MOVIE

Suomen parhaillaan käyvästä vapaustaistelusta

1918 · 14 min · Documentary

This film, discovered in the mid-1970s, shows, among other things, Mannerheim with his headquarters in Vaasa, White Guards training in the Vaasa barracks and at the Vöyri military school, surrendered Russian prisoners of war, and Swedish volunteers who participated in the civil war. Finally, it depicts a large military funeral in Vaasa on April 4, 1918. At that time, Jaeger officer Oskar Peltokangas was buried, accompanied by thousands of escorts.