Baltic Chronicles. Search for Wisdom (1989)

Chronicle of 1939. Signing of the non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany.

Pravda newspaper with an article about the pact.

Publication of the pact.

Chronicle of 1950. Lecture on the international situation for young people.

A tractor carries out melioration work in a field.

Mills.

Heavy draft horses are prepared for competitions at an Estonian stud farm.

Competitions are underway.

A horse pulls a sleigh with cargo.

The winner carried 9.3 tons of cargo.

Close-up, spectators of the competition.

Awarding of the winner.

Opera "Proclamation of Soviet Power in Estonia".

Balconies in the Opera House filled with spectators.

Night concert on the Song Festival Grounds on June 10, 1989. Portraits of spectators.

Spectators wave Estonian flags. E. Savisaar, one of the leaders of the People's Front, and other activists speak.

Activists on the platform sing along with the spectators. N. Aksinin speaks at a meeting of the Estonian Interfront.

Interview with People's Artist of the Estonian SSR E.Ya.

Kits.

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Interview on the streets of Tallinn.

Meeting of representatives of the Interfront.

Meeting of the initiative center of the Popular Front.

Factory checkpoint, announcement of the strike.

List of Estonian enterprises supporting the strike.

The strike is suspended.

The Baltic Way - a demonstration of supporters of Estonian independence in the form of a chain of people standing along the territory of Estonia to the Latvian border.

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Demonstration in Estonia The Baltic Way.

Interviews with demonstration participants.

Unauthorized rally.

Police detain activists.

Political disputes on the Town Hall Square.

Opinions of Estonians and Russian residents of Estonia about separation from the USSR, knowledge of the Estonian language.

Political disputes on the Town Hall Square.

Chronicle of 1950. Estonian horse competition.

The sleigh pulled by the horse is gradually loaded with cargo until the horse stops.

Slow motion, the horse stops.

The horses are released from the stable.