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  • Funeral Diaries
    Funeral Diaries

    Original title: Matusepäevikud

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

    The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

  • Eesti NSV esivõistlused mäesuusatamises
    Eesti NSV esivõistlused mäesuusatamises

    1959 | Amateur films | Director:

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1959 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

  • "The Lost Son" on stage
    "The Lost Son" on stage

    Original title: "Kadunud poeg" laval

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

    Scene from Egon Rannet's theatrical play "The Lost Son" performed by the Tallinn State Academic Drama Theatre.

  • 10 year anniversary of gas in Kohtla-Järve
    10 year anniversary of gas in Kohtla-Järve

    Original title: 10 aastat Kohtla-Järve gaasi

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

    Gathering at the Kohtla-Järve oil-shale processing plant.

  • Academician Johannes Voldemar Veski's jubilee
    Academician Johannes Voldemar Veski's jubilee

    Original title: Akadeemik Johannes Voldemar Veski juubel

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

    Festive meeting at the assembly hall of the State University of Tartu dedicated to linguist Johannes Voldemar Veski's 85th birthday.

  • At the construction of the Baltic Power Plant
    At the construction of the Baltic Power Plant

    Original title: Balti elektrijaama ehitusel

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel

    Construction work at the Baltic power plant.

  • At the construction site of the Baltic Power Plant
    At the construction site of the Baltic Power Plant

    Original title: Balti Elektrijaama ehitustandril

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

    Overview of the status of the construction works at the Baltic Power Plant.

  • Badminton
    Badminton

    Original title: Badminton

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

    Introducing a new sports game – badminton.

  • Baltic yachtsmen
    Baltic yachtsmen

    Original title: Balti purjesportlased

    1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Eduard Eljas

    Yachting competition of the Baltic republics of the Soviet Union held on Lake Trakai in Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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