The Batrovci border crossing is known for its seemingly endless line of trucks, which feels like an unchanging constant. People come and go, cargo crosses borders, but the line remains. Truck drivers spend days, even weeks, confined to their cabins, waiting for time to pass.
11-year-old Lotte's life has been turned upside down by a cancer diagnosis. Now Lotte is looking forward to a very special week. She's going to a summer camp for children just like her. There she hopes to be 'Just Lotte' again.
President Kekkonen's skiing trip in January 1957 begins in Taipalsaari. From there, the President skis towards Puumala along the frozen Lake Saimaa. From Puumala the journey continues to Ryhälä and from there on to Sulkava and Savonlinna. Another of the President's ski trips was recorded by film cameras in late winter 1957 in Kainuu.
Urho Kekkonen assumed the office of President of the Republic of Finland on 1.3.1956. J. K. Paasikivi hands over the duties of President to Urho Kekkonen, who states that he will follow Paasikivi's policy and humbly accept the duties of President. On the same day, a general strike declared by the The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) also began.
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