GULA DIVISIONEN

The yellow division.
The year is 2008. The date is November 20. The Norwegian government made a public statement about the new combat aircraft for the Norwegian Air Force. The decision was not in favor of the multirole fighter, Swedish Saab made JAS 39 Gripen. No. The Anglo-American fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II was the winner. The decision was not a surprise to those who have studied the history of the Norwegian Air Force.
After the end of the Second World War, Sweden decided to produce fighter aircrafts. At the end of the war in Korea in 1954, Sweden had the world's fourth most powerful air force. The Swedish made fighter aircraft, Saab 29 Tunnan, was already in action.A total of 661 of " the flying barrel " were built from 1950 to 1956. In 1949 Norway co-founded NATO. The Cold War was a reality for Norwegian politicians who did not want to be taken by surprise once more like in 1940. The air force had to be rebuilt to meet the new situation: The Cold War. Norway received American aircrafts through MAP(Military Aid Program). From 1952 to 1960, the dominating fighter aircraft was the American Republic F-84 Thunderjet. No Swedish
combat aircrafts like " J29 Flygande Tunnan " were bought. In year 2008 the situation is still the same: No Swedish aircrafts for the Norwegian Air Force.What about the movie called " GULA DIVISION " or " Yellow Division " and why making comments on the subject of buying aircrafts from Sweden? The answer is that the film is a movie made for those
who have an interest in aircrafts. The plot is not about the Korea War and the political situation and tension and the Cold War and the relationship between Norway
and Sweden.No. The plot is dealing with family problems, love problems and the issue about duty, work, and responsibility and living a normal family life. The plot could have been used in any film. The film can be viewed to-day due to the realistic shots
of the interesting Swedish fighter J29. You are not viewing a beauty among aircrafts.No. If you compare the shape of the plane with the British made "Spitfire " and the American fighter aircraft," F-86 Sabre", the J29 is like a fat man or woman who should reduce the daily eating and made more training.The shots of
aircrafts are good and interesting making a visual report about the training of pilots in 1954. The movie was released in 1954. The film was unknown to me before
I found the film this year in Sweden. GULA DIVISIONEN has the right to live. The film is a historical film about the Swedish Air Force in 1954 - very different from
the air force to-day. But the aircraft is not an object for the aesthetic enjoyment. Famous Swedish actors like Hasse Ekman (1915-204),Sven Lindberg and Lars Ekborg(1926-69) are playing pilots. Austrian Air Force bought about 30 " flying barrels " in 1961. No " flying barrels " were bought by The Norwegian Air Force. Sorry.
Latest news from Pentagon,February 17,2010: Delay in production of F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter. One year delay in production. Norway has decided to buy 48 F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter from year 2016. Updating information,July 14,2010: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and JAS 39 Gripen were tested and as combat fighters. It was important not to be seen on the radar. Gripen was discovered too many times and shot down in the computer
simulator system used for the tests. Sorry. On the radar JSF has the size of a golf ball.F-16 has the size of a car!(The source: Håkon Bonafede. Vi Menn,nr.8. 2010)

The year is 2016. The debate about about buying the American aircraft, Joint Strike Fighter, is still on the agenda among Norwegian politicians and journalists. A new book has been published dealing with the issue: " ANGREP ELLER FORSVAR. Kampfly, norske verdier og sikkerhets-politiske ambisjoner ". Ingeborg Eliassen and Cathrine Sandes have written the book. Joint Strike Fighter is too expensive for Norway. We need money for the army too. The conclusion of the critical document is that Norway need to keep up a high standard for the army to defend the country in a critical situation.The book is a small book.Only 138 pages. The list of sources used is also published. The book is a positive contribution to a serious debate about the Norwegian support to Nato, and the international conflicts where Nato wants to get involved due to the aims of the organization: A peace making associations of free states- not a war machine to create conflicts ( Not all agree on the Natos policy. " Out of area ").

