Good old-fashioned radio roundup of the year’s main events from the Dutch perspective. This newsreel-style programme contains interesting little facts and sound bites about Holland and the world in 1960:
- The formative years of NATO
- The newly founded European Economic Community
- Decolonisation
- World War II commemorations
- World hunger and cultural milestones.
- We hear from Count Basie (1904-1984) and his trip to the USSR
- Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) talks about his musical on racial integration
- We hear from Anne Frank’s father Otto (1889-1980)
- David Ben Gurion (1886-1973)
- King Bhumibol (1927-2016) of Thailand
- Field Marshal General Montgomery (1887-1976)
- English composer William Walton (1902-1983)
- And Malaysia’s founding father Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903-1990).