President Paasikivi left for a state visit in the Soviet Union on 15 September 1955, accompanied by a delegation led by Prime Minister Kekkonen.This newsreel covers the first and second days of the vi...
50th anniversary exhibition of consumer cooperative Elanto at the Exhibition Hall in Helsinki. President Ståhlberg statue competition. Ernst Josephson exhibition at Ateneum Art Museum, the National G...
Visit by President Asgeirsson of Iceland: welcoming ceremony at Helsinki Seutula Airport; guard of honour at the Presidential Palace and visit to the war memorial. American journalists in Helsinki: in...
The building site of Karjalan yhteiskoulu secondary school in Ruskeasuo. Norwegian author-actress Marie Hamsun in Helsinki. Upper secondary school students celebrate their final day of school prior to...
President Kekkonen leaves for Stockholm by air. New sculptures in Kuopio: Hannes Kolehmainen and Kevät (‘Spring’) by Heikki Konttinen. WW2 Memorial in Kiikala. Savings Bank Group, 50 years. Feder...
The Finnish wine industry celebrates its 90th anniversary (Turku factory). The Finnish Navy’s new patrol boats Vasama 1 and 2. Police officers set off to Western Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgiu...
50th anniversary parade of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) to Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Soviet ship M/S Grusia arrives in Katajanokka, Helsinki. Guests from Swedish friendship t...
President Kekkonen at Seutula Airport leaving for Denmark. Vihti Parish celebrates its 450th anniversary: unveiling of a memorial plaque, and a historic parade on the ruins of the medieval church. The...