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  • Bonycrone
    Bonycrone

    Original title: Kunksmoor

    1977 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Heino Pars

    This is a fairytale for children where they are valued the real and imaginary values of people.

  • The Winds of Milky Way
    The Winds of Milky Way

    Original title: Linnutee tuuled

    1977 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Lennart Meri

    The sequel to „The Waterfowl People“. The author of the film interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relations of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansis, Hungarians, Sámi, Nganasans and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on locations in northern Finland, Sámi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, Setomaa region in Estonia and in Saaremaa and Muhu islands, Estonia. Some footage was also filmed in Nenetsia in 1970.

  • Osmussaar
    Osmussaar

    1975 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Semjon Školnikov

    Documentary about the island of Osmussaare in the present day, recollections about the battles of 1941.

  • The Annual Ring
    The Annual Ring

    Original title: Aastaring

    1974 | Documentary | Director: Rein Maran

    The film about the life of Estonian children and youth in the TV film series "Children of the Soviet Union".

  • Lahemaa rahvuspark
    Lahemaa rahvuspark

    1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Andres Sööt

  • Estonian wild animals
    Estonian wild animals

    Title in Estonian: Eesti metsloomad

    1971 | Documentary, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Evald Vaher

    Educational film about Estonian wild animals commissioned by the Ministry of Education of Estonian SSR.

  • Kuldrannake
    Kuldrannake

    1971 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

  • Okaslinnus
    Okaslinnus

    1971 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Rein Maran

  • Eesti taimekooslus
    Eesti taimekooslus

    1970 | Other categories, Commissioned, Educational | Director: Evald Vaher

  • Nädalalõpp
    Nädalalõpp

    1970 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Valdur Himbek

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