THE FORGOTTEN WALKING STICK, THE FORGOTTEN ACTOR, AND THE FORGOTTEN MOVIE: ZORRO

ZORRO
Making new movies about the life and the fight of " ZORRO " is still going on. The late American actor, Sean Leslie Flynn (1941-70), has been forgotten a long time ago.
Sorry. The true story of the production and use of walking sticks concealed as weapons are also forgotton. About forty movies have been made about Zorro. The first film was released in 1920. Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) was playing Zorro (fox).Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley.
Walking stick with a concealed swordstick for defensive reasons was discovered in a book for old equipments. The walking stick on the photo is decorated by the German eagle with a political symbol used by the National socialist party(1933-1945) in Norway before and during the Second world War.: The sun cross.( The walking stick was sold for about NOK 4800.-, EUR 480)
Walking stick gun or cane gun was a tool designed as a definsive weapon against street ruffians of Victoria era.

SEAN LESLIE FLYNN ( 1941-70)
In year 1984 the mother of Sean Flynn, Lili Damita (1904-94), had to declare him legally dead after having searched for him for years. Sean Flynn was the only son of Errol Flynn(1909-59) and the French actress Lili Damita. Sean Flynn was lost during his time in Cambodia working as a combat photojournalist. He was known as actor, singer, photojounalist, safari guide and big game hunter in Africa.
ZORRO: Der Mann mit den zwei Gesichtern.IL SIGNE DI ZORRO.
The film was released in 1963. The forgotten movie was bought by me in Kiel, Germany. Foreign movies are dubbed in Germany. The result is that American actors like John Wayne and Errol Flynn are speaking German in movies made in USA.I dislike
the dubbing business. The original product is changed too much making American actors Germans. Due to this policy of communications, Sean Flynn is speaking German fluently in the film: Il signe di Zorro.
MEXICO
Mexico is supposed to be the country where the plot takes place. It is a Mexican story.
But the shots are not taken in Mexico.The reason for me approaching the movie was my love for the country Mexico where I have been five times already. A fascinating country with nice people. A sentimental reason you may say. I agree.
ERROL FLYNN
Another reason for me viewing and buying the old and forgotten movie was my interest
for Sean Flynn's father: The tragic Australian - American actor Errol Flynn. The life
of Errol Flynn has always fascinated me. He was of the opinion that he himself was not a good actor. The American actor Kirk Douglas disagree with Mr. Flynn. On the contrary, he was good - too good. Let me quote from his book called: The Ragman's Son
An autobiography. Published in 1988. " ...Errol Flynn was shooting a picture in Albuquerque at the same time. He invited Irene and me to dine with him and Pat Wymore. I was flattered. I was a young star; he was a legend. He selected the most elegant restaurant, ordered the most expensive wines, and was extremely charming. I was quite impressed, and a little gaga, envious of his poise, his great savoir faire.
At the end of the meal, when the check arrived, he graciously handed it to me and said, " Kirk I wouldn't deprive you of the honor of being the host of the evening " and I, with my mouth open, just paid it. Nevertheless, I admired him. He had flair. Some people didn't consider him much of an actor, but J did. I think he had great personal style that you don't see anymore. There are very few actors who could carry off Robin Hood the way he did ". So far the father of Sean Flynn, Errol Flynn: The actor, the master and lover of practical jokes, a womanizer, a sailor, and even a friend of Kirk Douglas after having dined with him - an expensive business.
ZORRO AND THE WALING STICK
After having viewed the film twice, I think Sean Flynn was a good actor too. What about the mentioned walking stick? Sean Flynn is using his walking stick as a weapon. Walking sticks concealed as a weapon has interested me for some years. If you study the use of weapons, you also get an impression of the society as well. I have not seen many films where the actors are using the concealed weapon in action like in this film. During my travellings in Europe, I have tried to buy one myself. Too expensive for my budget, sorry. In 2001 I paid a visit to Malaysia where I bought a walking stick concealed as a weapon. After an unpleasant event with some unfriendly people from the customs of Singapore, the walking stick was forwarded to Norway as a special delivery. Walking sticks concealed as weapon were used in Norway for personal protection for centuries. The Norwegian writer Per Terje Norheim has written about the history of walking sticks in Norway in his book: Våpen i Norge. Fra spyd og luntelåsmuskett, til Krag-Jørgensen og bajonett. 2000. Even before the first world war, small weapons could be bought in Norway. The walking stick as weapon was brought to my attention reading the book about Sir Richard Burton. The title of the book is: "Burton: Snow Upon the Desert. 1990 ". The book is written by
Frank McLynn. Sir Richard Burton was a British explorer, writer, expert in foreign languages speaking about forty languages. " ... it was Burton's invariable practice to go for walks using a long pointed stick as as a walking stick...the custom of Burton's saved his life one morning near the Alexandria slaughterhouse. He has always been wary of packs of semi-savage dogs after having seeing how Montenegrin
mongrels would sneak up to a stranger and suddenly bite him viciously...for five minutes he had conduct a fighting retreat...but for the pointed stick he would undoubtedly have been torn to pieces...".
SOME FINAL WORDS ONLY
Sean Flynn has disappeared in Cambodia. If he is still alive ,he is about 68 years of age?He was only 29 years of age when he was reported lost. His father who also lived a hard life, became about 50 years of age. His mother, Lili Damita was 89 when she passed away. Due to new technology, old and forgotten films are restored and new copies are made for public use. Television programmes, books, radio programmes and music are all an object for the new preservation tool or technology called digitalization. It is important that those who are interested in making use of the mentioned productions for their Master's degree in different fields get access to the audiovisual archives. It is also thrilling to study old films searching for lost and forgotten cars, weapons, books and so on.

