For the documentary, eight and a half hours of footage had to be edited down to 40 minutes, according to the newspaper Het Parool.
As reported by the newspaper Het Parool, before the documentary was even broadcast, part of the Gerard Doustraat was closed off for the play street the children had demanded. Nevertheless, a more permanent playground still had to be created. The children got a free, week-long school trip to the Zeeland coast in the bargain.
The makers of the documentary series 'Namens ...' (On behalf of ...) deliberately took an activist stance, rather than just reporting, according to the newspaper Het Parool. Producer Bob Ris: "One of the tasks of 'Namens...' is that you have to make clear to people that they have to confront their problems, to try to convince them they can do something about their living conditions". Director Roeland Kerbosch: "It's important for me that if you make a film, it isn't something non-committal". And reported by De Tijd: "If I didn't have that type of involvement, I wouldn't make these kind of films. I would be making commercials. But I hate that kind of work. For me, every program should be a call to action".
According to Roeland Kerbosch in the newspaper De Tijd, after the children got their play street, another action group of De Pijp residents was formed to protest the decision, because they hated losing their parking spaces.
The documentary shows the children playing and climbing on the parking lot of the Fiat car dealership, because it was one of the few open spaces in the De Pijp district. The sequel Namens ... Nogmaals de Pijp (1972) reports how its owner Leonard Lang had a 4.5 meter high wall put up in front of it, following his frequent complaints about the children damaging the cars.