1.
CU SIGN POST
0.05

2.
SV PEOPLE WAITING IN STREET
0.11

3.
SV PEOPLE IN CAFE
0.16

4.
CU LORRY PASS CAMERA
0.20

5.
SCU DUTCH POLICEMAN
0.22

6.
SV PEOPLE AT SHOP
0.26

7.
CU SIGN 'ZOLLAMT'
0.28

8.
SV GERMAN POLICE WAIT TO TAKE OVER
0.33

9.
SV LAST PASSPORT IS STAMPED IN CUSTOMS (2 SHOTS)
0.42

10.
GV CROWD OUTSIDE TOWN HALL
0.46

11.
CU GERMAN AND DUTCH OFFICIALS SIGN DOCUMENTS
0.53

12.
OU OFFICIALS LEAVE TOWN HALL
0.57

13.
CU NEXT MORNING ELTEN STREET SIGN BEING REMOVED
1.00



Initials JNT/S/WH/EEH



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Background: AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) HOLLAND HANDED BACK TO WEST GERMANY BORDER AREAS SHE RECEIVED FROM THE ALLIES AT THE END OF THE 1939-45 CONFLICT.

ABOUT 10,300 PEOPLE, PREDOMINANTLY GERMANS, SWITCHED FROM DUTCH TO WEST GERMAN ADMINISTRATION.

AREAS HANDED BACK TOTAL ALMOST 16,000 ACRES AND COMPRISE THE "ELFKANT" (SEVEN VILLAGES WITH 6,500 RESIDENTS), THE VILLAGE OF ELTEN (POPULATION 3,370) AND SUNDERWICK (A HAMLET OF A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE).HOLLAND WAS GIVEN THEM UNDER THE PARIS TREATY ON APRIL 23, 1949, PENDING CONCLUSION OF A PEACE TREATY WITH WEST GERMANY.FILM IS OF ELTEN VILLAGE.

SHOPKEEPERS WILL SUFFER UNDER THE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION - PRICES IN HOLLAND ARE LOWER AND THEY WILL FIND IT HARD TO KEEP CUSTOMERS.WEST GERMAN WORKERS WHO CONTINUE THEIR EMPLOYMENT IN HOLLAND WILL ALSO SUFFER A SET BACK AS WAGES IN WEST GERMANY ARE HIGHER THAN IN HOLLAND.