Soviet Estonia (1950)

Widow Anna Heresti at threshing.

Anna Heresti pours a glass of milk for a Komsomol member assisting her with threshing.

Estonian Komsomol members at threshing.

A peasant at a threshing machine.

Threshed grain is poured into a sack, Anna Heresti offers the peasant a glass of milk.

A peasant's face.

Men tie a knot in a sack of grain.

A peasant adjusts his horse's harness.

A woman opens a gate.

Estonian peasants transport grain to a delivery point.

An accordion player on one of the carts.

Peasants drive the horses of a grain wagon.

A wagon loaded with grain moves along the road.

A brass band at a procurement point.

A panorama of carts loaded with sacks of grain on the territory of the procurement point.

Carts with grain arrive at the procurement point.

Milk delivery at one of the enterprises of the dairy cooperative.

Workers weigh cans of milk.

A net with the catch of one of the Estonian fishing cooperatives.

Lifting the catch onto the boat of a longboat.

A girl sorts the caught fish.

Unloading fish from the longboat into boxes for shipment to the cannery.

Boxes of fresh fish on the pier before shipping to consumers.

Guests ride to the wedding on bicycles and horse-drawn carriages.

A rural summer landscape.

A stork's nest in a treetop.

Guests ride to the wedding on bicycles.

Farmer Andres Ahman greets guests who have arrived for his granddaughter's wedding.

Musicians play violins and kannele (Estonian gusli).

Faces of the bride and groom.

Guests at the table drink to the happiness of the newlyweds.

The bride and groom at the wedding table.

Guests clink mugs and shot glasses.

The groom's face.

Filling a mug with beer from a keg with a tap.

Guests at the wedding table.

The newlyweds kiss.

Guests sing a song, sitting at the table and swaying to the music.

One of the guests invites the bride to dance; the guests dance an Estonian folk dance.

A panorama of the Estonian national culture festival held in Tallinn (above).

Dancing participants in the festival.

A view of the large stage during a dance performance (above).

Applauding participants in the festival.

A performance by the combined Estonian national choir.

A panorama of the choir.

The audience sings along with the choir, rising from their seats (panorama, above).

Waves of the sea surf, seascapes.