De Amerikaanse Droom (1982)

In 1982, it was the bicentennial of Dutch- American diplomatic relations. Five people who emigrated to the United States during these 200 years are pictured in this TV special : Walter Cronkite - the voice of CBS - whose family left Holland one and a half century ago, family Ekker who became Mormons when they arrived in Utah and now live on the ranch where Butch Cassidy took shelter. Helen Colijn, granddaughter of Prime Minister Hendrik Colijn, who went to California as soon as she could leave the Japanese prison camps in the Dutch Indies at the end of the War. Bill Dotter, who built a sailing ship like the Mayflower to sail back to Holland.And Koos van den Akker, the flamboyant fashion designer, who left Holland because he loved New York in the movie 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.