Finlandia Kuva

This Finlandia Survey compilation ranges from 1949 to 1961, and in it we get to see glimpses of news from both local matches and early international matches. The brave Finns play against the infamous Soviet Red Machine, Canada, and a team of journalists.

Ruins of St. Olav's Monastery in Turku, paintings revealed under the plaster. Paintings by artist Nikolai Kaario. Yläne Manor, pictures found in the manor.

The war documentary Rivilotta (1943), directed by Turo Karto, was filmed in the winter of 1941-42. The film, produced by the Finnish Defence Forces, presents the goals of the Lotta Svärd organization and the different aspects of the Lotta Svärd's work.

War reparations industry. Schooner manufacturing in Rauma at Holming Oy's shipyard.

A moving and passionate documentary about March 20, 1948, when the Finnish delegation left for Moscow to negotiate the YYA agreement under the leadership of Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala. The seriousness of the situation can be felt concretely, as the delegation is seen off at the Helsinki railway station by the entire nation in miniature. "And so the train left, taking the negotiating delegation to its important mission."

Reconstruction and war damage after the Lapland War.

A short film about the work and private life of the Prime Minister, made in honor of J. K. Paasikivi's 75th birthday.

Car exhibition at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center in 1952.

Master composer Jean Sibelius turned 80 on December 8, 1945. He was not an easy case for filmmakers, as his world had long been closed to outsiders. He was associated with prestige, age and respect. However, Sibelius agreed to make a film in the autumn of 1945. Jean and Aino Sibelius are only seen briefly in the film.

A touching documentary directed by Holger Harrivirta (1915-86) about Finnish children, about 70,000 of whom were sent to Sweden during the war years. The film's train of war children arrives from the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944, travels via Kuopio and Haparanda to Stockholm. In Haparanda, there is a sauna and a medical examination, as well as a check of the surrender papers. Another batch of Karelian war children travels via Helsinki and Vaasa to Umeå in the summer of 1944.

Fishing, rafting, floating, log cabins.

Pictures from Central Ostrobothnia from cultural and economic perspectives.

A documentary about the forestry work in Lapland during the war reparations years. Finland's expensive green gold is being harvested in a snowy winter. Finland is the most forested country in Europe, there is an ever-increasing workforce, the work is hard, the food is delicious, sweat comes off the muscles. The horse is a tough colleague, but there are both "fighters" and "bombers" in the convoy. Kämp has a sharp head for the management and a dull head for the crew, and there is guaranteed to be a sauna in every one.

A picture of Kajaani as the industrial, economic and cultural center of Kainuu and a regional overview of new construction activities in Hyrynsalmi, Sotkamo and Kuhmo in the late 1940s.

Domestic products are presented in the exhibition hall.

Presentation of the Turin Crafts Museum.

A rare documentary about the Finnish parliamentary elections in March 1945. Finland was the first country at war to hold parliamentary elections. The Finnish parliamentary elections attracted exceptionally wide attention from foreign media at the time. Prime Minister J.K. Paasikivi also waited in line for an hour for the polling station to open, as did other voters in the constituency.

An inland waterway boat trip in Central Finland, described from the perspective of a regional presentation.

A film about forestry work using old and new methods. Forestry work and the use of wood before and during the war.

An educational film about the dangers of moving on ice, rescue methods and first aid.