A film about an elderly Russian woman who was an industrial worker in Estonia. Despite her hard existence and horrible working conditions she trusts in God and human cordiality. The film is part of a series of portraits by the Lintrups (who also made cogito, ergo sumof elderly and somewhat strange Estonians that relate the history of this small ethnic group.
Portrait documentary by Vladimir Parvel about Konstantin Märska, the founder of Estonian film art and the first professional cinematographer in Estonia.
Artistic documentary by Ülo Tambek about oil shale mining and the life of miners in Estonia in 1970s.
Documentary about oil shale production and use in the Soviet Estonia.
Documentary about the Kohtla-Järve oil shale processing industry.
The documentary introduces the first Communist work brigade of the Estonian SSR, members of the brigade of mine workers at Kohtla-Järve oil shale industry and their work in the mine.
Stalinist propaganda documentary about oil shale as the powerful resource for developing industry in post-war Estonia.
Mining engineer Artur Aleksander Linari-Linholm has recorded his work in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has filmed the research laboratory of the diamond mining company De Beers as well as the lab workers.