RAFAEL REBOLLAR CORONA: MEXICAN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER

The year is 2005. The venue is Mexico City. I am a delegate at " Tercer Seminario Internacional de Archivos Sonoros y Audiovisuales " set up by Radio Educacion, Mexico. After having finished the presentation of my paper: " Los banos audiovisuales: La digitalization de los contenidos de los archivos audiovisuales. Una
aproximacion no tecnia al asunto ", an unknown delegate approached me: Rafael Rebollar Corona. He was making documentaries, he told me. We had an interesting talk about television and movie productions and the problems of getting access to television productions. In year 2009 the venue is again Mexico City and I am a delegate at " Cuarto Seminario Internacional de Archivos Sonoros y Audiovisuales. La
salvaguarda del patrimonio sonoro y audiovisual:un reto mundial. Del 9 al 13 de noviembre de 2009. Ciudad de Mexico ". The seminar is set up by the new established
Fonoteca Nacional de Mexico. Rafael Rebollar Corona attended the seminar and it was an easy task for me to find him among all the delegates because he is not dressed like a formal businessman. No. Even if he is a film director, a former actor, a producer of historical films,you get the impression that he is one of the last bohemians of Mexico. The last representative of the Beat generation or an artist who has devoted his life to his work. We met again. We talked and we decided
to meet once more and so we did. I had a good time. He told me about how to be a film producer in Mexico and about his life moving around the world living in Paris
and USA and different cities in Mexico. He took me to an interesting bookshop called
Gandhi where I bought a lot of Mexican movies and movies made by the Swedish director
Ingmar Bergman. The films had subtitles in Spanish. A nice way of the learning the language viewing films. Rafael has been active making documentaries about historical
issues. The products have been presented at different international seminars and conferences like :" The Pan African Film & Arts Festival in USA ". He is interested
in Mexican history: The hidden and forgotten history of Mexico. The story about those
Africans who escaped from slavery in United States and made their way to Florida where they inter-married with the Seminoles ( creating the group known as Black Seminoles), made their way into Mexico and gradually integrated into that culture.
The film called: " From Florida to Coahuila - de Florida a Coahuila " was produced in 2005. Rafael is a young man - only 60 years of age but also a young man who is very spiritual and liberal in attitude to life in generally. Making videos,filming and teaching students media history and film productions. He is preoccupied with how
to archive his own productions and all of the shots not used yet in any production.
It will be a please to assist him in doing the work for him: An independant Mexican
filmmaker who told me that he is not a well-known producer in Mexico but known in USA. To those of you who want to know he better: He is on facebook where 144 friends
are on his list. I am proud of being among the few of his friends located in Europe
and the only one from Norway! Rafael is interested in music, arts,literature,travelling, and the nature itself. We have a lot in common, Amigo!
And he wants to be famous in his own country too!To listen to his experience among
artists and intellectuals who met at the old bookshop Gandhi in Mexico city is interesting - if the past and the history of the past is on your daily agenda.
Good luck with your writing, teaching, travelling and making more films about the forgotten history of Mexico: " ...to this day the deep cultural and economic impact
that Africans had in Mexico is neither accepted nor acknowledged in the official history of Mexico ..." so far statements made by Rafael Rebollar Corona about his work. I have read the programmes of different seminars where he has presented his films. In company with the famous writer and Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene who
I wrote an essay about in year 1978 for the periodical: " Syn og Segn,nr 7,1978 ", he is presenting his films and his productions. Splendid. Good luck, Rafael.

