President Kekkonen in Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden, at Lord Mayor’s dinner, visiting a car factory in Oxford. Ballet from Bolshoi Theatre and opera from Italy at the Finnish National Opera. 30th...
Athletics in Saarijärvi; Midsummer Games between Finland and East Germany. Chipboard, a novel material used in the renovation of a senior citizens’ home in Saarijärvi. Railway accident at a level ...
Statue of Saarijärven Paavo (the epitome of a hardworking Finnish farmer in a poem by J. L. Runeberg) revealed. Finnish national road 1, Tarvontie, opened for traffic. Hakaniemi (former Näkinsilta) ...
International athletics at Helsinki Olympic Stadium, day 1: Finland–GDR–Italy.
International athletics at Helsinki Olympic Stadium, day 2: Finland–GDR–Italy.
The Danish ambassador presents his credentials to the President of the Republic. Giant earth-mover in Mikhailovsky (foreign material). Ice-breaker Lena at the Arctic Ocean (foreign material). Miniatur...
UN General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld is killed in an air crash on 17 September 1961; old material: Hammarskjöld at the airport in Seutula in 1958. Statue of author Juhani Aho revealed in Engelinauk...
ARS 1961 Helsinki exhibition organised at the Ateneum Art Museum. Polish naval visit to Helsinki. Jewellery by Kosti Brchisky in Tornio: smooth as dough. French perfumist André Porot in Finland. New ...