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The Estonians' Song Festival in Sweden (1948)

Title in Estonian: Eestlaste laulupidu Stockholmis

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Amateur films Duration 14:35

The Estonians' Song Festival in Sweden

The first Estonian general song celebration in Stockholm on June 27, 1948. Introduction of the song festival programme. Swedish flags are waving, views of Stockholm. Women and girls wearing Estonian national costumes. Participants of the song celebration procession are gathering in Kungsträdgården, the procession moves along the city streets. Arrival at the venue of the song celebration - Solliden song festival grounds in Skansen. Manivald Loite, representative of Estonians in England and Jaan Kitzberg, chairman of the Estonian Committe in Lübeck, are talking. Bishop Johan Kõpp and Metropolitan Aleksander lead the church service.
Speeches are held by Heinrich Laretei, chairman ...

Director: Harald Perten

Keywords: document of an era | conductors | conductor conducting a choir | Estonian luminaries | girl scouts | bicyclists | choral singers | preserving the consistency of culture | great minds of culture | professionals in the field of culture | View all »

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Production Firm(s) Eesti Film Stockholm (Sweden)
Color color
Sound sound /silent
Film Category Amateur films, Newsreel
Text / Dialogue Estonian
Duration 14:35

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm