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Archive documentary · 20.03.1937

A motor schooner is launched at Kihelkonna, 1937

Mootorpurjeka vettelaskmine Kihelkonnas, 1937

Saaremaa's west coast built its own ships. This 1937 newsreel spends more than six minutes at Kihelkonna, following a new motor sailing ship from the last coats of paint and the building of the slipway to the launch itself on 20 March 1937. It also gives views of the village. Two short city scenes follow: Minister of Roads Otto Sternbeck leaving from Tallinn airport, and confirmation children outside St Charles's Church in Tallinn on 2 May 1937. The reel is silent and free to watch on the Meediateek.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Saaremaa läänerannik ehitas ise oma laevu. See 1937. aasta kroonika viibib üle kuue minuti Kihelkonnas ja jälgib uut mootorpurjekat viimastest värvikihtidest ja libistustee ehitamisest kuni vettelaskmiseni 20. märtsil 1937. Näha on ka alevi vaateid. Järgnevad kaks lühikest linnastseeni: teedeminister Otto Sternbeck lahkub Tallinna lennujaamast ning leerilapsed Kaarli kiriku ees 2. mail 1937. Tummfilmi saab tasuta vaadata Meediateegis.

Map of the area around A motor schooner is launched at Kihelkonna, 1937
58.36260° N, 22.03820° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Rahvusarhiiv EFA.4.f.149 (Eesti Kultuurfilm) ↗

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