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Kalamaja-Possibility of a Wooden Town

Original title: Kalamaja-puitlinna võimalus

2001 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Rasmus Bullerby

Documentary by Marko Raat about the wooden architecture of a city and about the possibility of preservation of such heritage in contemporary living environment.

Documentary about the possibilities to preserve the wooden architecture of a city in contemporary urban environment with the examples from Baltic states and Scandinavia. Filmmakers follow the renovation works of an old wooden house in Väike-Patarei Street, Kalamaja district in Tallinn. During one year, the house will be restored into the condition of a contemporary residential house. Both experts and city residents from Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia etc. share their opionions about the future and sustainability of the subject of restoring wooden architecture. For decades, renovating wooden architecture was considered something unimportant.
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Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr 2, jaanuar 1989

1989 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
Haapsalu

1988 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden

Nostalgic newsreel documentary about Haapsalu.

Nostalgic newsreel documentary about Haapsalu. The camera moves in the town and by the sea, observing the local residents.
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Tallinna amortiseerunud puitelamurajoonide rekonstrueerimisest

1984 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Elme
Relatives 3

Original title: Sugulased 3

1965 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Relatives and acquaintances of the married writers' couple Helga and Enn Nõu in Sweden in 1964-1965.

The trip of the Nõu family to Kungälv. Trip to visit Wello and Elvi Uusküla in Årsnäs. Inner and outer views of Kungälv Church. Summerhouses by the sea, vies of nature. The wedding of Jaak Nõu and Eva Sundborger takes place near Stockholm in August 1964. Visiting Jaak and Eva Nõu in Österskär in July 1965, they have a little son. Arvo Raukas with his family bathing in Drevik. Tõnu Nõu from Canada is visiting the Nõu family on Gröna Street in July 1965.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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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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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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Garden scenes, Oliver's Thanksgiving

1931 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Family Baltsar's home garden in Hartford, USA.

The American Estonian John Baltsar has filmed his home in Connecticut in the summer of 1931 and in the winter of 1932. There are plenty of frames about his blooming home garden and about Mrs Baltsar whose inseparable companion is her cat. The guests in the garden of the Baltsars and typical activities about stepping into and out of the car. There is also some snow clearing in winter and traffic on snowy Farmington avenue.
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Boston Material

Original title: Bostoni materjal

Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The film about farmwork and a train excursion by Mount Washington travel agency to the coast in 1930s in USA.

The amateur film begins with depicting farmers in pre-war America. The trucks are arriving to the field, women are hanging laundry out to dry, excavator is filling the trucks with soil, workers are throwing sand to the carts and carrying it to the field. The farmers are planting various plants to the ground. The second part of the film is about the trip to Mount Washington located in the North-East of USA. There is a ticket office in a log cabin, smoke coming out from the chimney of a locomotive and a train car labelled „Mount Washington“. The tourists are ...
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