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Uus aeg

1969 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Karasjov
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Linar-Linholm Chronicles No. 2

Original title: Linari-Linholmi kroonika nr 2

1946 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The life of the Linholm family in prewar Estonia. Emigrating to Sweden on a ship in 1944. Daily life during the postwar years.

Family Linholm in Pirita on a windy day. Tuulike Raili Linholm with her father Artur Aleksander Linholm and mother Valentina. The child enters the car. Stormy sea, waves are hitting the road. Views of the cars driving on Pirita Road and of the panorama of Tallinn. Little Tuulike with her mother and father on the beach in Narva-Jõesuu. General view to the vacationers on the beach and to the beach house. A group of people walking along the forest path. Valentina and Tuulike on the terrace of cafe-restaurant "Capriccio". Artur Linholm with his daughter. Valentina with a merry crowd eating ...
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Boston Estonian Society Picnic in Warwick in 1939

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Boston Estonian Society's summer festival in Warwick (1939) and life in the farm of the Kuusik family (1950).

John Baltsar, an amateur cameraman of Estonian origin, has filmed the summer festival of the Boston Estonian Society in the summer of 1939 in Warwick (USA). The gathering is starting with taking a group picture, people are in formal clothes and happy, children are sitting on the lawn. Sports games are being held, starting with a sack race contest. A lot of old-fashioned cars are parked on the edge of the site. People are sunbathing on the boat bridge and bathing in the lake. The second part of the film reflects life in farm of the Kuusk family in September ...
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Eesti delegatsioon Moskvas ja Ramenski rajoonis

1939 | Newsreel 1912-1940 I half, Newsreels | Director:
Estonia

Title in Estonian: Eesti

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The black-and-white amateur film about the pre-war Estonia shot by a US or British film amateur in 1938.

Film about Estonia by an amateur from Great Britain or USA. The film begins with textual description and is equipped with texts throughout the film. The author has documented the Old Town of Tallinn, central town, Kadriorg Park, Oru Palace in Viru county, Keila-Joa Manor in Harju county, central town of Tartu and Hermann Fortress in Narva. Also 2nd Estonian Games in Tallinn are shown where a small group of female folk dancers are performing at Kadriorg stadium, accompanied by a man playing the zither. Close-up of the female gymnasts, audience at Kadriorg stadium, relay race competition for young schoolkids, ...
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Excursion among the Boston Estonians

Original title: Huvimatk Bostoni eestlaste keskel

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Activity of the Boston Estonian Society in pre-war time. An overview consisting of different pieces (14) about life and activities of expatriate Estonians at the end of the 1930s in neighbourhood of Boston (USA).

Activity of the Boston Estonian Society in pre-war time. An overview consisting of different pieces (14) about life and activities of expatriate Estonians at the end of the 30ies in neighbourhood of Boston (USA). Chronicle pieces are filmed by expatriate Estonian John Baltsar about the activities of the Boston Estonian Society in pre-war United States. Fourteen chronicle pieces provide a skelly picture about life and activities of expatriate Estonians in the neighbourhood of Boston at the end of the 30s. The cameraman has shot different events and domestic scenes: the Boston Symphony Hall, where contrabassist Ludvig Juht is performing, the Estonians ...
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Holiday Trip to Florida in 1939 (2nd reel)

Original title: Puhkusereis Floridasse 2/2

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Film chronicle of the American Estonian John Baltsar about his vacation trip to Florida in spring 1939.

The American Estonian John Baltsar has filmed a vacation trip to Florida in spring 1939. The colour film starts with town views of Lakeland. In the frames there are streets with passenger cars, church stairs, park with ponds, palms, rose garden, fruit trees and park structures. Frames about a couple walking on a seawall, about the Singing Bok Tower, botanic garden surrounding it, its visitors and petanque players. Black-and-white part of the film depicts town views of St. Petersburg located on west coast of Florida and annual parade of the Festival of the States at the end of March 1939 ...
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Holiday trip to Florida in 1939

Original title: Puhkusereis Floridasse 1/2

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Holiday trip of expatriate Estonians to Florida in 1939.

Family of expatriate Estonians in USA goes on a holiday to Florida in the spring of 1939. The film depicts city views of Florida, its public buildings, parks, the rose garden, a walk on a seawall, the Bok Tower, botanic garden Cypress Gardens, boat ride on a pond, hotel views and bowling players. A few frames depict also family members: woman wearing a hat in a botanic garden, a young man and a young woman on a seawall.
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Linari-Linholm Chronicle No. 4

Original title: Linari-Linholmi kroonika nr 4

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Mining engineer Artur Aleksander Linari-Linholm's parents, scientific research and a foreign trip with his wife to the most important capitals in Europe in 1939.

Mining engineer Artur Linholm's father Gabriel Linholm is exiting a building. Gabriel Linholm's wife Marie Elisabeth inside. Parents go into the car and they will exit at Tallinn airport. The Linholm family enters the Lufthansa aircraft Heinrich Kroll. The flying airplane. The exterior view of Linholm tin factory and the factory's equipment. Workers forming the tin cans. Close-up of Artur Aleksander Linholm. Artur Linholm leads the research group who studies the strong magnetic field appearing in Jõhvi area, Estonia. Drilling the borehole (721m), taking samples and placing these into the cartridge. Magnetite. Demonstration of the sample with iron qualities aided ...
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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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