enourmous labour in its own, reminds me to whatever i think is well man made and usefull in daily life is in danger at any time by the forces of nature around me, as flooding or like it just happened the earthquake we all heard about these days. At the same time the films show the enormous power of people rushing to help survivors and rescue so many souls. Thank you again.
Wow, I did not know this had happened. I visited all the places you mentioned as a 16-year-old on a school trip to the Netherlands (from Germany), in the 80s. Hard to believe only 30 years earlier it had been devastated :( I look forward to the video!
This was not the only flooding in Zeeland. In 1944 the allies bombed the dykes in three locations to try to drive the Germans out: th-cam.com/video/QHZfrfupe9Q/w-d-xo.html
Wow, very well presented. My dad was just 7yrs old when my grandfather booked passage on the Van Dam ( not sure of the spelling ). I believe they were in the North Sea as this storm was going on. Grandpa never showed the least bit of fear on that ship, my dad & my aunt (6 yrs old then ) wondered how he couldn't be scared. Years later, long settled in Ottawa Ont., my grandpa admitted to my dad & aunt that he was scared witless, he thought he'd booked passage only to his wife and two young children go down with a sinking ship in that storm. He thought they never see Halifax Harbour! Keep up the good work!
What a contrast it is between the beauty of the sea, and then the horrifying devastation it left on the land. All those lives lost, both human and animal... all those houses and farms. It's unfathomable. Thank you for sharing this video!
I was 5 yrs. old when De Ramp happened. We lived in Bergen op Zoom, where our father was stationed, after we returned from Indonesia. As kids we knew he was gone many days, being in the army, but couldn’t understand why though. Now we know the army was detailed to help with the rescue. With global warming these disasters are sadly occurring more often, globally. Woon al 62 jr. In California, I appreciate Rick’s videos, especially the ones from Holland and Indonesia, hartelijk dank!
Thank you Rick for bringing this in colour. Comment: the Dutch would not have "celebrated" the event, but "remembered" the event - different connotation there.
"Remembrance" could have been better, but "celebration" does not per definition imply a happy event: Collins dictionary: "1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities · 2. to make known publicly; proclaim · 3. to praise widely or to present to". The same applies to the word "Anniversary".
7:58 It is no small feat to get a cow to cross a bridge, much less a pontoon bridge that is bobbing in the surf. Hence the arm raised in victory at 8:05 Amazing effort!
Dat zou leuk zijn, maar ik doe het niet voor het geld (alhoewel mijn kanaal wel wordt gemonetized). Ik probeer vooral mijn steentje bij te dragen aan meer kennis van en interesse voor onze recente vaderlandse geschiedenis. Gerestaureerd en in kleur is immers dit materiaal (en vrijwel elke oude historische Z/W film) veel plezieriger om naar te kijken. Jammer dat onze overheids "cultuursector" dat niet inziet. Beeld En Geluid e.d. doen niets aan restauratie en opnieuw inscannen van historische films. Ze vinden het "historisch onverantwoord" want stel je voor dat bijvoorbeeld na het beweging-stabiliseren van wiebelig beeld er een paar procent van het beeld langs de randen wegvalt. Dat vinden ze blijkbaar heel erg (en zo hanteren ze nog meer argumenten ter verdediging om niets te doen). Zoooo jammer!
Tja Beeld En Geluid is een verhaal apart. Ze hebben onlangs weer miljoenen uitgegeven om hun gebouw in Hilversum (alweer) om te toveren in een interactieve (kinderlijke) media speeltuin, maar vergeten dat de helft van onze bevolking 50 plus is. Ik heb mijn pogingen opgegeven om iets samen met ze te willen doen. Het zijn vooral jongelui die daar nu de dienst uitmaken met vrijwel geen empathie voor ons verleden. Kijk bijvoorbeeld hier eens: th-cam.com/video/LC9Tnacfngc/w-d-xo.html Het onderwerp "Zeezenders" wordt hier nauwelijks uitgediept en hun conclusie na ca, 09:30 slaat nergens op: Ze hebben geen idee welke impact het sluiten van de zeezenders toen op de jeugd had. En dit is nog maar één voorbeeld. Er ligt tonnen prachtig historisch materiaal in hun bunkers op Scheveningen te verstoffen en met hun nieuwe zoekmachine kan vrijwel niets meer worden bekeken. Over ca. 20 jaar is iedereen dood die daar nu nog interesse in heeft. Sorry, ik moest dat even kwijt...
My father was a student at Delft University at the time, and when he showed up for lectures in the morning he was recruited as a volunteer to fill gaps in dikes by sandbags, as were many other students. He remembered it to be extremely cold, and he was very grateful that the salvation army showed up to serve hot soup to people around the flooded areas.
@@antonitobendrito2243 well, this is the only major flood from a storm in the last couple hundred years. We have also learned a lot because of this. We now have special ‘waterworks’ in this area and a special grid in the rest of the Netherlands.
