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Estonian War of Independence 2 (1919)

Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabadussõda II

Amateur films Duration 09:22

Sünopsis

Events of the Estonian War of Independence on the Southern front line in the summer of 1919. The skyline of Tallinn viewed from the sea; a battleship with the British flag at the port. Viru Gate, a horse carriage coming along the street. Estonian tricolor flag waving on the top of Pikk Hermann Tower, views to the Toompea Castle and the adjoining buildings, city wall with Kuldjala Tower, Sauna Tower and Suur-Kloostri Gate. Narva Castle and Ivangorod Fortress can be seen in the distance. soldiers' sports exercises on a vaulting-horse and on the bars in front of the barracks. Cavalrymen's exercises in the saddle, backwards horseriding. The military column is moving in the city street: cavalrymen, cannon carriages, infantrymen. Soldiers are lined up in Tallinn and on the town hall square in Tartu. Soldiers at the railway station in Tartu. Armoured train No. 2 with the cannon platform "Kalew". Armoured train No. 2 with the cannon platform "Uncle Tom". Smashed rail, views to the surroundings from a moving train. The cannon of an armored train is shooting; explosions; an armoured car is shooting; on the roof of heavy artillery machine-gun "Maxim". The column of war refugees on horse carriages. Wounded soldiers get off the train at the railway station, they are transported to the military hospital. Views of the war destructions: ruins of a church and a small town, the bridge on Riia-Pechory road. Market square in Pechory: sugar cubes and slices of bread on a plate, the gate of Pechory Monastery.

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