In the Core of the Documentary 54: The Power of the Word in War and Peace

Fred L. Packer: Russia-Finland Boxing Match 1939-1940. Frederick Little Packer (1886-1956) was an American political cartoonist. This Winter War cartoon was republished in Helsingin Sanomat on 12 Jan 1940 and included in the movie: Ossi Elstelä: Ryssät motissa Messuhallissa [Russkies Trapped at Messuhalli] (FI 1942) narrated by Reino Hirviseppä aka Palle. View Ryssät motissa Messuhallissa at Yle Elävä arkisto.

Dokumentin ytimessä 54: Sanan voimalla sodassa ja rauhassa / I dokumentären kärna 54: Ordets makt i krig och fred. A digibeta compilation by Ilkka Kippola and Jari Sedergren, introduced by Jari Sedergren, total length of the compilation 119 min. Viewed at Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 17 Nov 2010. – Introducing four great commentators: Topo Leistelä, Turo Kartto, Reino Hirviseppä, and Veikko Itkonen.

Kamerat pyörivät [Roll the Cameras]. FI 1935. D: Topo Leistelä, 9 min. – The first Finnish "making of", on Kaikki rakastavat (1935) and VMV 6 (1936)
Puolustusvoimain katsaus 2 [Finnish Defense Forces Newsreel 2]. FI 1941. Topo Leistelä. 17 min. – Entering Eastern Karelia.
Koli, mahtava – kuuluisa [Koli the Magnificent, the Famous]. FI 1943. Topo Leistelä. – Visiting a national landscape.
Parran pärinää [Buzzing the Beard]. FI 1948. Topo Leistelä. 2 min. - A razor commercial.
Hallitus – kansan palvelija [The Goverment - the Servant of the People]. FI 1949. Topo Leistelä. 13 min. – A film on K. A. Fagerholm's social democratic minority government.
Suomi-Filmin uutiskuvia 1 [Suomi-Filmi Newsreel No. 1]. FI 1939. Turo Kartto. 15 min. – In October 1939 the mobilization is started.
Itsenäisyyspäivämme Helsingissä 1940 [Our Independence Day in Helsinki 1940]. FI 1940. Turo Kartto. 8 min. – The independence day during the Moscow Peace Treaty 1940-1941. Mannerheim inspects the troops and salutes the war invalids.
Ryssät motissa Messuhallissa [Russkies Trapped at Messuhalli]. FI 1942. Reino Hirviseppä. 14 min. – The truth about Bolshevism revealed at an exhibition.
Leijonalipusta siniristiin [The Flag of Finland from the Lion Coat of Arms to the Blue Nordic Cross]. FI 1967. Reino Hirviseppä. 11 min. – Made for the SOK market chain.
Finlandia-katsaus 8 [Finlandia Newsreel 8]. FI 1943. Veikko Itkonen. 10 min. – Apple trees blossom, SS volunteers return to Finland, and there has been success in sparing.
Jälleen uutta 4 [Something New Again 4]. FI 1948. Veikko Itkonen. 7 min. – The Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948.
Matka mustien maanosaan [A Trip to the Continent of the Black]. FI 1952. Veikko Itkonen. excerpt 8 min. – South Africa: the privileges of the white and the poverty of the black.
Filmi filmistä [A Film on Film]. FI 1949. Veikko Itkonen. 8 min. – A fascinating documentary about a day at a film distributor's office, with scenes at the film classification office, a subtitling laboratory, and shipping on the railway.