Verkiezingstijden shows 27 post-war governments

On 25 May the website www.verkiezingstijden.nl was launched, containing audiovisual materials relating to the 27 governments the Netherlands has known since the end of the war. Verkiezingstijden.nl is the result of cooperation between Kennisland, Beeld en Geluid and Nationaal Archief/Spaarnestad Photo. The website allows visitors to place recent political events in a historical context by accessing items of audiovisual heritage.

The selection includes materials from the Polygoon cinema newsreel collection, NOS news broadcasts, the ANEFO collection of press photography and current affairs programmes such as Barend & Van Dorp. The site also makes use of such sources as the collection of political and election posters of the Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties (DNPP) and the Central Government’s collection of video footage.