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A 1950s travelogue spotlighting the ease of air travel and the beauty of Finland, "WIngs to Suomi" opens with views of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building to establish New York City. At 00:39 we see Finland House, a shop selling Finnish trinkets, pottery, glassware, dishes, Nuutajarui glass, Finland tourism posters, and dolls.
01:32 A Pan American World Airways Boeing 377 Stratocruiser takes off and flies east.
01:41 Inside the airliner, passengers enjoy travel, talk, eat a meal, and converse.
02:11 Travelers enjoy drinks in the downstairs lounge.
02:22 Beds are turned down and passengers go to sleep.
02:45 Breakfast in bed is served.
02:54 The Pan Am aircraft in flight. Passengers take in the view of Finland below: islands, fjords, homes, the city of Helsinki, Helsinki stadium site of the recent 1952 Olympic games.
03:22 Pilot radios and prepares for landing and touch down.
03:33 Mannerheim Street in Helsinki. Shots of hotels, brick streets, railroad station designed by Eliel Saarinen, the post office, the national theater, Parliament, various shops, the Great Church.
04:33 Various statues: The Maid of Helsinki, The Wader, The Shipwreck, Mother & Child.
04:52 Observational shots of Helsinki street scenes, trams, apartment houses.
05:27 The Great Church and the harbor market place, throngs of people mill about, shop for textiles, fruits, fish.
06:06 Women purchase ice cream from a street stand.
06:17 Citizens patron an outdoor flower market.
06:23 Women cultivate flowers at a nursery while an elderly woman sells bouquets at a city street stand.
06:30 Tourists boat across Helsinki harbor past cargo ships and sail boats.
07:04 The ferry boat pulls up at Walhalla restaurant, converted from the fortress of Kustaanmiekka.
07:37 Men and woman in native costume dance traditional folk style in line and in circle.
08:24 An inn at Kuopio and views of island in the fjords. Visitors enjoy sauna steam baths. They are patted on the back with moistened birch leaves to stimulate blood circulation.
08:53 Tourists run into a cold water lake while a charter boat ferries people to Savonlinna in the Saimaa lakeland. Passengers take in views of picturesque wooded islands as loggers tend to hundreds of logs floating in the lake a ta logging operation. Logs are fed up conveyors, carried overhead by pullies and cables, and refined wood planks stacked by the thousands in large, organized piles. Workers pull and push logs in the water, into a paper mill.
10:17 A ferry takes tourists to Olavinlinna Castle, built 1475.
10:30 The tall pines trees of Pubkaharju ridge are highlighted.
10:55 Glass blowers at Nuutajarvi glass factory shape glassware.
11:56 Arabia dishes are crafted in theHelsinki factory. Women hand paint platters, plates, dishes, vases, figurines, ornaments.
13:26 A worker stamps a box of glassware bound for New York.
13:31 A ferry boat glides across a lake to Hotel Aulanko. Guests meander around hotel grounds, kids enjoy playground equipment lakeside.
13:57 A boat pulls up to a pier in Hameenlinna where composer Jean Sibelius was born. Passengers enjoy drinks and food aboard as the boat cruises the lake.
14:15 The boat passes Hameenlinna Castle and stops at the industrial part of Tampere.
14:43 The Turku busy harbor and the summer home of Finland’s president are shown.
15:22 Turku Cathedral and Rajamaki church are photographed, and tourists walk past ancient wood structures.
15:49 A woman harvests crayfish and steams them over an open fire.
16:19 The Pohjanhovi Hotel in Rovaniemi is showcased as is the town’s quaint post office, country roads, and scenic lake views. Nomadic Laplanders are shown at home, tending reindeer, and enjoying life.
18:23 People dance around bonfires, celebrating the mid-summer fest.
18:43 Competitors ride logs in river rapids.
19:20 Thrill-seekers take canoe-like rides along the rapids.
19:37 A packed stadium enjoys a track meet at Helsinki Stadium.
20:51 END
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