Scheveningen’s Lost Pier: 1924-1943 in Vibrant Color!

This stunning collection of software-restored and colorized footage unveils the Old Pier of Scheveningen, Netherlands—officially "Wandelhoofd Koningin Wilhelmina"—from 1924 to 1943, a seaside icon opened by Prince Hendrik on May 6, 1901, just off the Kurhaus. Watch as this elegant wooden pier, stretching into the North Sea, buzzes with promenading visitors, all brought to life in vivid hues—until its tragic destruction by fire on March 26, 1943, during World War II. Replaced in 1959 but shifted 100 meters north, this film captures a lost treasure of Dutch coastal heritage, gripping history buffs and seaside nostalgists with its dazzling, fleeting beauty.