Stealing pigs is a shameful crime. Learning about the taxidermist’s trade. Books to the front. Hurricane in Helsinki. Toivo Manninen (1914-1980) plays the accordion.
National film award ceremony. Winners of the Jussi statue include Eino Heino, Roy, Lea Joutseno, Siiri Angerkoski, Rauli Tuomi, and Valentin Vaala. 28th anniversary celebration of the October Revolut...
The new clock-face of the Lutheran Cathedral in Helsinki. Helsinki celebrates its 400th anniversary and welcomes the New Year. Fire at the Fazer sweet factory. Boxing match: Finland v. Norway. Helsink...
From the North Pole to the Black Sea: filming Satua Sammosta, a Finnish-Soviet joint production. Aleksandr Ptushko’s film Satua Sammosta, based on the Finnish national epic Kalevala, begins filming ...
First Finlandia Newsreel: Impressions from the war year 1943. Mannerheim Cross award ceremony. German trade mission in Finland; there is a particular shortage of grain and other foodstuffs. Bandy m...
President Risto Ryti (1889-1956) at the inauguration of the Tampere ‘War Veteran Village’ on 5 September 1943. Workers’ youth week in Tampere. Catching Baltic herring and preparing herring dis...
Athletics competition: Finland v. Norway in Turku. Children’s Day parade in Helsinki. ‘Finnish Forest Days’ in Savonlinna. Forestry skills contest in Helsinki. Football match: Finland v. Sweden ...
Foundation works of the Social Democratic Women’s old-age home in Käpylä, Helsinki. Päijänne Motorcycle Race. 10th anniversary of the Disabled War Veterans’ Association of Finland in Jyväskyl...