The president of Junior Chamber International in Helsinki. Bishop Gulin consecrates the Scout Flag in the Lutheran Cathedral. Munkkiniemi (a Helsinki district) Day procession. New water tower in Lappe...
Finnish–Swedish music festival in Turku. Fire Brigade Day in Turku. 1000th launch at the Crichton-Vulcan Shipyard. Summer in Porkkala. Cleaning the chimney at the Sunila pulp factory. Clown diving c...
Largest Finnish film venture so far. Planning and first days of photography of Satua Sammosta, a Finnish-Soviet joint production, in July and August of 1957. 32 tonnes of heavy film equipment is trans...
Opening ceremony of the Ski World Championships in Lahti. The Finnish Ski Federation celebrates its 50th anniversary. Helicopter flight in the Soviet Union (foreign material). American film producer M...
The Finnish Navy celebrates its 40th anniversary. American politician Adlai Stevenson at Seutula Airport and at the head office of the Finnish-American Society. The U.S. Army tests airplanes (foreign ...
From the North Pole to the Black Sea: filming Satua Sammosta, a Finnish-Soviet joint production. Aleksandr Ptushko’s film Satua Sammosta, based on the Finnish national epic Kalevala, begins filming ...
‘Every teen’s idol Paul Anka arrives to charm a Finnish crowd, known for its reserve.’ Anka drew an audience of 25,000 to Linnanmäki amusement park on 19 August 1959. The new ambassador for the...
President Kekkonen travels to Britain with his wife on 8–13 May 1961; leaving from Seutula Airport. Arrival at Victoria Station. Visit to Finland House. Boat trip on the Thames. Visit to the Tower. ...