Holger Harrivirta

Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.

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.

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

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

Documentary footage from the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

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.

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

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

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

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

The schooner Uljas on its final voyage

An introductory film about an Ostrobothnian city.

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

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 film depicts Finland's actions in the Winter War and Continuation War using a compilation of material collected from narrators, map images, and TK photographers.

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.

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