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Estonian War of Independence 1 (1919)

Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabadussõda

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Amateur films Duration 06:12

Estonian War of Independence 1

The Setu men. The row of Russian White Army soldiers, General Stanislav Bulak-Balakhovitsh and other officers performing military inspection. Imprisoned Red Army soldiers, examination of the prisoners' clothes: necklaces, Soviet roubles, cannon cartridges. Portrait photograph of captain Richard Borgelin, the commander of the Danish Volunteers Company. Danish volunteers in British safety helmets are working near the train echelon. Dixies and cannons on the platform car. Soldiers in train cars and on car roofs, the Danish flag is waving. Various goods and equipment on carriages, village men with horses. Danish volunteers lining up in the barrack yard, marching away. Armoured cars ...

Keywords: document of an era | regaining of independence of the Republic of Estonia | column of horses | riding a horse carriage | fight for independence | company | high-ranking officers | officers | posing | cavalrymen | View all »

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Color bw
Sound silent
Film Category Newsreel, Amateur films
Duration 06:12

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