SOVIET ESTONIA Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

SUMMARY: This is a Russian documentary on Sovietized Estonia. Reel l: Scene of a shoreline on the Baltic Sea. Fishermen in rowboats. Fishermen preparing nets; women repairing nets. Various views of windmills. Scenes of cattle grazing on rocky fields. VS, of men and women clearing land of rocks with tractors and shovels. Views of tractor plowing field. Montage effect of cavalry troops riding by. VS, old palace buildings. Views of women and children watching man plowing field with horse-drawn plow. VS, poor farmers plowing fields. AV, Tallin Estonia. Views of port of Tallin on Baltic Sea. Monument on dock. VS, people in streets and parks of the city. Reel 4: Waves coming upon beach. Farmers loading wheat in threshing machine; threshed wheat flows into bales and are tied by workers; bales loaded on wagons. A line of horse-drawn wagons loaded with wheat moving along road; workers in wagons sing in celebration of the harvest. VS, wagons loaded with wheat in village square. VS, wagon brings pails of milk to dairy station. Scenes, fish taken from nets. Fishermen in rowboats pulling in nets. Men and women separating fish into bins on dock then packed. VS, people of the area, in native dress, travel by carriage or on foot to wedding celebration; musicians play at reception; the happy couple; people at table drink toast to young couple; couples do the traditional wedding dance. VS, people in large outdoor stadium listen to choral group. Pan, crowded stadium.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division