Marathon walk, Finland v. Sweden at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Football match, Finland v. Brazil, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Finland’s first cat show at Kunsthalle Helsinki. Padasjoki Natural Park....
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...
The main contingent of U.S. athletes arrives in Helsinki. Soviet Olympic trains arrive at Pasila railway station. The flag of Trinidad is hoisted in the Olympic Village. Prince Pierre of Monaco arrive...
100th anniversary celebration of the Oy Gust. Ranin company in Kuopio. Miss Margaret Truman in Helsinki Harbour and at the U.S. Embassy. Finnish Canoeing Championships in Tampere. Finnish Athletics Ch...
Ice breaker Voima is launched at the Wärtsilä Shipyard in Hietalahti, Helsinki. Sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen completed the Kauhajoki War Memorial. The premiere of the Olympic Film, Worlds Meet, in Hels...
National work and skills competition at the Helsinki Exhibition Hall. Finnish Members of Parliament in an interparliamentary skiing competition. The film magazine Elokuva-aitta confers film awards (Va...
‘Waxing bars’ at the national cross-country ski event. Yugoslavian minister lays a wreath at the war memorial. ‘Winter Road Days’ in Hyvinkää. Aid ship leaving for Holland from Turku Harbour...
The Wednesday Club women’s society at the Suomi-Filmi studio watch the making of the film Huhtikuu tulee (‘April is Coming’), by Valentin Vaala. Sculptor Kalervo Kallio at work. Scholarships awa...