In 2021 a French TV-team from Arte filmed a documentary on the ‘Haarlem’ for their channel. Bruno Werz tells what happened during that fateful day on March 25th 1647 when the ship foundered in Table Bay. He explains how the following events changed the history of South African for good.
Please, click the link and fast-forward 36 minutes into the programme ‘South Africa, where the castaways pitch their tents’ (Orginal En Afrique du Sud, des naufragés plantes leur tentes, broadcasted for Arte in Europe: France, UK, Germany, the Netherlands.)