Films produced by Kansatieteellinen Filmi

An ethnographic film about clearing land for cultivation with the slash-and-burn agriculture method.

A well-known documentary by Eino Mäkinen (1908-1987), produced by Ethnological Film, describes the ancient process of making ruuh using a Stone...

Kalajoki: Kallankarit in the Gulf of Bothnia.

Church boat racing, discus throwing, swing, strength and skill games. The film was originally planned for the 1940 Summer Olympics. The actual film...

An ethnographic film depicting the harvest and threshing of grain in Veteli.

Images of folk-style strength training exercises and boys rowing a reed boat in an ethnographic documentary.

The surviving parts give a powerful picture of the work and livelihood of the reindeer Sámi, which was a living reality during the filming....

Herring seine fishing in Rymättylä in the summer.

Ethnographic images of the millet festival, the village swing, grain spreading and violin playing.

An ethnographic film about tar burning.

Karelian village life from 1935-39. Pressing the soil (Impilahdi Metsäkylä), tying the forest (Salmi), cutting the scythe (Impilahdi...

An ethnographic documentary about Nivala's haymaking.

An ethnographic documentary about crafts made with an axe and a knife. The documentary includes images of carving fence posts, axe handles, wooden...

Juha Tiisjärvi, a 79-year-old coppersmith from Nurmo, casts and finishes small bells in her workshop.

A young birch is selected from the forest as a class tree. Class trees are pulled into the canopy with a sledgehammer. The drying sauna smokes. Class...

Ethnographic images of Karelian village life, fishing, and the Praasnieka.

An ethnographic film about clearing land for cultivation with the slash-and-burn agriculture method.

A well-known documentary by Eino Mäkinen (1908-1987), produced by Ethnological Film, describes the ancient process of making ruuh using a Stone...

Kalajoki: Kallankarit in the Gulf of Bothnia.

Church boat racing, discus throwing, swing, strength and skill games. The film was originally planned for the 1940 Summer Olympics. The actual film...