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Humanitarian Aid to Latvia

Title in Estonian: Humanitaarabi saatmine Läti Vabariiki

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Collecting the packages of humanitarian aid in the Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Canada.

The Toronto Latvian Centre looks very busy. Expatriate Latvians keep bringing more and more packages of humanitarian aid to be sent to their relatives and friends in their homeland. People fill in delivery forms and pay postal charges by the desk where volunteers help.
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Food aid to Latvia

Title in Estonian: Toiduabi Läti elanikele

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Expatriate Latvians in Canada load the food aid packages to the shipping containers in order to send the aid to the Republic of Latvia that has recently regained its independence.

Expatriate Latvian men in Canada are busy loading humanitarian aid packages into the shipping containers in Toronto in order to send these to homeland. Organizer of the humanitarian aid for Latvians gives an interview where he comments that everything has succeeded. In three weeks, thousands of packages of humanitarian aid, including food, clothes etc., were collected that are now being sent to the relatives and acquaintances in Latvia.
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Mass of Lithuanian Community in Toronto 1/2

Title in Estonian: Toronto Leedu kogukonna missa 1/2

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Church service of expatriate Lithuanians in Canada for supporting the fight for independence in Lithuania.

Expatriate Lithuanians in Canada express solidarity towards the fight for freedom in their homeland Lithuania with the mass that takes place in the Church of Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Toronto. People are gathering in the church, holding lit candles, national flags are brought in, Lithuanian national anthem and other Lithuanian songs are being sung with the accompaniment of the church organ. There is a solemn atmosphere in the church, some people have tears in their eyes. The priest of the Catholic Church is talking, then everyone prays. Richard Johnson, the representative of Lithuanian community in Canada, gives ...
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Mass of Lithuanian Community in Toronto 2/2

Title in Estonian: Toronto Leedu kogukonna missa 2/2

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Second part of the church service of expatriate Lithuanians in Canada for supporting the fight for independence in Lithuania held on January 11, 1990.

Second part of the church service of expatriate Lithuanians in Canada for supporting the fight for independence in Lithuania held on January 11, 1990. The mass has ended, reporter is asking the people leaving the church questions about the fight for independence in Lithuania. The interviewees talk about the political awakening in their homeland, the desire for freedom and democracy. The poeople of Lithuania who have been living under the Soviet occupation for fifty years, want political independence and better future. All men and women who were interviewed believe and hope that Lithuania will restore its independence.
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Latvian Community Service in St. Andrews Church Toronto

Title in Estonian: Läti kogukonna jumalateenistus Toronto Püha Andrease kirikus

1990 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Church service of expatriate Latvians in Canada held in Toronto, followed by speeches supporting the regaining of independence of the three Baltic states in 1990.

Church service of expatriate Latvians in Canada held in St. Andrew's Church Toronto, followed by speeches supporting the regaining of independence of the three Baltic states in 1990. Interior of the church, speech held by the Lutheran church minister in Latvian, mass singing by the congregation and reading the prayer. Violin play and church choir singing in the church's gallery. Speeches on political events in Latvia. Latvian parliament that has been elected by democratic voting wants to restore independence of the state. The speakers ask the Canadian government to support all three Baltic countries in their fight for independence and ...
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Latvian Independence Day

Title in Estonian: Läti iseseisvuspäev

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Festive celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia in Toronto, in November 1988.

Honorary Consul General of Latvia Guntis Silinš invites the crowd standing outside in the rain inside of the university. There is a big common singing in the great hall of Toronto University. Latvian choirs are singing. Laas Leivat, the chairman of the central council of Canadian Estonians, gives his gratitude to Estonians for having come to celebrate the independence day of Latvia. Vytautas Bireta, representative of Lithuanian community, holds a welcoming speech. The film shows excerpts from speeches held in front of the Toronto University. Estonians sing "God save Estonia" and "Break yourself free, Estonian sea". Church minister Ando Kass ...
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Ülemaailmne rahhujõudude kongress Moskvas

1973 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson

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Humanitarian Aid to Latvia

Food aid to Latvia

Mass of Lithuanian Community in Toronto 1/2

Mass of Lithuanian Community in Toronto 2/2

Latvian Community Service in St. Andrews Church Toronto

Latvian Independence Day

Ülemaailmne rahhujõudude kongress Moskvas