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The Singing Revolution: Collector's Edition 1.0 (3-Disc DVD)
Directed by Maureen Castle Tusty and James Tusty
Not Rated
List running times and details as found in the set's 30-page Instructor's Guide
Disc One:
- Feature Film
- Filmmakers' Commentary
- Soviet Propaganda Film
Disc Two:
Section 1: 1939-1956, The Soviet & Nazi Occupation
- Video Interview Comments & Newsreels
- Comments on the Atlantic Charter/Yalta/Hungarian Uprising (7:31)
- Estonians Fleeing Stalin – Waiting to Return (12:44)
- Deportation Stories:
- Introduction: Mari-Ann Kelam (1:29)
- Erin Sarv: Survivor Nazi Concentration Camp & Soviet Gulag (6:10)
- Heiki Ahonen: Dissident, Parents Deported (3:15)
- Heino Noor: Psychiatrist, Deported at Age 16 (8:15)
- Tiia-Ester Loitme: Conductor, Deported at Age 14 (9:52)
- Matti Pats: Deported Grandson of Estonian President (6:19)
- Forest Brother Alfred Kaarmann Extended Story (50:41)
- Soviet Propaganda Film (1:40)
- Newsreels:
- 1939 German Newsreel of Soviet/Nazi Joint Victory Parade in Poland (4:14)
- 1945 Yalta Newsreel (7:17)
- 1956 Hungarian Revolution
- Part I: October 28, 1956 (1:05)
- Part II: November 5, 1956 (0:59)
- Part III: November 8, 1956 (0:42)
- Summary: 1956 "Year In Review" (0:45)
- Print Documents
- 1920 Treaty of Tartu
- 1939 The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
- 1939 Transcripts of Soviet-Estonian "Negotiations" with Stalin
- 1940-55 Personal Memories: Fate of Estonian President Pats' Family
- 1941 Executions in Kuressaare Castle
- 1941 Request for Names of Those Exectued in 1940-41
- 1941 The Fate of Estonian Army Staff Officers
- 1942 The Fate of Professor Ants Piip
- 1945 Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a 37-Foot Boat
Section 2: 1957-1986: The Stagnation Years
- Video Interview Comments
- The Role of Finnish TV, Voice of America & Radio Free Europe (6:20)
- Comments from Trivimi Velliste: The Acorn Book Club (8:52)
- Estonian Dissidents (6:48)
- Soviet Education & Youth (13:12)
- Estonian Independence Day (1:57)
- Print Documents
- 1973 Congressional Resolution of Non-Recognition
- 1986 Letter to the West from a Gulag Prisoner
Section 3: Production Stills & Select Photos
Disc Three:
Section 4: 1987-1991: The Singing Revolution
- Video Interview Comments
- Details on the 1987 Hirve Park Demonstration (10:53)
- Comments on the Popular Front (9:02)
- Tunne Kelam on the Citizens Registration (9:56)
- Comments on Gorbachev (6:54)
- Role of Culture Under Soviet Occupation (7:00)
- Comments on the Role of Vaino Valjas (31:16)
- The Baltic Bloc – MRP Acknowledged in Moscow (8:56)
- Comments on the August 1991 Coup (19:45)
- Print Documents
- 1987 Political Prisoners Languish under Gorbachev
- 1987 Open Letter to Gorbachev
- 1987 Demonstration at Hirve Park – All Speeches
- 1987 Hirve Park Eye Witness Account
- 1987 Interview with Lagle Parek
- 1988 Creation of the Estonian National Independence Party
- 1988 Firsthand Account of the Sovereignty Vote
- 1988 Speeches at the Estonian Cultural Union Meeting
- 1988 Memorandum to the United Nations
- 1988 Republic of Estonia Citizens Registration
- 1989 Citizens Committee Response to Criticism
- 1989 Independence Day Speech by Tunne Kelam
- 1989 Interview with Trivimi Velliste
- 1990 Explanation: Importance of Congress of Estonia Elections
Section 5: Song Festival/Laulupidu
- Video Interview Comments
- Importance of the Song Festival/Laulupidu (13:37)
- 2004 Song Festival Performances
- Ilus maa/Beautiful Land (7:28)
- Boys Choirs (2:56)
- Print Documents
- Song Lyrics/Translation Mu isamaa on minu arm/Land of My Fathers, Land That I Love
- Song Lyrics/Translation Ilus maa/Beautiful Land
Section 6: Maps & Chronologies, Filmmakers' Interview
- Video
- Interview with Filmmakers James & Maureen Tusty (7:37)
- Borders of Europe Over Time (0:45)
- Print Documents & Maps
- 1986-1988 Chronology of Selected Estonian Events
- 1989 Chronology of Selected Estonian Events
- 1208-1994 Estonian History
- 15 Historical Maps of Europe from 180 AD-1997 (Wide View with Text)
- 15 Historical Maps of Europe from 180 AD-1997 (Wide View without Text)
- 15 Historical Maps of Estonia from 180 AD-1997 (Close Up View with Text)
- 15 Historical Maps of Estonia from 180 AD-1997 (Close Up View without Text)
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