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Children look at Christmas toys and decorations, adults shopping for gifts before Christmas

Children with their parents shopping before Christmas in various countries such as Germany, Canada and United States. An animatronic Santa Claus model moving. Children watch from windows of a toy shop. Mechanical toys moving in a winter play set. Children watch Christmas toys moving from a conveyer behind a window. A boy hugs a stuffed animal. A bulldog doll with moving eyes and mouth. Various new toys, puppets and decorating items on display in Germany. Children with their parents sitting in a toy train watch various toys and decorations. A child turns on a vintage toy car. Parents with their children move around Christmas trees in Canada. A boy holds on to his father while riding a motor sleigh. Christmas decorations in streets and houses. Crowd of shoppers in department store buys gifts for their neighbors and friends. Woman carrying shopping bags. A Christmas Merry-go-Round carousel. The Christmas tree is lighted at Rockefeller Center. A figure skater dressed as Santa Claus skates in the rink at Rockefeller Center (45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, United States) in New York City.

Date: 1964, November 14
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056315
Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942, during World War II.

Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, in World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins,including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Egyptian women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits riding in a jeep. He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Major General Lloyd Fredendall, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers as he arrives in Tunis in August, 1942 to visit British troops, en route to Moscow for his first meeting with Stalin.

Date: 1942, December 25
Duration: 7 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033510
Santa Claus on Christmas eve in the United States; children celebrate Christmas morning and unwrap toys

Snow-covered wooded area. Drawing of snow-covered lighted house with moon above. Slates give text of story "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Santa Claus (or Father Christmas) at foot of Christmas tree. Santa Claus looks at decorations on tree. On Christmas morning, children in pajamas sneak down stairs. Children play with new toys under the Christmas tree including dolls, baby carriage, toy gun, drum, keyboard. Women and children walking through snow in the woods. Santa Claus waves standing outside a wooden log cabin.

Date: 1926, December 25
Duration: 5 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050303
Actress Donna Reed suggests giving United States Savings Bonds as a Christmas gift in 1961

Christmas time advertisement for U.S. Savings Bonds. Interior of a house decorated for Christmas, with Christmas tree and toy train running on a table. Actress Donna Reed walks to the table, stops the train and holds up a December 1958 U.S. Savings Bond. She speaks about the Savings Bond, places it on a toy train car, and starts the train. As the train moves along the track, it passes signs reflecting successive passing time increments: Dec 1961 (three years), Dec 1964 (3 more years), and Aug 1968 (3 more years and 8 months). By staying on track to maturity, the bond is worth much more. Donna Reed notes this and suggests Savings Bonds as a Christmas gift. She closes by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. (Note: The original maturity period for a Series E Bond was 10 years. But the U.S. Government reduced it to 9 years and 8 months, in 1952. That revised maturity period is reflected in this advertisement.) (Additional note: The trains are by Lionel, and include "The General" locomotive, a New York Central boxcar, a Lionel flatcar, and Lionel Lines caboose.)

Date: 1961, December
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052225
A U.S. army Chaplain speaks at Humble Post Chapel in Bad Tolz, Germany on occasion of Christmas.

U.S. army Chaplain speaks at Humble Post Chapel in Bad Tolz, Germany on occasion of Christmas. Audio : Chaplain relates to U.S. servicemen who are serving away from their country and home on occasion of Christmas. He says that home is an integral part of Christmas holiday and significant part of Christmas Day is its religious meaning. He speaks that house of god is everyone's home on Christmas Day.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074783
Hungaria refugee children celebrate Christmas at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, United States

Sign reads “United States Army Mess” in English and Hungarian. Hungarian man, a refugee, receives a cup of coffee from a mess hall server. Hungarian sign reads “Vegyen Amennyitakap” (“Take as much as you can” in English). Christmas garlands decorate the mess hall. A girl is served with sausages and beans on her cafeteria tray. A Hungarian family sits together at a table in the mess hall at Camp Kilmer. A Hungarian couple eating. Girl eating with a spoon. Red Cross nurses host a Christmas party for Hungarian refugee children. A nurse gives out small Christmas tree models to children. A girl receives a Christmas tree paper model. A man wearing a Santa Claus mask and costume gives gifts to children. Hungarian refugee girls each receive a gift from Santa Claus. Children sing Hungarian Christmas carol “Mennyböl az Angyal” (“Angel from Heaven”).

Date: 1956, December 25
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079689