FOTOS:CUATRO SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL DE ARCHIVOS SONOROS Y AUDIOVISUALES EN LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO

Director General Alvaro Hegewisch,Fonoteca Nacional
Tedd Urnes (Norway) and Miguel Angel Fernandez Narajo (Mexico).Amira Arratia(Chile),
Francisco Mejorada Chauca (Peru). Pio Michele Pellizzari (repr. IASA)
Mexico City. Fonoteca Nacional. Seminar November 9-13 2009.
I attended the seminar and presented two papers at a workshop. Here are some photos from the seminar taken by me. The seminar was splendid.

CUATRO SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL DE ARCHIVOS SONOROS Y AUDIOVISUALES

Photos:1. The papers were presented by: From left:Dietrich Schuller, Catharina Gilljam, Jouni Frilander, Salvador Rocha Cito and Stefano Cavaglieri. 2. Catharina Gilljam and Dietrich Schuller. 3. Fonoteca Nacional. Storage. 4.History on the wall:
Octavia Paz. 5. Perla Olivia Rodriguez, 6. Fonoteca National. 7. Delegates of the seminar.
Cuarto Seminario Internacional de Archivos Sonoros y Audiovisuales - La Salvaguarda del Patrimonio Sonoro Audiovisual: un reto mundial.
The seminar was set up by Fonoteca Nacional.November 9- 13, 2009. La Ciudad de Mexico.
Photos by Tedd Urnes

RAY EDMONDSON: AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES-PHILOSOPHY

For your information only: Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy, Principles and Ethics
written by Ray Edmondson has been published in Spanish - Mexican Spanish. The book
was presented by the author at Cuarto seminario internacional de Archivos Sonoros y
Audiovisuales in la Ciudad de Mexico del 9 al 13 de noviembra de 2009. The Spanish title is: Filosofia y principios de los archivos audiovisuales. Fonoteca Nacional de
Mexico arranged the seminar. For those of you who are studying for a degree in librarianship, the book is a must. Ray Edmondson is a travelling, retired librarian
from Australia. I met for the first time in Bogensee, Germany in year 1994. He presented his project about philosophy and audiovisual archives at the FIAT/IFTA and
IASA conference in Bogensee. His project was supported by UNESCO. He established
his own company in 2001: Archive Associates Pty Ltd.

LE DEUXIEME MARI DE LADY CHATTERLEY

LADY CHATTERLEYS ANDRE MAN.

LADY CHATTERLY'S SECOND HUSBAND.

