'Joe Santa Claus' (1951)

TV special from 1951 called 'Joe Santa Claus'. "Gruen Guild Playhouse" Joe Santa Claus (original title)

Director: Axel Gruenberg. Writers: Axel Gruenberg (teleplay), Howard J. Green (story) Cast: Maria Palmer (Maria Peters), Ray Montgomery (Joe Peters) and Houseley Stevenson (Uncle Willy). Peter Brocco (Mr. Grimes). Jeri Lou James (Emma Peters)

Film Editing by Kenneth G. Crane. Sound Department, William H. Lynch. Camera and Electrical Department, Clark Ramsey. Produced by
Leon Fromkess.

Original Air Date: December 20, 1951 on ABC

Joe's boss re-assigns him from the hardware department to duties as the store Santa Claus and his wife wanting to enter the work force drives young father Joe Peters to deserts his family. While in his Santa role, Joe meets his daughter and discovers what she really wants for Christmas.

"A janitor's work is never finished, Mr. Peters, whereas the hardware department is scarcely the mecca of Christmas shoppers."

This movie is part of the collection: Classic TV. Audio / Visual: Sound, Black and White, Keywords: Classic TV; Christmas; Television; 1950's; 50's; 1950s; 50s; Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Santa Claus Conquers The Martians

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians is a 1964 science fiction film.

Directed by: Nicholas Webster, Produced by: Paul L. Jacobson, Joseph E. Levine, Arnold Leeds. Written by: Paul L. Jacobson, Glenville Mareth. Starring: John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Bill McCutcheon, Victor Stiles, Donna Conforti, Chris Month, Pia Zadora, Leila Martin, Charles Renn.

Music by: Milton DeLugg, Cinematography: David L. Quaid, Editing by: William Henry. Distributed by: Embassy Pictures Corporation. Release date(s): November 14, 1964. Running time: 81 min. Country: USA. Language: English. Budget: $200,000 (estimated).

The people of Mars are worried that their children are watching too much Earth television from station KID-TV including an interview with Santa Claus in his workshop at the North Pole.

Consulting 800-year old Martian sage Chochem (Yiddish for "genius"), they are advised that the children of Mars are growing distracted due to the society's overly rigid structure. From infancy their education is fed into their brains through machines and they are not allowed individuality or freedom of thought.

Chochem notes that he had seen this coming for centuries, and says the only way to help the children is to allow them their freedom and be allowed to have fun. To do this, they need a Santa Claus figure, like on Earth. The Martian leaders decide to abduct Santa Claus from Earth and bring him to Mars. As the Martians can't distinguish between all the fakes Santas, they kidnapped two children to find the real one.

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This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror
Producer: Paul L. Jacobson
Production Company: Jalor Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Christmas, SciFi, Santa Claus
Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Dry (Christmas) Tree vs. High Moisture Tree Fire

The U.S. Fire Administration partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Building and Fire Research Laboratory to illustrate on video the dramatic affects of fire when it ignites a maintained (wet) cut Christmas tree and a dry tree.

Maintained (Wet) Tree: Ignition occurs at 0 seconds; fire at ignition point on tree continues to burn but does not spread at 30 seconds; fire at ignition point on tree continues to burn but does not spread at 1 minute; fire at ignition point on tree did not spread, flames self-extinguish, and tree (trunk, branches, and needles) is fully intact at 1 minute and 30 seconds (end of video).

Dry Tree: Ignition occurs at 0 seconds; other tree branches become involved at 5 seconds; most of the tree is burning at 15 seconds; tree is fully engulfed in flames at 30 seconds; only the tree trunk and portions of some of the larger branches are intact after all the needles have burned away at 1 minute and 30 seconds (end of video).

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This movie is part of the collection: Community Video
Producer: FEMA
Audio/Visual: silent
Keywords: Christmas Tree; fire
Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Scrooge (1935) A Christmas Carol

Scrooge (1935) A Christmas Carol MPEG4 322.8 MB Scrooge (1935) A Christmas Carol MPEG2 Video 3.7 GB Scrooge (1935) A Christmas Carol OGV 317.2 MB which is a free, open standard container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The OGV format is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia. animated gif, 18 frames 327.3 KB

Seymour Hicks plays the title role in the first sound version of the Dickens classic about the miser who's visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. This British import is notable for being the only adaptation of this story with an invisible Marley's Ghost and its Expressionistic cinematography. This is the uncut 78 minute version.

copyright for this film was never renewed and therefore it is in the public domain

A Christmas Carol (Dickens) / Preface: I have endeavoured in this ghostly little book, to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not put my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.

Their faithful friend and servant, C. D. December, 1843.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films
Director: Henry Edwards
Producer: Julius Hagen
Production Company: Twickenham
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Keywords: Dickens; Scrooge; A Christmas Carol
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Christmas Brings Joy To Everyone 1945/12/10 VIDEO

Christmas Brings Joy MPEG2 146 mb, Christmas Brings Joy 512Kb MPEG4 24 mb, Christmas Brings Joy Ogg Video 23 mb which is a free, open standard container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The OGG format is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia. . animated gif, 12 frames

(1) Christmas trees from state of Washington, shoppers in cities, children look at dolls and hobby horses, puppets, model trains, Santa Claus; (2) Gen. "Ike" New Chief of Staff - Ike speaks (3) Gen. Stilwell Gives DSC to Hero's Sister - Matsuta was Japanese-American (4) Archbishop Speaks For War Relief - Spellman speaks for donation of canned goods, 15,000 Catholic parishes in the nation will act as receiving stations (5) Aviation in the News - Mixmaster nonstop flight by Douglas bomber, Boeing tandem prop fighter plane for Navy to go 450 mph. (partial newsreel)

Universal-International Newsreel. In 1976, the films' owner, MCA, made the decision to turn over ownership of all of these newsreels to the National Archives. The decision effectively ended Universal's copyright claim, releasing the films into the public domain.

This movie is part of the collection: Universal Newsreels
Production Company: Universal Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Creative Commons license: Public Domain