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Ernst Idla's Gymnastics Teams Performing

Original title: Ernst Idla võimlemisrühmad esinemas

1949 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Performances of Ernst Idla's women's gymnastics groups at Stockholm international gymnastics celebration at the Stockholm Royal Tennis Club.

Idla's women's rhythmic gymnastics groups perform at Stockholm international gymnastics celebration at the Royal Tennis Club on August 2nd, 1949. Gymnasts hold the freestyle performance and the ball performance. At the world congress of physical education, Ernst Idla introduced his gymnastics system to the representatives of 56 countries in the fully crowded tennis hall. Estonian gymnastics as a system of contemporary physical education was about to pave the way to an international reputation.
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Ernst Idla's women gymnasts in a training camp in Bosön

Original title: Ernst Idla naisvõimlejad treeninglaagris Bosönis

1949 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Training camp for Ernst Idla's women gymnasts in Swedish National Sports Training Centre in Bosön.

Training camp of Ernst Idla's female gymnasts in Swedish Sports Training Centre in Bosön in order to prepare for the forthcoming international gymnastics festival held in Stockholm in July-August 1949. The film depicts the gymnasts jogging; an elite group is practising their performance outside the sports centre building; all gymnastics groups are practising together in the sports ground. Ernst Idla together with his assistants.
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Gymnastics Celebration in Stockholm. Konstantin Päts Open Air School

Original title: Võimlemispidustused Stockholmis. Konstantin Pätsi Vabaõhukool

1949 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Unedited, random amateur filming about the gymnastics celebration in Stockholm in the summer of 1949 and about Konstantin Päts Open Air School in 1938-1939.

Unedited amateur film material on reels 1-7 depicts international gymnastics celebration held in Stockholm on the olympic stadium in summer 1949. Reels 8-9 depict scenes about Konstantin Päts Red-Cross Open Air School in Pirita-Kose in 1938-1939. The opening celebrations show also Ernst Idla's gymnasts with the national flag of Estonia. The scenes filmed in the open air school depict the daily school life and pastime activities: bathing in the sea, relay race, garden work, table tennis, dancing, picking rowan tree berries, various competitions, chess play, skiing, sledging, playing snowballs.
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Light in the Night ...

Original title: Valgus öös...

1949 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Ernst Idla's monumental stage production and light celebration in Stockholm Olympic Stadium in July 1949.

Ernst Idla's monumental stage production and light celebration with Estonian songs and dances in Stockholm Olympic Stadium on July 29, 1949. Text in film: the Light celebration became the enchanting climax of the Lingiad, being performed during three nights. The monumental production with Estonian gymnastics and music left the audience an unforgettable impression. The solemnity of the raised hands of Estonians gymnasts expressed a silent prayer that was understood by the public opinion all over the world. This is a silent call for help for the homeland expressed by a fragment of a small nation made to escape. Light celebration. ...
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New Deal in Gymnastics

Title in Estonian: Uus suund võimlemises

1949 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Performance of Estonian female gymnasts in Stockholm Royal Tennis Hall at the world conference of physical education.

Training camp took place in Swedish National Sports Training Centre in Bosö. The camp was held as a preparation for performing at the international gymnastics celebration in Stockholm in July-August 1949. A group of gymnastics jogging. Elite gymnasts rehearsing outdoors near the training centre. All groups together on the stadium while rehearsing the co-performance. Close-up of Ernst Idla with his assistants. Elite group rehearsing the performance with balls. All groups rehearsing the ball performance. Performance of Estonian female gymnasts in Stockholm Royal Tennis Hall in the world conference of physical education on August 2, 1949. Freestyle and ball performance. Light ...
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Berkshire music festival Tanglewood. Ludvig Luht playing contrabass

Translation into Estonian: Berkshire'i muusikafestival Tanglewood. Ludvig Luht kontrabassil

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Chronicles about Berkshire music festival, Benson private zoo and flower show in Vermont.

The amateur film shows chronicle materials recorded in 1939: including moments from the Berkshire Music Festival, Benson's private zoo, amusement park in New Hampshire and flower show in Vermont. The film starts with Ludvig Juht, a contrabassist of Estonian origin who has found recognition in USA. The festival audiencel arrives at Tanglewood music centre that is the venue where Boston symphony orchestra performs in summer. People are walking in front of the Tanglewood concert house and having drinks during the intermission. Views about a big parking lot. Animals are amusing the audience in Benson animal park. Ponies attached in front ...
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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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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

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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Vacation trip Greenfield, Boston

1938 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Holiday trip of John Baltsar's family to Greenfield and the views of Boston, USA.

The film opens with boys walking next to the horse-rake. The film continues with depicting the city views of Boston, including public buildings, alleys, cars, bridges and parks. We can see George Washington Equestrian Monument in Boston, French King Bridge, boatriders on a pond, alleys and park visitors. A view into the Baltsars' home garden. Passenger ferry going to the island of Martha's Vineyard. There is a crowd waiting to go aboard on the pier. There are fuel vehicles of that time waiting ashore. The film shows the monolith bridge and the building with columns on the shore. At the ...
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