Holger Harrivirta

Ruins of St. Olav's Monastery in Turku, paintings revealed under the plaster. Paintings by artist Nikolai Kaario. Yläne Manor, pictures found in the manor.

French mannequins showcase French fashion and explore Helsinki's attractions.

Fertilizer factory operations, agriculture.

An introductory film about an Ostrobothnian city.

Christmas sign homes were special shelters for newborns whose mothers had contracted tuberculosis. The film presents the operation of a Christmas sign home.

Fishing, rafting, floating, log cabins.

Ruins of St. Olav's Monastery in Turku, paintings revealed under the plaster. Paintings by artist Nikolai Kaario. Yläne Manor, pictures found in the manor.

French mannequins showcase French fashion and explore Helsinki's attractions.

Fertilizer factory operations, agriculture.

An introductory film about an Ostrobothnian city.

Christmas sign homes were special shelters for newborns whose mothers had contracted tuberculosis. The film presents the operation of a Christmas sign home.

Fishing, rafting, floating, log cabins.

The morning program begins with a good day greeting from the film's narrator, Count Baron Carl-Erik Creutz. After this, commentators Pekka Tiilikainen and Eero Leväluoma and announcers Matti Tamminen and Kaisu Puuska, among others, join the campaign. "Uncle Markus" Rautio and parliamentary reporter Leo Meller also testify to the breadth of the program. The film moves from the room of program director Jussi Koskiluoma to the studios and workshops, until the camera has to face the director general at a session of the program council. The popular "Mini Parliament" gets a place when the "Radio Discussion Club", which has been meeting since the summer of 1945, lets its candidates elected by parliamentary power be heard by all the people, led by SKDL's Hella Wuolijoki.

War reparations industry. Schooner manufacturing in Rauma at Holming Oy's shipyard.

Reconstruction and war damage after the Lapland War.

Master composer Jean Sibelius turned 80 on December 8, 1945. He was not an easy case for filmmakers, as his world had long been closed to outsiders. He was associated with prestige, age and respect. However, Sibelius agreed to make a film in the autumn of 1945. Jean and Aino Sibelius are only seen briefly in the film.

The Coalition's election film. Episodes of a grandfather and a young man discussing the ideas and politics of the time on a "Sunday walk" are shown as a frame story. In addition, a speech by the chairman of the Coalition's parliamentary group, Arvo Salminen, about the party's goals.

A touching documentary directed by Holger Harrivirta (1915-86) about Finnish children, about 70,000 of whom were sent to Sweden during the war years. The film's train of war children arrives from the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944, travels via Kuopio and Haparanda to Stockholm. In Haparanda, there is a sauna and a medical examination, as well as a check of the surrender papers. Another batch of Karelian war children travels via Helsinki and Vaasa to Umeå in the summer of 1944.

Pictures from Central Ostrobothnia from cultural and economic perspectives.

A dramatization of the life of Antti Ahlström and the history of the company that bears her name, based on biographies, letters and memoirs.

The twenty-minute Santa's Workshop was turned into a two-minute trailer, with which Suomi-Filmi Oy also presented its Christmas greetings.

The twenty-minute Santa's Workshop was turned into a two-minute trailer, with which Suomi-Filmi Oy also presented its Christmas greetings.

This Finlandia Survey compilation ranges from 1949 to 1961, and in it we get to see glimpses of news from both local matches and early international matches. The brave Finns play against the infamous Soviet Red Machine, Canada, and a team of journalists.

Manufacturing of agricultural machinery at Wärtsilä Group Oy's Taali and Pietarsaari factories; product demonstration and maintenance of new machinery at the test farm.

A short film about the work and private life of the Prime Minister, made in honor of J. K. Paasikivi's 75th birthday.

"Once upon a time, a chimney sweep could get his cheek stuffed with cum..." A film about the Strengberg Oy tobacco factory in Pietarsaari, which was founded in 1762. Since 1842, it has been the largest tobacco factory in the Nordic countries, and in 1946, it employed a couple of thousand female employees. The film depicts the production of cigars and cigarettes, which is largely done by traditional handcraft. The factory's social activities are also described.

Construction of a university of technology and a tech village in Otaniemi, Espoo.

A first part of a documentary on the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

In the puppet animation, the playing of the orchestra led by Professor Nerokeino improves when the players wash their heads with Krinal-soap.

Documentary footage from the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

Educational short film in which an innocent young woman goes to a party and is pressured by a sleazy lothario into drinking too much.

A documentary about entrepreneurship, featuring images of pioneers in various fields who have achieved their goals and succeeded through their entrepreneurship.

Fishing village by the Gulf of Bothnia

The journey of meat from the meadow to the sausages that children nibble on.

An educational film about the dangers of moving on ice, rescue methods and first aid.

Reserve Officers' School activities.

An educational film about the creation and development of the elderly care and national pension system, as well as a report on the operations of the National Pension Service.

Holger Harrivirta and Aimo Jäderholm follow the 25 reindeer tracks assembled by Aslak Juuso on their journey from Kaaresuvanto to Kilpisjärvi in ​​the spring of 1948. The camera's images don't just show the spring sunshine, they also capture a sudden snowstorm brought by the changing weather. But the reindeer can withstand all the weather in Lapland, "the reindeer is so wild that it doesn't even learn its name". The journey continues on the ice of Kilpisjärvi past the sacred Saana, Pohjola rides reindeer...

The schooner Uljas on its final voyage

A travel film introducing Finland, domestic tourist destinations and vacation opportunities through the eyes of frame narrators, "foreign tourists".

We are invited to the waterworks at Brno, Czechoslovakia, where they have installed a "Finnish Sauna", similar to Turkish bath. Various nude visitors are observed.

A second part of a documentary covering the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

New and old St. Petersburg.

Poisoning caused by car carbon monoxide poisoning and its prevention and treatment.

Mannerheim's last journey from Switzerland to Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

"Lapland is a land of men's men, and so its women and children have also been shaped to endure meager, joyless conditions. All growth here remains low, both of people and other life. Here, you have to stay close to the surface of the ground so that the freezing wind doesn't cut the tops." Suomi-Film's film crew in the spring landscapes of Fell Lapland's Yliperä hiking towards the end point, the peak of the "holy fell" Halti. The men are tough with their sledges, but true fell hikers are used to wind and mist. When a storm surprises you, then you wait for the weather to clear up.