What happened to them all? Nora Helmer, Scarlett O'Hara,

Rhett Butler and Lady Chatterley-a common question asked

by readers worldwide. We ask the question about the future of

Nora Helmer after having left husband and child in the play

" A Doll's House " written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Few dare to ask the question about the future of her husband after she left him? And what about Scarlett O'Hara in the movie: " Gone with the Wind". Rhett Butlers famous statement is movie history: " Frankly, my friend, I do not care ".

The sequel to the movie was made in 1994. The film called " SCARLETT" is the story about

the relationship between Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara. The French author, Jehanne d'Orliac

has made an attempt to write a book about Lady Chatterley after she left her husband to live with the forest guard, Oliver Mellors. The book was published in year 1935. The plot is about their new life in France. The lady has made a scandal in England. Oliver Mellors has got a work as forest guard in Touraine, France. D.H. Lawrence who wrote the book : "Lady Chatterleys lover" , made a scandal publishing the book. Keywords like: Sex, erotic and sensual descriptions

about the love between Lady Chatterley and the forest guard were not accepted as good literature at the time. Jehanne d'Orliac is not making a copy of D.H. Lawrence bold erotic descriptions or using words that might insult people. No. But she gives a good description of how society approach the lovers who have moved to France secretly to live in peace and to make a life based on sensual body contacts. The society is of less importance for both of them at the beginning of the stay in France. Gradually the French aristocracy get interested in the woman and the man who has made a scandal by making love to each other. The winner is the French

aristocrats who dislike the action made by the lady. The class society makes a move to split the

the lady and the forest guard - and they made it because the lady is a lady made for the rich

and not to stay with an ordinary forest guard: A former soldier and blacksmith.

THE FRENCH AUTHOR: WHO IS SHE BY THE WAY?

I did search for her in some old Norwegian encylopedias without any result. She is not mentioned in my books about French literature either. I had to " google " her so to speak.

Her real name is not Jehanne d'Orliac but ANNE MARIE JEANNE LAPORTE. She was born in year 1883 and died in year 1974. Few information about her is published. She was a famous lady in France before the Second World War. I did not find any photo of her. A report about her written by documentaliste Regine Malveau in 1996 might give an answer to the question of

the writer who had received " Le legion d' honneur " in 1937!

" ...Elle connait toutefois une fin de vie difficile en Touraine apres avoir ele inquietee a la fin

de la seconde guerre mondiale pour son attachement av Marechal Petain...".

Jehanne d'Orliac published about 6 books and many plays and poems. The titles of some books:

" Joan of Arc and her companions ", " Francis I, Prince of the renaissance " and " The lady of Beauty, Agnes Sorel, first royal favourite of France ".

CONCLUSION

The book hunting in Nederhult resulted in information about a French lady unknown to me.

An interesting lady who was awarded for her works in 1937 but whose support to the new leaders of the German occupied France might have been forgotten after the war due to her

support to Marchal Henri-Philippe Petain (1856-1951)?

Marchal Henri-Philippe Petain was condemed to death in August 1945. His sentence was commuted to solitary confinement for life. He died in prison at the age of 95.

To the left: Henri-Philippe Petain.

