Directed by Lennart Meri

The Waterfowl People (Veelinnurahvas) - English version
by zlaxyi on YouTube
A documentary about the histoy and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric, and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari, and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings 50 years ago. The footage was shot in Altai Krai, the Nenets Okrug, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari el, Karelia, and Estonia. The first documentary in Lennart Meri’s “Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno – Ugricarum”
The people of the water bird - 🔗 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2637876
Veelinnurahvas, Eestikeelne versioon: 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wqd54MwUto
Народ водоплавающей птицы, русская версия: 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT1lFthhv2Y
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