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Monument for Johannes Vares-Barbarus (1958)

Original title: Ausammas Johannes Vares-Barbarusele

Newsreel "Soviet Estonia" No. 3, January 1958

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Newsreels Duration 00:40

Monument for Johannes Vares-Barbarus

Opening of the monument for Johannes Vares-Barbarus, the 1st chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Estonian SSR.

Opening ceremony of the memorial column for Johannes Vares-Barbarus in honor of his 60th birth anniversary took place on January 13th in Kadriorg, Tallinn. Representatives of the state government, leading offices of the Communist Party and the workers of Tallinn have gathered in front of the administrative building. August Kründel, secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Council, opens the monument. The cover is taken off from the memorial column and everyone is applauding. Writer Johannes Semper, Alfred Valdov, subscriber of ...

Director: Reet Kasesalu

Keywords: public figures | opening ceremony | removing the cover from a memorial column | opening of a memorial column | people involved in the goverment and the Communist Party | speeches | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Kunstiliste- ja Kroonikafilmide Tallinna Kinostuudio
Color bw
Sound sound
Film Category Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991
Text / Dialogue Estonian
Duration 00:40

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Director Reet Kasesalu
Content Editor Ülo Tambek

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