German and Finnish military forces retreating in Finland during World War II. German military trucks and carts move along a road. Rail tracks and rail cars loaded with luggage and belongings of Finnish citizens retreating as the Soviet forces advance in Finland. The rail station at Kemijarvi Finland and the rail yard piled high with personal belongings of Finnish citizens fleeing. A train laden with belongings of fleeing Finnish refugees. Trucks and troops go on a road. Smoke rises from background.
Finland attacked by the Soviets during the "Winter War" or Russo-Finnish War of 1939-1940, coinciding with World War 2. Vyacheslav Molotov addresses Soviet men in a hall. View of Stalin seated near a wall. Soviet Men applaud. Soviet planes in flight. Soviet Paratroopers jump from the plane and descend with the help of parachutes towards Finland. Soviet army soldiers place and fire a line of artillery on the battlefield. Soviet airplanes in flight over Helsinki. The city of Helsinki being bombed by Soviet aircraft. People flee from the area. Damage in the area due to the bombardment. Destroyed houses, buildings and rubble on the ground in Finland from aerial bombing. A wrecked airplane on the street.
Early civilian air travel in Northern Europe. Aerial view of a strait and island (probably Suomenlinna) near Helsingfors or Helsingford (present-day Helsinki), Finland. Boats docked in Helsingin satama (Port of Helsinki) with Uspenski Cathedral (Kanavakatu 1, 00160 Helsinki, Finland) in background. View of Market Square (Eteläranta, 00170 Helsinki, Finland) with Uspenski Cathedral and Tsarina's Stone in background.
A map shows Finland and adjoining areas. German Army Ski troops and horses advance through snow in Finland during World War II. German soldiers on skis. Supplies and equipment loaded on horses. Horses struggling to move supplies in deep snow. German soldiers in white winter uniforms. Soldiers distributing small wrapped boxes of supplies from a basket, as a curious horse smells the contents of the basket. Soldiers with rifles push and pull an artillery piece in deep snow. They fire artillery and mortars. Soldiers in bunkers, move through a tunnel. Machine guns fired. Dead bodies lying in the snow. A wounded German soldier carried and pulled along on a stretcher.
The end of the Winter War in Finland. Finnish representative Juho Kusti Paasikivi leaves for Moscow for a first round of negotiations on October 9, 1939. Finnish Prime Minister A. K. Cajander, speaker of Parliament Väinö Hakkila and Mrs. Alli Paasikivi see off J.K. Paaskivi on the train station. Finnish delegation and Soviet Union officials negotiate in Moscow. A man hits a gavel on his desk. Map of Scandinavia and the Western part of the Soviet Union. A bus on fire in the middle of a street, a building is on fire nearby. A woman running away from the chaos. More burning buildings. A doctor treats an injured woman in a hospital. Artillery fires in the middle of a forest in Finland. Two soldiers in white coats walk carefully in the snow. Soldiers in white coats (camouflage for winter) walk on skis and assume prone position to fire at enemy positions. Captured Soviet soldiers are made to march by Finnish troops. A row of damaged tanks in the snow. A dead soldier in the snow. Troops leave behind damaged artillery and equipment covered in snow. A photograph of Joseph Stalin among damaged equipment. Another deceased soldier lying in the snow. Finnish civilians keep warm around a bonfire in the forest. Finnish woman gives a cup to her son. Children drinking from a cup.
International Athletic Meet between Hungry and Finland in Helsinki, Finland. Hungary's Iharos Sandor sets a new record of 3 minutes and 40.8 seconds in the 1500 meter run. Views of the stadium filled with spectators. The two Hungarians and two Finns running the 1500 meter event on the track. The victorious Hungarian, Sandor, being greeted at end of the event.