@@janvisser2223 Heb je de Russische tekst al door de vertaler gehaald? Blijkbaar niet want je snapt het nog steeds niet. Ik zeg ook niets grofs tegen deze man.
Please watch Part-2 of this series about the "Watersnoodramp" with Dutch commentary here: th-cam.com/video/QhZqc1Fqgyo/w-d-xo.html (Bekijk Deel-2 via deze link).
My dad was a British Royal Engineer and helped with the disaster for which he was given, and still has, the Certificate of thanks from the Dutch Royal family. I will bring this attention to him to look at later.
Thank you to your dad for his service in the fight against the flood of '53.
I am from the island Voorne-Putten which was among the severely flooded areas. 21 people died due to the flood in my village. A whole family (except one boy) got swept off the dyke while they were trying to reach the highest point in the village, where all the village people gathered.
My grandfather only just bought a house and I've heard a story of him witnessing or helping the corpse of a young girl get recovered. She was stuck in the mud even below the creek that ran next to my grandfather's backyard.
A commemoration is held every year. This year they went to the local cemetery to commemorate all victims of the flood by visiting the graves of those who drowned or got crushed. They stopped at the graves of the young family that got swept off the dyke, to play a hymn. The surviving son never lost his trauma in his life. You can hardly imagine the immense grief he must have gone through, even in his later years.
Cheers to your dad sir
I worked with an engineer who had ben in the Royal Engineers at this time he also got a reward
Very nice remastering of the original films of this major event in history, hats off to you Rick for preserving your Countries history and hope the news gets involved to help show your films. Cheers and stay safe
Thank you for these heart touching pictures showing me again how tiny i am. bringing this human catastrophy back to my mind with these impressive films which gain even more presence thanks to your work of colouring and editing, which is an enourmous labour in its own, reminds me to whatever i think is well man made and usefull in daily life is in danger at any time by the forces of nature around me, as flooding or like it just happened the earthquake we all heard about these days. At the same time the films show the enormous power of people rushing to help survivors and rescue so many souls. Thank you again.
Wow, I did not know this had happened. I visited all the places you mentioned as a 16-year-old on a school trip to the Netherlands (from Germany), in the 80s. Hard to believe only 30 years earlier it had been devastated :(
I look forward to the video!
This was not the only flooding in Zeeland. In 1944 the allies bombed the dykes in three locations to try to drive the Germans out:
th-cam.com/video/QHZfrfupe9Q/w-d-xo.html
Wow, very well presented. My dad was just 7yrs old when my grandfather booked passage on the Van Dam ( not sure of the spelling ). I believe they were in the North Sea as this storm was going on. Grandpa never showed the least bit of fear on that ship, my dad & my aunt (6 yrs old then ) wondered how he couldn't be scared. Years later, long settled in Ottawa Ont., my grandpa admitted to my dad & aunt that he was scared witless, he thought he'd booked passage only to his wife and two young children go down with a sinking ship in that storm. He thought they never see Halifax Harbour! Keep up the good work!
What a contrast it is between the beauty of the sea, and then the horrifying devastation it left on the land. All those lives lost, both human and animal... all those houses and farms. It's unfathomable.
Thank you for sharing this video!
Dank voor het maken van deze indrukwekkende documentaire! 🙏🏻
I was 5 yrs. old when De Ramp happened. We lived in Bergen op Zoom, where our father was stationed, after we returned from Indonesia. As kids we knew he was gone many days, being in the army, but couldn’t understand why though. Now we know the army was detailed to help with the rescue. With global warming these disasters are sadly occurring more often, globally. Woon al 62 jr. In California, I appreciate Rick’s videos, especially the ones from Holland and Indonesia, hartelijk dank!
Yes I still remember him! Also ways caring his CB Radio with him and just blabbering that he saved lives with the 27 mc bakkie / radio
Outstanding work Rick, thank you.
Groeten uit Zuid-Holland.
Wow that's incredibile. Congratulazioni for this work
What an amazing channel this is
Thank you very much!
Thank you Rick for bringing this in colour. Comment: the Dutch would not have "celebrated" the event, but "remembered" the event - different connotation there.
"Remembrance" could have been better, but "celebration" does not per definition imply a happy event: Collins dictionary: "1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities · 2. to make known publicly; proclaim · 3. to praise widely or to present to". The same applies to the word "Anniversary".
Wat mooi weer, de ingekleurde beelden maken het zo intens..
Vroeger had je een gekleurd voorzet scherm voor je TV op basis van een Fresnel lens, wellicht echt wat voor jou!
How wonderfull the film in colour...all the damage unbelieveble....
7:58 It is no small feat to get a cow to cross a bridge, much less a pontoon bridge that is bobbing in the surf. Hence the arm raised in victory at 8:05 Amazing effort!
My grandfather went overboard on his ship in that storm. Luckily he could hold on to the nets. His buddy that saved him unfortunately could not.