BOOK HUNTING IN NEDERHULT

Some like it hot-extremely hot - searching for a distant goal: Old books only - and some forgotten and officially lost movies - but not forgotten by some dedicated book hunters. The legendary British hunter Denys Finch Hatton made Kenya famous due to his hunting activities and his love to the Danish farmer Karen Blixen. Animals were
the object for his hunting but he later turned to photo journeys. I leave him in peace but he is a good example for all other hunters what ever they want to hunt. I
have chosen books and films for my hunting. My latest place for the hunt was a nice site called NEDERHULT. For the time being I leave it to you to find the place. The hunting leader was the book hunter Lasse Nilsson. He is addicted to books too.
We went on searching for books in old farms, castles and shops where you might buy anything used for generations who had lived in the district. To my surprise, I found a book written by an unknown French author, Jehanne d'Orliac, called in Swedish: "Lady Chatterleys andre man". I had no information about the writer. Why did I care about the book at all? Because of the preface of the book. The preface was written by the late and former French author and Minister of Culture of France, Andre Malraux. He makes an attempt to understand Lady Chatterley. She has a wish to understand herself and the book is about her talk with herself about herself.
Andre Malraux is of the opinion that many of the persons who D.H. Lawrence is describing ,are lonely. The emotional relations between the persons are too much based on erotic and sexual relations than mutual affection .I get a feeling that Andre Malraux has no faith in the persons described in the book? I might misunderstand him and I might be wrong in my understanding of D.H. Lawrence attitude to the human body and his strong sexual believe in the relation between man and woman? Anyway- the hunt was a good one. I had to learn about a new and interesting French writer , Jehanne d'Orliac. A review of the book will be published in a later
blog. Let us face some fact about the book: The original title was: " LE DEUXIEME
MARI DE LADY CHATTERLEY ". The book is published in Sweden in 1944 during the Second World War. The name of the translator is Olof Rabenius. About 238 pages. The copyright owner is: BOKFØRLAGS AB SUECIA. In 1944 you had to pay kr.14.50 for a copy.
The story is about the new life of Lady Chatterley. It is the story about what happened to her after having left her husband to live with the former forest guard.
I will let you know later on my opinion about the book and the story and the writer
who is a very interesting French lady. Hunting is thrilling! Join me. If you want to hunt in NEDERHULT ,just call Lasse Nilsson who is for the time being working in SVT
making an attempt to preserve the splendid Swedish television productions transmitted.
(If you are interesting in reading about hunting in Kenya, I will recommend the followings books: 1.Errol Trzebinski: Silence Will Speak. The story of Denys Finch Hatton 2. Lennart Hagerfors: Drømmen om Ngong. 3. Tonni Arnold: Bror Blixen.4. Beryl Markham: West with the Night.
For your information: Apart from hunting animals, all of the hunters mentioned in the books also appreciated reading - apart from Bror Blixen).

BATTLE FORCE-THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPIC GAMES

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE HUNTING IN MOVIES

Research work - searching for archival footage of any subject - is a daily work for all television archives worldwide. It is an important task for media librarians to find old shots, old programmes forgotten and hidden in the archive. The introduction of new technology - the policy of digitalization of the collections of television programmes transmitted - has made the work easier than when you had to read the old cards in the card catalogue.I call the work film hunting because I appreciate to view
old movies lost and forgotten and out of date so to speak. Recently I bought an old move called: " BATTLE FORCE ". I bought the film because many famous actors are playing in the film. Names like: John Huston, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger and Stacy Keach - just to mention some. The film is dealing with the Second World War and the
1936 Olympic Games in Germany, Berlin.The film hunter was in action hoping to find some forgotten shots. I was right. The historical introduction of the subject dealt with in the movie is made by using old German news reels. Even a shot of a German
aircraft passing close to trees is used. The footage has been used to illustrate the
German invasion of Norway in 1940 in Norwegian made war programmes many times!
But my interest this time was the archival footage of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Only 40 seconds are used. We see the official opening of the summer games in
Berlin. Adolf Hitler is attending the games. Shots from different sport activities
like running fast. Why pay attention to 40 seconds of old sport shots? Is the name
Leni Riefenstahl familiar to you? The IOC commissioned her to produce a documentary
about the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. The film was released in 1938 after having been
edited for about 18 months. The film became a standard for all future sports documentaries for a long time. The film OLYMPIA was a non pro German film even if
Goebbels put pressure on the producer to make that kind of film. Shots of Jesse Owens
were used even if the German disliked that an American non white runner was the winner. Leni Riefenstahl is still famous for her film called: " TRIUMPH OF THE WILL "
produced in 1934 dealing with the September Nurnberg Party rally.
WHAT ABOUT THE OLD AND FORGOTTEN MOVIE I BOUGHT?
Frankly speaking, the film is not a good one. Sorry. You will find the movie by searching the following titles: THE BIGGEST BATTLE, IL GRANDE ATTACO, DIE GROSSE
OFFENSIVE and BATTLE FORCE. The movie was released in 1977/78. A story of how WWII
affected the living of a German and and American family.Splendid actors doing the best to make the film a good one. The archival footage is the winner this time and for me it was a good hunting!
For those of you who want to view shots from the Olympic summer games in Berlin in 1936 -buy the film.

