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Parempaan asumiseen

1968•19m
Documentary

Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.

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Arto Tuominen

Narrator (voice)

Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kekkonen

Self (archive footage)

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