Actor Jimmy Stewart packs a snowball on the set of "It's a Wonderful Life." In the 1946 holiday classic, an angel shows frustrated businessman George Bailey what his community would have been like without him.Martha Holmes/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Director Frank Capra, right, stands with an unidentified man on the set.Martha Holmes/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Members of the crew make artificial snow.Martha Holmes/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Jimmy Stewart enjoys the falling "snow" in downtown Bedford Falls, the fictional town in the movie.Martha Holmes/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
A can of fake snow sits on the set.Martha Holmes/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
A bird's-eye view shows downtown Bedford Falls.Martha Holmes/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images