Photos of Finland's Continuation War, P.5

   Shown below, and on five other web pages in this web site, are photos of Finnish aircraft, military personnel, scenes and equipment taken during Finland's Continuation War against Soviet Russia. I am offering digital enlargements or scans of these historic photos for sale.
   To get to the other pages of Finnish photos you can scroll to the links at the bottom of this page or click one of these links P.1, P.2, P.3, P.4, P.6.
   These are scans of never before published photographic enlargements made from frames selected from just one of 37, 35mm rolls of film (now owned by Sea Bird Publishing, Inc.) taken during Finland's Continuation War with Soviet Russia.
   All photos © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc. 2001 All rights reserved.
   Please read the caption to see what each photo is of. Translated descriptions of a roll's content appear in quotes.
   If you want to see a larger version of the photo please click on the image below.
   If you are maintaining a .org WWII website to remember the veterans and their deeds and want a free 72dpi image of any of these photos please use the links to access the larger versions and use them. Please give credit for the photo(s) to Sea Bird Publishing, Inc. and include a link to this page.
   The 37 rolls of 35mm film were kept in numbered compartments built inside two wooden boxes once used for cigarettes. Two sheets of paper with handwritten descriptions in Finnish accompanied the boxes. Each description was numbered to correspond with a compartment and gave a description of the contents of that roll. Over the years the 37 rolls of film were moved out of their original order. Some rolls were cut apart and the segments scattered throughout the compartments in the two boxes. All this has made it a challenge to properly identify some of the rolls.
   Thanks to the translation of the hand-written text by the talented Finnish artist, Jouni Ronkko, I have managed to put most of the rolls back in order. Please be sure and visit the site where some of Jouni's work appears, Colors of the Finnish Air Force Aircraft (click).
   Another kind individual helped to translate some of the handwritten text that has proved difficult to read and I owe him a big "Thanks" also. His name is Osmo Joronen and you need to check out his very informative web site. His father fought for Finland in the Continuation War. His father's story is on this web page (click).
   The frame number of each printable shot on the roll from which the prints below were made and historical info gleaned from research all appear in the photo captions.
   PDF files of the handwritten text are available for viewing here:
Box 1 text,
Box 2 text (front)
Box 2 text (back).
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download from adobe.com) to view the PDF files.
   Please feel free to take a crack at a complete translation as I'm still trying to place some rolls back in their place.
   The photos on this page are all from one roll and they are in order as they appear on the roll, but it isn't known for sure at this time exactly which description fits this roll. So for now it is just Roll (d?).
   The Sea Bird Publishing, Inc. logo DOES NOT appear on the finished photographic enlargement or scan. I added it to the images below only.
   New 8"x10" B&W digital enlargements are $15.00.
   Scans are $12.50 each irregardless of size. I can attach them to email (if there aren't many), FTP them to a site of your choice or burn a CD and mail it ($10.00).
   Enlargements or scans are sold with one time re-print rights only.
   In the USA priority mailing of carefully packed photos, with tracking, is $5.50 for up to a pound of prints. That's about twelve 8"x10" photos. Your photos can also be shipped first class if you prefer. Request first class for mailing quote.
Use the roll and frame number of the scan below to order.
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   Or you can click here to go to Sea Bird's secure web order page and place your order. Paypal and bidpay are both welcome also.
   Thanks for stopping by and checking out the photos. Be sure and check out my other pages of photos in this web site (links are at the bottom of the page).
   Here are links to some other great web sites with more info about the Finnish Air Force and military.
Finnish Air Force Aircraft in WWII
Finnish Wasp-Fokker DXXI Book
Finnish Winter War
Finnish Re-enactors Site
The WWII Fighter Gun Debate (incredibly informative)

Roll (d?) Frame 1. Finnish soldier.	Roll (d?) Frame 2. Old Soviet garrison or Finnish/German barracks in Finland?	Roll (d?) Frame 5. Finnish soldiers, horses, sleds and equipment on a ferry moving to battle.
Roll (d?) Frame 6. Finnish soldier by a lake.	Roll (d?) Frame 7. Ferry, with soldiers, horses and equipment, is in tow behind the ferry man in his motor boat.	Roll (d?) Frame 8. Finnish soldiers, horses and equipment on a ferry.
Roll (d?) Frame 9. Finnish camp.	Roll (d?) Frame 10. Finnish soldiers, ready for battle.	Roll (d?) Frame 11. Finnish soldiers slicing some food.
Roll (d?) Frame 12. Frozen casualty.	Roll (d?) Frame 14. Destroyed Soviet T-37 light amphibious tanks. (Thanks for the info Jouni.)	Roll (d?) Frame 15. Destroyed Soviet T-37 light amphibious tank.
Roll (d?) Frame 16. Destroyed Soviet T-37 light amphibious tank.	Roll (d?) Frame 17. Destroyed Soviet T-37 light amphibious tank.	Roll (d?) Frame 18. Frozen casualty.
Roll (d?) Frame 20. Finnish soldier at his tent.	Roll (d?) Frame 21. Frozen casualties.	Roll (d?) Frame 22. Finnish troops on the march with an interesting lot of weapons.
Roll (d?) Frame 23. Frozen casualties.	Roll (d?) Frame 24. Close up of a frozen casualty.	Roll (d?) Frame 21. Finnish soldiers by their bunker.
Roll (d?) Frame 28. Finnish soldier with the thousand yard stare after a fierce battle.