Finlandia (1922)

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The National Audiovisual

Institute of Finland

and the

Radio Symphony Orchestra

Present

FINLANDIA ? THE MOVIE

Finlandia (1922) was commissioned

by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It would later be updated and shortened,

and parts of it were used in other films.

The arrangement of the material

in this restoration is based on handbills,

film reviews and archival documents.

Film material wasn't found for all scenes.

All of the takes in this version were not

used in the original. The intertitles are new.

A nitrate negative and duplicate materials

were used as sources.

The original version may have

been tinted in both yellow and orange,

but only orange tint

has been used here.

The score includes Finnish music by the likes

of Sibelius and Kuula, as well as folk tunes.

Most of the music has been rearranged

for a symphony orchestra.

I. THE FAIRY TALE OF THE FOREST

Tree felling in Tali.

Logs are taken from the forest by tractors

at the Karhula estate in Iisalmi.

Stamping the logs.

The rapids of Mankala.

Rafting at the Kyykoski rapids.

Sorting the logs

at Haapakoski in Virtasaari.

Bundles of logs

in the Kalkkinen rapids.

4 million logs in the

Juuj?rvi lake in Kemijoki

Rafting at the Kyr?koski rapids.

Sorting the logs

on the estuary of Kemijoki.

The Karihaara sawmill in Kemi.

The Norwegian sawmill in Kotka.

The Karihaara sawmill.

Making the rafts at

the Karihaara sawmill.

Workers' houses at

the Karihaara sawmill.

The pulp and paper mills

of Varkaus.

Manufacturing paper.

Each day, 50,000 logs enter the factory

where they are cut down and cleaned.

In order to make pulp, the logs are cut

into chips and boiled in sulphite solution.

Trees are turned into wood pulp.

The pulp is turned into sheets

and is now ready to be sent out.

II. HELSINKI

RISES FROM THE SEA

St. Nicholas Church.

The Government Council Palace,

in front of which Eugen Schauman

shot governor-general Nikolai Bobrikov.

The University of Helsinki,

which has had Per Brahe among its chancellors.

The Bank of Finland.

The market square.

The Havis Amanda statue.

The Esplanade park

and the statue of J. L. Runeberg.

Hotel K?mp.

The stock market.

The Civil Guard parade.

Insurance company Suomi.

The railway station.

Insurance company Kaleva's house.

The National Theater.

The National Museum.

The Community Hall.

The Boulevard.

The University of Technology.

The Eira Park.

The Statue of the Shipwrecked.

The Wihuri Castle.

The President of Finland opening

the country's first World's Fair.

The Strengberg factories in Pietarsaari.

The cotton mill of Lapinniemi on the

shore of the beautiful N?sinj?rvi lake.

The Hypp?nen shoe factory.

The Olavinlinna castle.

Views of the Saimaa lake.

The Tammisaari church.

The Casino of Hanko.

The Art Museum of Turku.

The Castle of Turku,

the oldest medieval castle in Finland.

The Swedish University.

The Finnish University.

In Finland houses are

traditionally built of wood.

Here we see some old wooden houses.

The President's summer residence,

the Golden Shore, is located near Turku.

From our summer tour

we return to Helsinki to see the regatta.

As Finland is situated in the North,

it's covered in the winter by snow and ice.

Helsinki, ?25? Celsius.

A wintery view near Helsinki.

Even amidst all this snow life goes on,

nor does winter put an end to navigation.

The icebreaker Sampo

enables navigation in the winter.

The winter harbor in Turku.

In the winter the easiest way to

get to Finland is from Stockholm to Turku.

The icebreaker W?in?m?inen

opens the fairway to Helsinki.

III. SPORTS IN FINLAND

The gymnastics and sports festival

in Helsinki in 1921.

The Nyland Hunting Club of Valkosaari.

The Uusimaa Sailing Club's race

on the shores of Helsinki in 1922.

Swimming competition

Germany?Finland, 1922.

The European Skating

Championshop of 1922.

The Civil Guard's ski competition

in Tampere in 1922.

Horse racing.

The trial heat in the zoo

before the Antwerpen games.

Four Olympic champions.

Wrestling match

Westerholm - Wickstr?m.

Cross-country running.

Workers' Sport Confederation

practicing in Lohja.

Squat gymnast Tamminen practicing

on the yard of the Community Hall.

Our victorious athletes

return from Antwerpen.

The footage is foggy

because of forest fires in Russia.

Mrs. St?hlberg, the President's wife,

crowns the Olympic champions.

IV. THE SONG OF GREEN FIELDS

AND YELLOW BUTTER

The Westermarck

homestead in J?rvenp??.

The homestead of

smallholder Manner in Joutseno.

The size of the homestead is 15 hectars.

Various kinds of cattle

in Peltosalmi, Vihti and Satakunta.

There are 1,200,000 cows in Finland,

i.e. one cow per three inhabitants.

A dairy cooperative in Salo.

A dairy cooperative in Liminka.

Each dairy has a piggery.

Making butter in

Salo's dairy cooperative.

The milk is pasteurized and peeled.

Skimmers at work.

Cooling the cream for acidification.

The cream is poured into the churn.

Buttermilk is poured out.

The butter is washed, salted and kneaded.

Making cheese.

Cooling trolleys carry about a million kg

of butter into harbors each month.

Butter for export is inspected in

the state's butter storehouse in Hanko.

Butter going abroad.

The yearly profits from the export of

dairy products are up to 150 million francs.

V. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE HAKKAPELIITTA

The President welcomes the May 16th Parade

and hands out new flags.

Barracks.

Dragoons in Lappeenranta.

Machine g*ns.

Searchlight.

a*tillery.

The airport of Uti.

Setting up the field radio.

Pioneer batallion.

Tank batallion.

Military sports.

VI. THE RAPIDS OF FINLAND

The force of Finnish rapids is

estimated at 2,5 million horsepower,

of which only one tenth

is in use.

Autink?ng?s in the Kemijoki river.

The rapids of Mankala.

The rapids of Voikkaa.

The rubber factories of Nokia.

The rapids and factories of Tampere.

Merikoski in the Oulunjoki river.

The factories of

the brothers ?str?m in Oulu.

The paper mill of Voikkaa.

Salmon fishing at the Korpi dams

in the Kemijoki river.

Sport fishing in the Huopana rapids

in Viitasaari.

Rafting on a boat

in the Oulunjoki and Kemijoki rivers.

Timber rafting

in the Pirttikoski rapids.

Imatra in the winter.

THE END