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Season's Greetings from the Leaders

For a long time, Christmas & new year celebrations have been used by leaders to extend and consolidate their power. Here are intriguing clips of these festivities across Europe, including the Dutch Sinterklaas & the disturbing Zwarte Piet

Curated by @soundvision-sub

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The Pope inaugurates the year Mariano

Cinecittà - Luce

Dr Goebbel'-Santa Claus._x000D_ Dr Goebbels, Nazi

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TV JOURNAL 01/01/1972

RTV Slovenia

The Papal Blessing urbi et orbi

National Audiovisual Institute France

New Year's with Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu

Romanian Television

[Unpublished item]
The New Year

Romanian Television

Cutting of a New Year's pie at Evangelismos by Queen Anna Maria

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

The new year's carols by the choir of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for the …

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

Prime Minister George Papadopoulos offers gifts for the New Year to traffic policemen.

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

The New Year’s Day Ball of the Greek Islands’ Higher Military Command at Athens Military C…

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

Doxology to celebrate the beginning of the new year in the presence of the President of th…

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

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President Auriol's new year

National Audiovisual Institute France

Zeit im Bild (News) 10/01/1967

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

Congratulations for Nicolae Ceausescu

Romanian Television

New Year reception with Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger (1983)

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

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Rome: members of Parliament turned int Santa Claus

Cinecittà - Luce

Christmas speech of Queen Beatrix 2007

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

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