Laying the foundation stone of the Olympic Village in Käpylä, Helsinki. Amateur politician Matti Klemettilä, 75 years. Table tennis match, Denmark v. Finland, at the Tennis Hall in Helsinki. Leijon...
Historical costume show by Salon Ståhlberg. Traffic safety authority Talja’s activities. ‘Antitermo’ incombustible paint. Party at Lallukka Artists’ Home, organised by sculptor Essi Renvall. ...
New radio transmitter and mast in Tapiola. Topping out ceremony of the technology students’ housing complex in Otaniemi. Finland’s first television demonstration and broadcast at Stockmann departm...
Mr Kabanov, Soviet foreign trade minister, in Helsinki: launching of an ice breaker at the Hietalahti Shipyard. Mr Farran, Syrian Ambassador, presents his credentials to the president. Danish naval vi...
Ship on fire at the Hietalahti Shipyard. Artist Heikki Nieminen and the Hymypoika (‘Smiling Boy’) sculpture. Unveiling of the portrait of Marshal Mannerheim at the House of Nobility. New railcars ...
Autumn storms on the Gulf of Finland. Boats bring Baltic herring for the autumn market in Helsinki South Harbour. Opening of the Grand Fair at Töölö ball field. President Eisenhower’s sudden illn...
President K. J. StÃ¥hlberg in memoriam: StÃ¥hlberg gives a speech in 1919; Presidential Palace and Flag; StÃ¥hlberg’s library; StÃ¥hlberg at his desk; StÃ¥hlberg’s home in Kulosaari, Helsinki; StÃ...
A Parliament sports club competition. Fashion show at Restaurant Fennia in Helsinki. Scramble race in Laakso, Helsinki. Nobel laureate Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971) with family. The Golden Gate Swim in ...