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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

Cinecittà - Luce

13 - from the lodge of the basilica the pontiff impartes the blessing urbi et orbi; 11 - greetings from people inside the basilica; 7 - the pontiff offers flowers to the statue of the immaculate of Piazza Mignanelli; …

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Dr Goebbel'-Santa Claus.x000D Dr Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister, smiling broadly as he shakes hands with a young guest after presenting a Christmas gift in Berlin.x000D Presents were distributed to 150,000 children in Berlin under the winter help …

RTV Slovenia

Ljubljana: President Tito spends New Year's Eve with the leaders of the Slovene Republic and the Slovene Communist Party.

National Audiovisual Institute France

From the balcony of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Pope John Paul II gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing in 56 languages.

Romanian Television

New Year's eve party with Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu

Romanian Television

Selected moments from the New Year’s parties. Members of the communist party and the working people celebrating the New Year at a masquerade party, together with Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife.

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

Queen Anna Maria, escorted by Princess Irene, cuts the New Year Eve's pie at "Evangelismos" Hospital.

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

Members of the choir of the NRF visit the Royal Palace in Athens and sing New Year carols to the Royal Pair.

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

The presentation of gifts for the New Year to the policemen by Prime Minister George Papadopoulos at Psychiko and Athens.

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

The New Year’s Day Ball of the Greek Islands’ Higher Military Command (ASDEN) at Athens Military Club in the presence of the viceroy, Gen. George Zoetakis, during which officers and officials dance and celebrate the New Year

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation

Official praise in Athens Cathedral to celebrate the new year, presence of the President Michael Stassinopoulos and Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis.

National Audiovisual Institute France

The last new year's wishes to Vincent Auriol from the different corporations after seven years of working together.

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

At the traditional New Year reception at the Hofburg in Vienna, the Federal President is joined by numerous important diplomats and politicians to celebrate the new year. This item shows the New Year reception of the year 1967 with Federal President Franz…

Romanian Television

Congratulations for Nicolae Ceausescu and for the Romanian people during the New Year from the diplomatic corps.

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

The traditional New Year reception is in important part of Austrian diplomatic life. Many diplomats and politicians meet at the Hofburg in Vienna to celebrate the New Year with the Federal President. In this item, the New Year reception of the year 1983 w…

Cinecittà - Luce

Members of Parliament Caradonna, Rivera and Salviati give Christmas presents to children left into Santa Maria di Betlemme Order's care

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Queen Beatrix gives her annual Christmas speech from her palace 'Huis ten Bosch'. She gives Christmas and what it means to her a personal moment of thought. This year she particularly expresses her concern towards the violation of the tolerance an…