The members of the New Guinea Council, among them Nicolaas Jouwe, and delegations from, among others, Australia, led by Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, Minister for Territories, and The Netherlands, led by Home Secretary E.H. Toxopeus and Junior Minister for Foreign Affairs Th.H. Bot, enter the provisional council building. Governor Platteel holds the opening speech, followed by speeches by H.M. Queen Juliana (previously recorded), Mr Toxopeus and Mr Jouwe. Mrs J.M. Stoffels van Haaften drives the first pile into the ground for the permanent council building. To conclude images of the festivities with among other things a bicycle race and folk dancing, watched by Mr Toxopeus, Mr Bot and governor Platteel. (source: www.beeldengeluid.nl)