BAAC IN HISTORY:WWII HISTORY FORGOTTEN AND NOT WANTED

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Photos: Tedd Urnes

The list of photos from the top of the report. 1. The museum of the occupation of Latvia 1940-1991.
2. Media researcher Jan Aasmund Jakobsen and Tedd Urnes (TAAM) attending a seminar in Bergen, Norway, at the University of Bergen. The subject for the seminar was WWII.
3. Pictures of Norwegian soldiers who died in Finland and Estonia and Latvia during WWII.
4. The title of the book published by NRK Aktivum 2009: " De som falt. Nordmenn drept i tysk krigstjeneste " written by the NRK journalist Eirik Veum. Photos published selected by Geir Brenden from his picture archive.
5. Ole Kristian Grimnes (left) and Stein Ugelvik Larsen (right)

6. The former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme (1927- 86) is doing research work making an

attempt to find information in the old card catalogue of SVT. Olof Palme knew the history of the Baltic countries due to the fact that his mother, Elisabeth von Knieriem, was born in Latvia. She belonged to the German- Baltic aristocratcy in Riga. She was deported to Russia but escaped to

Sweden. She was a medical student at the time.
7. Posters from WWII used at an exhibition at the museum of occupation of Latvia, Riga.

The annual BAAC conference takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania, October 4- 7 , 2009.

Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council (BAAC).

The history of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the Second World War is not on the agenda this time. Anyway - both the Norwegian and the Swedish embassies are attending the conference due to the fact that both Norway and Sweden have a history to tell. The Baltic countries are historically speaking a part of the Scandinavian history too.

RESEARCH WORK IN THE FIELD - THE CHURCHYARDS

Archives have been visited to see if information about lost and forgotten Norwegian soldiers is to be found among stored documents. The fields where the actions took place have also been visited by active media researchers like Jan Aasmund Jakobsen ( member of BAAC) and the Norwegian professor Stein Ugelvik Larsen from the University of Bergen, Norway. Professor Stein Ugelvik Larsen has concentrated his research in Karelen where the Russian army attacted Norwegian soldiers. The Norwegian soldiers wanted to fight for Finland against the communists

armies. After two weeks search in the field he has found 60 persons killed in action. The soldiers belonged to Waffen-SS. A history forgotten and a history not wanted to report due to the fact that the soldiers were not fighting for the Norwegian government in London but for the German

occupation of Europe including Norway.

NEW RESEARCH AND NEW INFORMATION: " DE SOM FALT " - A BOOK ABOUT NORWEGIANS KILLED IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES FOR THE GERMAN ARMY

The book is written by Eirik Veum who is working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). The photos published are selected by Geir Brenden who has set up a photo archive contenting photos of those who decided to fight for the German occupation of Norway. The book is very interesting. The history of those who lost the war is not a happy story. I do not intend to write a review of the book but I recommend reading the book.

CHURCHYARD HISTORY - WHO ARE THE YOUNG NORWEGIAN MEN?

If you pay a visit to churchyards in the Baltic countries , you might begin to ask questions about the great number of young men buried during the war? Why are they here and what is the story

about the events taking place during the war?

Let me publish some of the names already published in the mentioned book. Photos of the soldiers are also published. If you happened to know the names, please contact Jan Aasmund Jakobsen and Stein Ugelvik Larsen at the University of Bergen, Norway.

