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President Konstantin Päts' 65th Birthday (1939)

Title in Estonian: President Konstantin Pätsi 65. sünnipäev

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Amateur films Duration 04:23

President Konstantin Päts' 65th Birthday

Newspaper journalist Kaljula Teder interviews President Konstantin Päts in the library of Kadriorg Palace on February 22, 1939, a day before Päts's 65th birthday. President writes the letter that he had sent to his family from the Kresty prison in St. Petersburg in 1910. He is sitting behind his desk and shows an engraved rice grain sent from India. Children are greeting and congratulating Konstantin Päts for his birthday in Kadriorg Palace In the morning of February 23, 1939. The violin ensemble of Sakala district of the Estonian Defence League Girls' Organization performs, conducted by Aleksander Joonas. Minni Koik, head ...

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Main Data

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Color bw
Sound silent
Film Category Amateur films, Newsreel
Duration 04:23

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Cinematographer Aleksander Lellep

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