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SBS Video – Malabar-Kootwijk uitzending van SBS6 (with Eng. subs)

Published by Dutch Australian Cultural Centre on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

90 years ago, on May 5, 1923, the telegraph connection between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) was officially opened. This was on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 celebrated by setting up a connection between PI90PCG and YE90PK. This is the report of the Dutch TV-broadcast station SBS 6 in “Heart of the Netherlands”.

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