Amsterdam.

Amsterdam. The Germans, before they cleared the country, destroyed miles and miles of harbourfacilities in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, blowing up cranes, storehouses and waterfronts. Reconstruction is going on. Warehouses being re-built. Flying flag on top means that roofconstruction is complete. In the Netherlands this is an old custom. When the wooden roofbeams are all in place the owner treated the workers on 'tiles-beer', now the men get a fee in money. Always the flag sometimes the flagstaff crowned with green twigs is hoisted upon the constructions.