President Kekkonen and Mrs Kekkonen in Britain; leaving from the airport in Seutula. They visit Westminster Abbey, the Royal Opera, Guildhall, a car factory, Oxford University, and the London Anglo-Fi...
President Paasikivi left for a state visit in the Soviet Union on 15 September 1955, accompanied by a delegation led by Prime Minister Kekkonen.This newsreel covers the first and second days of the vi...
75th anniversary of Kaleva life insurance company. Unveiling of the statue of oral poet Larin Paraske in Hesperia Park in Helsinki. Technology students dismantle the Soviet Embassy building at 21 Bule...
85-year old Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) at work in his home Ainola. Press conference at the Finnish Cultural Foundation on the Sibelius Medal (Wäinö Aaltonen, Dr Puntila). First Sibelius Medal present...
Ruins of the Kaarti barracks building. Former execution site in Kruunuhaka, Helsinki. Mrs Helga Pedersen, Minister of Justice of Denmark, in Helsinki. 20th anniversary celebration of the Finnish Reser...
Finnish Athletics Championships. Annual Finnhorse Harness Racing Championship in Seinäjoki. Joining forces to paint the Old Student House in Helsinki. Traditional ‘crown wedding’ in Vimpeli. Prom...
Opening of Hotel Vaakuna in Helsinki. New uniforms, motorcycles, and radio cars for the police forces. The Helsinki Swimming Stadium opened. ‘Children to the countryside’ summer camp project of th...
Football match, Finland v. ZDSA from the Soviet Union, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Inauguration of the Finnish Yacht Club lodge in Helsinki. Helsinki Seutula Airport is completed. Singing Dutchmen in...