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  • The First Capitalist of the USSR
    The First Capitalist of the USSR

    Original title: Esimene kapitalist

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andrus Tuisk

    The story of a businessman who wanted to make a big business in a small town, for whom money was only a means to hide his inner loneliness and his desire to find love.

  • Those Who Dare – on solidarity of small nations
    Those Who Dare – on solidarity of small nations

    Original title (Icelandic): Deir Sem Dora

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Ólafur Rögnvaldsson

  • Disco and Atomic War
    Disco and Atomic War

    Original title: Disko ja tuumasõda

    2009 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi

    Playful documentary by Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma about the development of their generation during the Soviet era where the totalitarian power confronted the heroes of pop culture and the Finnish Television was the window to the world of dreams.

  • Coup Attempt in Moscow in August 1991 (CBS News)
    Coup Attempt in Moscow in August 1991 (CBS News)

    Title in Estonian: CBC News: olukord pärast Moskva riigipöördekatset 1991

    1991 | Other categories, Film footage | Director:

    Overview by Canadian TV programme CBC News about the political situation after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt. At the press conference of the Canadian Baltic Federation the government's support is being asked for recognizing the independence of the Baltic States.

  • Interview with Küllo Arjakas in Toronto
    Interview with Küllo Arjakas in Toronto

    Original title: Küllo Arjakase intervjuu Torontos

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Interview with Küllo Arjakas on the events taken place on January 13th, 1991 in Vilnius.

  • Lithuanianʹs Community Information Bureau in Toronto
    Lithuanianʹs Community Information Bureau in Toronto

    Title in Estonian: Toronto Leedu kogukonna infobüroo

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Forms are being filled in at the Lithuanian Community Information Bureau in Toronto, also operational information about the tragic events in Vilnius in 1991 is given.

  • Mourning Meeting of Latviansʹ Community in Toronto
    Mourning Meeting of Latviansʹ Community in Toronto

    Original title: Toronto lätlaste kogukonna leinamiiting

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Mourning day on Nathan Philips Square in Toronto in memory of those killed in Riga. Representatives of Latvian and Lithuanian communities are holding speeches.

  • Mourning meeting at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto in January 1991
    Mourning meeting at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto in January 1991

    Original title: Baltlaste leinapäev Torontos

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Commemoration day at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto where Guntis Silinš, the Consul of the Republic of Latvia in Toronto holds his speech.

  • Press Service of Latviansʹ Community in Toronto
    Press Service of Latviansʹ Community in Toronto

    Original title: Toronto Läti kogukonna pressiteenistus

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    January 14, 1991 in the press service of Toronto Latvian community. Representative gives interview to the TV channel CBC News about the situation in Riga.

  • A Momentous Contribution
    A Momentous Contribution

    Title in Estonian: Kaalukas panus

    1990 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Mart Taevere

    This is a film about the last red vicegerent of Estonia - the secretary of the Estonian Communist Party Central Comittee.

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