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New York World Fair, YD Parade, Rose Garden

Original title: New Yorgi maailmanäitus, YD paraad, roosiaed

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Roses in home garden and in the garden of Elizabeth Park in June 1937. Parade of Yankee Division (YD) in 1939. New York World Fair on June 7, 1939.

John Baltsar has recorded conifers in his home garden, Mrs Baltsar standing near the tilted fir tree. The following episode depicts men in old-fashioned uniforms, marching below the crossed swords. Military parade in 1939 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Yankee Division's homecoming to Boston in 1919. Various military units participate in the parade, including vehicles, military technology, a tank, brass bands, drummers, balloon sellers. The documentary continues with episodes from New York World Fair on June 7, 1939. Views of different pavillions: General Motors, pavillion of foreign exhibitions near the complex of fountains, pavillion of Electric Utilities with the ...
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Opening of the New Oru Household School

Title in Estonian: Oru Kodumajanduskooli uue hoone avamine

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

President Konstantin Päts at the inauguration of the new building of Oru Household School on June 29, 1939.

Five chronicle pieces about President Konstantin Päts and his family in 1939. The first chronicle about the opening ceremony of the building of Oru Household School on June 29, 1939. Journalist talks to the headmaster Linda Jalvendi. Students have lined up in front of the school and are welcoming the guests with Estonian and Hungarian flags. President Konstantin Päts and Anton Kunder, Hungarian Minister of Trade, Transport and Industry, with his wife are arriving, accompanied by Colonel Herbert Grabbi, Senior Ordinance Officer to the President. Päts, Kunder, Minister of Education Aleksander Jaakson and Minister of Economic Affairs Leo Sepp are ...
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Oru Housewives Training School

Original title: Oru Kodumajanduskool

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The daily life of Oru Housewives Training School in 1939.

The daily life of Oru Housewives Training School in 1939. Two young women are ironing sheets with the wringer and electric iron; the linen will be placed in the cupboard later. Carrying water with the horse. Cultivating the ground with the two-horse harness. Young women learning, the teacher is reading. Headmaster Linda Jalvendi is leading the teachers' meeting. Visitors of the school, Aleksander Lellep among others. Views of Toila-Oru, bridge of the River Toila. VIews of the Presidential residence. The girls exit the schoolhouse and walk in a row to work. Students are raking hay and building haystacks. Students are ...
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President Konstantin Päts and Journalists

Title in Estonian: President Konstantin Päts ja ajakirjanikud

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

President Konstantin Päts and his family in 1939-1940. President having a conversation with journalists in Kadriorg Palace in 1939.

Five chronicle pieces about President Konstantin Päts and his family in 1939. The author of the film, former steward of Moscow embassy Aleksander Lellep, was in business relations with the president, so he could get a free access to Kadriorg Palace and Presidential residence in Oru for filming. The fourth chronicle depicts the president's interview with two journalists in 1939. Kaljula Teder, editor in "Päevaleht", and the other journalist are asking the president questions in Kadriorg Palace. After the interview the journalists sitting in the palace's lobby.
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President Konstantin Päts and his Close Ones in Oru

Title in Estonian: President Konstantin Päts ja tema lähikondlased Orul

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

President Konstantin Päts and his family in Oru, 1939.

The author of the film, former steward of Moscow embassy Aleksander Lellep, was in business relations with the president, so he could get a free access to Kadriorg Palace and Presidential residence in Oru for filming. The second chronicle: Konstantin Päts and his close relatives in Oru Castle in summer of 1939. Voldemar Päts, Johanna Päts, Leo Päts, Matti Päts, Henn Päts and babysitter Olga Tünder on the stairs of the school. Konstantin Päts, Leo Päts and Helgi Päts's cousin Erika Ederma are walking in Oru. Konstantin Päts is talking to a guest on the cliff coast in Oru. Henn ...
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Staff of the Office of the President

Title in Estonian: Presidendi kantselei töötajad

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

President Konstantin Päts and his family in 1939-1940.

The author of the film, former steward of Moscow embassy Aleksander Lellep, was in business relations with the president, so he could get a free access to Kadriorg Palace for filming. The fifth chronicle depicts employees of the President's Office in 1939.
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Ex-servicemen Parade, Shriners Parade, Mount Washington and Multnomah Falls

Original title: Sõjaveteranide paraad, Shrinersi paraad, Mount Washington ja Multnomah Falls

1935 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Parade of the ex-servicemen who fought in foreign wars, Brookshire Lodge, Mount Washington in New Hampshier and Multnomah Falls in Oregon. Parade of Shriners clubs in Hartford.

The chronicle starts with depicting the group of ex-servicemen who have gathered for the parade. Brookshire guesthouse. Views of Washington hills in New Hampshire, the observation tower and car on the mountain road. Veterans who have fought in foreign wars have gathered into columns and walk through the town, the traffic is stopped. Trucks are also participating in the procession. Again views of hills, Mrs Baltsar admiring the view and spending time with her cat in her home garden. Country house. The streets of Hartford are again reserved for Shriners' clubs. The columns participating in the procession reach the town ...
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Great Snowstorm

Title in Estonian: Suur lumetorm

1935 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Home of the Baltsar family during the great snowstorm in winter 1934. The parade of the Governor's guardsmen.

Home of the Baltsar family during the great snowstorm in winter 1934. The parade of the Governor's guardsmen.
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Garden scenes, Oliver's Thanksgiving

1931 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Family Baltsar's home garden in Hartford, USA.

The American Estonian John Baltsar has filmed his home in Connecticut in the summer of 1931 and in the winter of 1932. There are plenty of frames about his blooming home garden and about Mrs Baltsar whose inseparable companion is her cat. The guests in the garden of the Baltsars and typical activities about stepping into and out of the car. There is also some snow clearing in winter and traffic on snowy Farmington avenue.
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Boston Material

Original title: Bostoni materjal

Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The film about farmwork and a train excursion by Mount Washington travel agency to the coast in 1930s in USA.

The amateur film begins with depicting farmers in pre-war America. The trucks are arriving to the field, women are hanging laundry out to dry, excavator is filling the trucks with soil, workers are throwing sand to the carts and carrying it to the field. The farmers are planting various plants to the ground. The second part of the film is about the trip to Mount Washington located in the North-East of USA. There is a ticket office in a log cabin, smoke coming out from the chimney of a locomotive and a train car labelled „Mount Washington“. The tourists are ...
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