Very interesting. My family is from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Very sad is more appropriate...
Hoi Rick, je zou subsidie moeten krijgen voor jouw belangrijke werk van de Provincie Zeeland.
Dat zou leuk zijn, maar ik doe het niet voor het geld (alhoewel mijn kanaal wel wordt gemonetized). Ik probeer vooral mijn steentje bij te dragen aan meer kennis van en interesse voor onze recente vaderlandse geschiedenis. Gerestaureerd en in kleur is immers dit materiaal (en vrijwel elke oude historische Z/W film) veel plezieriger om naar te kijken. Jammer dat onze overheids "cultuursector" dat niet inziet. Beeld En Geluid e.d. doen niets aan restauratie en opnieuw inscannen van historische films. Ze vinden het "historisch onverantwoord" want stel je voor dat bijvoorbeeld na het beweging-stabiliseren van wiebelig beeld er een paar procent van het beeld langs de randen wegvalt. Dat vinden ze blijkbaar heel erg (en zo hanteren ze nog meer argumenten ter verdediging om niets te doen). Zoooo jammer!
@@Rick88888888 Domme lui.
Tja Beeld En Geluid is een verhaal apart. Ze hebben onlangs weer miljoenen uitgegeven om hun gebouw in Hilversum (alweer) om te toveren in een interactieve (kinderlijke) media speeltuin, maar vergeten dat de helft van onze bevolking 50 plus is. Ik heb mijn pogingen opgegeven om iets samen met ze te willen doen. Het zijn vooral jongelui die daar nu de dienst uitmaken met vrijwel geen empathie voor ons verleden.
Kijk bijvoorbeeld hier eens: th-cam.com/video/LC9Tnacfngc/w-d-xo.html Het onderwerp "Zeezenders" wordt hier nauwelijks uitgediept en hun conclusie na ca, 09:30 slaat nergens op: Ze hebben geen idee welke impact het sluiten van de zeezenders toen op de jeugd had. En dit is nog maar één voorbeeld. Er ligt tonnen prachtig historisch materiaal in hun bunkers op Scheveningen te verstoffen en met hun nieuwe zoekmachine kan vrijwel niets meer worden bekeken. Over ca. 20 jaar is iedereen dood die daar nu nog interesse in heeft. Sorry, ik moest dat even kwijt...
Excellent video
So much work
Ben geboren op 1 Februari en inderdaad ben een Waterman.
50 jaar later ging ik elke weekend naar Zeeland, Melissant/Middelharnis.
4:26 Zo onverwacht dus, Tafel nog gedekt
Buitengewoon indrukwekkend.
Brengt je wel heel dichtbij.
Mijn moeder, toen 21 jaar oud, heeft als vrijwilligerster geholpen.
My town escaped by only a couple of centimeters. The lock door only barely held.
Cool. I can say I live north of Flushing.
And we Dutch think that we can control the sea for years to come. Such a disaster is what awaits us one day to a more destructive degree.
Canvey Island (reclaimed by Dutch) Was flooded
Wat moet dat erg zijn geweest. Net is iedereen weer een beetje de oorlog te boven en dan kunnen ze weer opnieuw beginnen.
My father was a student at Delft University at the time, and when he showed up for lectures in the morning he was recruited as a volunteer to fill gaps in dikes by sandbags, as were many other students. He remembered it to be extremely cold, and he was very grateful that the salvation army showed up to serve hot soup to people around the flooded areas.
So sad, my friend’s in enkuizen told me all about this.
Luckily for your boyfriend, that was on the other side of the country
Legit question. What makes individual to choose to live in such a dangerous place?
@@antonitobendrito2243 well, this is the only major flood from a storm in the last couple hundred years. We have also learned a lot because of this. We now have special ‘waterworks’ in this area and a special grid in the rest of the Netherlands.
Een trieste gebeurtenis in de Nederlandse historie
The saddest event was when the royal family cowardly left for England..
@@VicGreenBitcoin not the dutch royal family, dutch royal blood died out in 1600
@@VicGreenBitcoin you mean the GERMANS
Please donate this to the Watersnood museum for prosperity :)
De KNMI had vergeten een extra 'Surf is up'! bericht te versturen zeg maar
Вся Голландия ниже уровня мирового океана. Рано или поздно это повторится.
Probably sooner than later if the boss of your country gets his way...
@@johanboer7157 Nogal grof. En waarom?
@@janvisser2223 Als je dat niet snapt....?!
@@johanboer7157 ik begrijp het heul best, maar waarom zo een opmerking maken tegen iemand die je niet kent.
@@janvisser2223 Heb je de Russische tekst al door de vertaler gehaald? Blijkbaar niet want je snapt het nog steeds niet. Ik zeg ook niets grofs tegen deze man.
I wish this video had not been so badly over-processed. Makes it unbearable to watch.
You have to be kidding?
This channel does an excellent job brining life back to old footage.
If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
Bollocks.
I Apologize
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