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Archive documentary · 22.01.1938

Jakob Liiv's last journey through Rakvere, 1938

Jakob Liivi viimne teekond Rakveres, 1938

The poet and writer Jakob Liiv, older brother of Juhan Liiv, lived his later years in Rakvere and died there in January 1938. On 22 January the town walked behind his coffin. This newsreel opens with the funeral procession through the streets of Rakvere and the service at the cemetery, about a minute and a half in all. The same reel then remembers the statesman Jaan Poska with a painting of him signing the Tartu peace treaty and views of his Tallinn home, demonstrates a railway coupler invented by an Estonian, and ends with ski jumping at Otepää.

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

Eesti keeles

Luuletaja ja kirjanik Jakob Liiv, Juhan Liivi vanem vend, elas oma viimased aastad Rakveres ja suri seal 1938. aasta jaanuaris. 22. jaanuaril saatis linn tema kirstu. Kroonika algab matuserongkäiguga Rakvere tänavatel ja matusetalitusega kalmistul, kokku umbes poolteist minutit. Seejärel meenutab lint riigimees Jaan Poskat maaliga, kus ta Tartu rahulepingule alla kirjutab, ja vaadetega tema Tallinna kodule, näitab eestlase leiutatud vaguni automaatsidurit ning lõpeb suusahüpetega Otepääl.

Map of the area around Jakob Liiv's last journey through Rakvere, 1938
59.34640° N, 26.35570° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Rahvusarhiiv EFA.4.f.200 (Eesti Kultuurfilm) ↗

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