Crossing at the Dutch-German border for the Amsterdam Weekend - Jun54.   Much of this film was taken during a single weekend.   The corporal in charge of the VHF direction finder (homer), Joe Knapp, used to organize occasional trips but the weekend to Amsterdam was probably the one highlight of our tour in Jever.   The majority of us were probably too young and virginal to take advantage of all that Amsterdam has to offer.   The exchange rate was not good so eating and drinking carved a significant hole in most financial resources.   I wont give the name of the one person who spent one night with a Dutch girl but I will say that it left him stoney broke and the sleazy room for the night cost five times what he had left to pay the girl.   After the normal canal trip and museums that we could afford most of us went to the red-light district about 10 pm and observed until around 1 am.   I can only say that it was nothing like we had ever seen before.   While we wore civies and may have looked vaguely like tourists there were plenty of American service men about in uniform and it was obvious that their ages were on average 5 years older than us.    They also had money to spare and were obvious targets for the girls picking up along the canal sides.   Unfortunately, even Ilford HP3 film, an F2 Ultron lens and Promicrol developer couldn't resolve a recognizable image under the normal street lighting so there is no record of what we saw after sunset.   (Thanks to Dick Endecott)