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Traditional Christmas parade with Saint Nicholas on horse passes as royal family watches and people cheer in Holland.

A traditional Christmas parade in Amsterdam, Netherlands. St Nicholas (Known as Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas in the Netherlands) seated on a horse and people stand by the side of roads and cheer for him. Honor guards accompany Sinterklaas on horseback. Queen Wilhelmina, Princess Juliana, her children (Beatrix, Irene and Margriet) and husband Prince Bernhard look out from the window of the Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam Postbus 3708 1001 AM Amsterdam The Netherlands). A Dutch man holding his daughter. Prince Bernhard smokes a cigar besides Queen Wilhelmina. A mascot dressed as Zwarte Piet (a blackface companion of Sinterklaas) distributes special Sinterklaas-themed sweets to children. The Dutch royal family meets Sinterklaas. Zwarte Piet talks to Princess Irene. The procession moves on streets and Saint Nicholas presents gifts to young children in the crowd.

Location: Amsterdam Netherlands
Date: 1947, December 12
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056295
Babe Ruth plays Santa at the Hotel Astor and presents gifts to fifty polio victim children in New York.

Babe Ruth gives gifts to children stricken with polio as he plays Santa at a Christmas party at Hotel Astor (1515 Broadway, Manhattan, New York 10036) in New York. Babe Ruth Santa talks to the children and presents gifts to them. Other children standing in line watch. The children receive various gifts and smile. A large dog, with a sign around its neck reading 'Pluto' is shown to the children.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1947, December 12
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056296
Colorful Christmas parades in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in Hollywood, California.

Christmas parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Colorful floats in Toyland parade. Various characters as floats pass on the streets, including what appears to be a very early Fred Flintstone character. A carriage drawn by a number of Clydesdale horses carries Santa, and stops at a building while Santa climbs a ladder to greet children. Another parade celebrating Christmas in Hollywood, California. Hollywood actors and actresses on various floats pass in front of the News View Newsreel Theater, near the Egyptian theater on Hollywood blvd. Actors seen on floats include Red Skelton on the "Red Skelton Show" float, Sabu riding an elephant, Judy Canova on the "Judy Canova Show" float, William Bendix with cast on "The Life of Riley" float, Ralph Edwards on the "Truth or Consequences" float, Jimmy Durante on his float, and finally, N.B.C.'s Jack Benny along with Santa at the end of the parade.

Location: Hollywood Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1947, December 2
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056297
Football game between teams of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy watched by more than 10000 spectators in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A college football game between the teams of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy at a stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A large crowd of more than ten thousand people gathers to witness the game. General Dwight D Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley among the spectators watch the game closely. Soldiers of Army and Navy parade. The mascot of a goat for the match at the stadium. U.S. President Harry S Truman shakes hands with captains of both the teams. The game begins and crowd cheers as the players run with the ball. Soldiers cheer for their teams. The Army defeats Navy.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1947, December 2
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056298
United States OA-10 of the 1st Rescue Squadron lands at sea in a practice rescue of men in a life raft in the Carribean

Air Sea rescue operations in the Carribean. Officers in control room as they speak over the wireless. A man plots on a map. United States Air Force OA-10 A air sea rescue plane, from the First Rescue Squadron at Howard Air Force Base, U.S. Panama Canal Zone, is seen in flight. Aircraft flies low over the sea. Crew of the plane in the observation point while in flight. Men in life raft wave towards the plane. Rescue plane lands and taxis.

Location: Panama Canal Zone
Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051343
U.S. SB-17 of the 1st Rescue Squadron drops a lifeboat and rescue men in the Carribean.

Air Sea rescue operations in the U.S. Canal Zone. Three aircraft of the 1st Rescue Squadron, Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, are seen flying above tha water. One flying the lowest is an SB-17 and above that a twin engine (C-47) and above that a smaller single engine airplane. Smoke from a flare is seen and an aircrew in a 20-man life raft. The C-47 airdrops something, and the SB-17 drops a large life boat, in a practice rescue operation. Crewmen in the raft, transfer to the life boat, raise its sail and start moving. A larger rescue motor boat intercepts them and the aircrew leave their sailboat and climb aboard the larger boat.

Location: Carribean
Date: 1947
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051345
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