Karelian village life from 1935-39. Pressing the soil (Impilahdi Metsäkylä), tying the forest (Salmi), cutting the scythe (Impilahdi Metsäkylä), the village shepherd with his herd in the early morning (Salmi Varpaselkä), the Työmpäisten sacrificial cemetery (Salmi Mantsinsaari), visiting the scythes (Salmi Mantsinsaari), making scythes (Suistamon Tuomilampi), washing and rinsing laundry with a "poalikoima", tying clothes and spinning on a spindle.