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The images in this video were probably filmed during the last few months of peace for the Netherlands Indies, and shows an eerie normality, despite the fact the Japanese army were soon to invade.
This rare film shows Batavia, (Jakarta), before the initial end of the Netherlands Indies, and the start of eight years of conflict, resulting in the end of colonialism.
We can only imagine how the winds of change touched the lives of the people we see in this film.