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BAM – Railroad to Nowhere

Original title: BAM

2008 | Documentary | Director: Jouni Hiltunen

Documentary by Finnish director Jouni Hiltunen about the enthusiasm, hopes and reality of railway constructors in Baikal-Amur district.

In 1974, Leonid Brezhnev, the secretary-general of the Communist Party of USSR, called for the Soviet youth to construct the 3500-kilometre-long arterial railway including a city and 200 stations in Baikal-Amur district, Russia (BAM) in order to use the immense amount of mineral resources of the area. Thousands of young people, including Estonians, went to work in Siberia, while believing in Brezhnev's idea. The railway was being constructed simultaneously from both ends and the top event was planned to be when the ends would finally meet. Brezhnev died in 1982 and BAM was not even close to completion. It was ...
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Ten patriotic speeches

Original title: Kümme isamaa kõnet

2007 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Valentin Kuik

Documentary about Ants Paju's long-time dream to erect a statue of plowing Kalevipoeg in Põltsamaa. His dream comes true thanks to his extraordinary perseverance and donations by numerous people.

Ants Paju is about to fulfill his long-time dream to erect a statue of plowing Kalevipoeg in memory of all farmers and for uniting Estonian people with their country and the past. The monumental sculpture on the 127th kilometre on Tallinn-Tartu road is Ants's gift to his fatherland and his nation. On one hand, the documentary is a portrait of a man who fulfills his dream, on the other hand the film generalizes the difficulties of carrying out such a monumental project. Ants Paju's exuberant energy has attracted numerous donators, people from the field of culture and loca government, sportsmen ...
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Recreation Ceremony of Studentsʹ Corporation "Vironia" on 13.05.1989

2001 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:
Festive Opening of the Chair of Estonian Studies in Toronto University (1)

Title in Estonian: Toronto ülikooli Eesti õppetooli avaaktus 1/4

1986 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

The festive opening ceremony of the Chair of Estonian Studies at Toronto University held in the great hall of Estonian House in Toronto on October 4, 1986.

Professor Elmar Tampõld, founder of the Chair of Estonian Studies at Toronto University, gives an introductory speech. Professor Olev Träss gives an exhaustive retrospect about the historical background of founding the chair. Träss recalls the conversation held with Eric Allan Sibul more than twenty years ago when they came to the idea to establish the chair, that was followed by numeous bureaucratic procedures for which they had to use their academical and political connections. Professor Endel Tulving introduces Tõnu Parming, the future visiting professor of the chair, and his academic career.
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Festive Opening of the Chair of Estonian Studies in Toronto University (2)

Title in Estonian: Toronto ülikooli Eesti õppetooli avaaktus 2/4

1986 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

The festive opening ceremony of the Chair of Estonian Studies at Toronto University held in the great hall of Estonian House in Toronto on October 4, 1986.

The ceremony continues. Professor Endel Tulving introduces Tõnu Parming, the visiting professor of the Chair of Estonian Studies. Parming holds a speech "Intelligence and society".
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Festive Opening of the Chair of Estonian Studies in Toronto University (3)

Title in Estonian: Toronto ülikooli Eesti õppetooli avaaktus 3/4

1986 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

The festive opening ceremony of the Chair of Estonian Studies at Toronto University held in the great hall of Estonian House in Toronto on October 4, 1986.

The ceremony continues with Tõnu Parming's speech "Intelligence and society".
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Yachting Regatta. Olympics 1980

Title in Estonian: Purjeregatt.Olümpia 1980

1980 | Documentary | Director: Toivo Kuzmin

Documentary about preparing the yachting regatta in Tallinn during the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980, events related to the olympic games in the capital of Tallinn.

Documentary introduces the preparations by Tallinn for the olympic yachting regatta during the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980. Episodes about the opening celebrations of the regatta, racing distances of various types of yachts, festive award ceremony and the ending ceremony.
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Sport

1979 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Helle Murdmaa
Tööjõureservide spordihoone

1973 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Toivo Kuzmin
Nõukogude Eesti

1969 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Semjon Školnikov