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Johannes Pääsuke and Estonian Film 90

J. Pääsuke and Estonian Film 90 Motion pictures started their course of victory from Paris in 1895.The first cinematographic shows took place in Tallinn next year already and the first film of estonian origin was shown at Tartu in 1912. Therefore estonian film has reached to reserved 90 milestone. Estonian film pioneer was Johannes Pääsuke (1892-1918) who also was the author of the first estonian feature film “Bear-Hunt in Pärnu District” (1914) and established the first estonian film studio “Estonia-Film” at Tartu in 1913. Parallel with filmmaking Pääsuke was acknowledged photographer, who took shots from different places from Estonia according to the orders from Estonian National Museum, where the originals are kept. Filmarchive preserve only copies of few photos, but there are stored such films as “Views from the Võru District” (1912), “Historical Memories of the Past of Estonia”(1913), “Big Snowstorm in the Baltic in December, 1913” (1913), “Tartu – the Town and Outskirts” (1914), “Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Tartu Voluntary Firemen Society” (1914), “Journey through the Setu District” (1914), “Bear-Hunt in Pärnu District” (1914).