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Hanna-Barbera – Good Will To Men

A morning pause: Apropos of my essay earlier this week on the need for more good will between everyone, here’s a Christmas cartoon from 1955, made by a generation still close to World War II and trapped in the Cold War.

Genesis cover

On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 

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"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

3 comments

  • wayne

    “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1948)
    A Jam Handy Production; Sponsored by Montgomery Ward
    https://youtu.be/MkLO9PWdDz4
    (8:46)

    (beautiful scan from a 35mm print at the National Archive)

  • wayne

    “A Star in the Night” (1945)
    Directed by Don Siegel
    https://youtu.be/0JGszZ7AakE
    (22:00)

    “Modern retelling of the Nativity story and also adds some elements from A Christmas Carol.”
    “Christmas Eve in a lonely desert in the Southwestern United States: Three riding cowboys have just bought out Christmas presents from a store, although they actually don’t need them. One of the cowboys says that he just had the feeling that he should buy gifts to give them to someone. The cowboys see a flashing star in the distance, which they ride over to investigate….”

    Academy Award for “Best 2 Reel Short Subject,” in 1946.

  • wayne

    Santa Grants Her Wish
    Susie’s Journey from Skeptic to Believer
    “Miracle on 34th Street,” (1947)
    -> Reaction Compilation
    https://youtu.be/moyk8m303Go

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