ESTONIA

Olav Albert Jacobsen, John Jahr, Martin Madsen Hjørnevik, Kjell Frantz Hollmann, Arne Einar Olav Hanssen, Olaf Hedlund, Gøsta Ragnar Hilde-Brand- Myhrvold, Anstein Kristian Halseth,

Bjørn Odvar Hansen, Cristian Fredrik Hansen, Arne Fosselie, Kristian Frisvold, Einar Glestad, Erling Glosli, Julius Eriksen, Arne Osvald Ermesjø, Emil Bruun Evers, Einar Findahl, Steinar Fjeldseth, Albert Edvard Endreasen, Birger Ragnvald Blom, Gunnar Rosseland Bruland, Nils Endresen Bru, Ferdinand Bøe-Simonsen, Magne Berg, Thorvald Sandli Bergum, Harald Bratfoss,

Gunnar Brauti, Gjert A. Angelsen, Kjell Aune, Leif Elmer Anda and Carl Adler Nilsen.

Apart from one person they all died in year 1944. One person died in 1943. Names of sites where

they are buried: Tartu, Narva, Valga, Tapa, Sookula, Siivertsi, Jøhvi, Reidepøllu, Tallinn, Toila, Sirgula, Tagapere, Vaivara,

LATVIA

Ørnulf Hontvedt, Povel Huitfeldt, Kristian Håkonsen, Arild Haugen, Edvard Hermansen, Thomas Hersleb Gurholt, Tor Gurstad, Sverre Følstad, John A. Gahrmaker, Erling Hjalmar Eriksen, Magnus Dale, Knut Erichsen, Roald Berntsen, Kåre Torleif Bakken, Arne Wilhelm Becker, Anton Jenssen Berg, Johan Gustav Jæger, Rudolf Oskar Olsen, Gunnar Kjell Andersen.

The soldiers are buried in : Riga, Vecvagare, Saldus, Bunkas, Izriede, Zarini, Robezjnieki, Pilpuki,

The official statements made by those who survided the fighting in the Baltic countries are that

they all wanted to fight the communist regime of Russia and the leader J. Stalin. To assist the

German soldiers in the fight for a new Europe dominated by Germany should also be of great help for Norway as a nation among other nations in the occupied Europe. The statements were

not accepted by the Norwegian government in 1945 and the soldiers were sentenced to prison. Some of the reports of the reasons for the military participation in the Baltic countries supporting the Germans were also connected to a possible new military position in the new Norwegian army.

But history is history and facts. The researchers are not approaching the events from a moral point of view but to find out what happened to so many young boys -some only 17 years of age.

It is hard for me to understand in year 2009 the reason for a young boy of 18 to join Waffen -SS

and the fight for the German occupation of the Baltic countries?

Last information: Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council (BAAC) is inviting you all to the conference in Vilnius, Lithuania , October 4- 7, 2009.

THE FORGOTTEN SOURCE - THE MOVIES

RESEARCH WORK: Movies as a

source for the research.

A forgotten source when you wants shots of certain aircrafts and cars like FIAT - Topolino
,a dress, a bottle and so on?

To find the shot of wanted

scenes, you have to work hard making the content of the catalogue reliable. The film

" Head in the Clouds " is not a film about cars. It is a good film.

The screenplay focuses on the choices young lovers must make

surrounded by increasing political unrest in late - 1930s Europe. And you find my favorite car in the film too.

THE FILM-THE SOURCE -THE CREDIBILITY

James Jones (1921-1977)

American author.

A report about archive footage used in the film " From Here to Eternity ". The Norwegian title

is: " Herfra til evigheten".

Photos taken from the Norwegian edition of the book.

Douglas SBN Dauntless and Japanese plane Mitsubishi AGM2 - called " Zero ".
What kind of aircrafts have been used to illustrate the attack on Pearl Harbour?

It is not Japanese plane but USA planes attacking the naval base at Pearl Harbour-

but only in the movie!

The photos taken by Tedd Urnes