Some passionate kissings.

A woman jokes to her mother that a suitor is "making violent love to me."

A woman loses her robe while walking home, leaving her naked. She hides behind a bush and we do not see anything, but the man she's with refuses to return the robe and jokes about selling tickets to see her naked.

Some men approvingly ogle a pretty woman as she walks down the street.

The Violet Bicknell character flirts frequently with George Bailey.

In the Pottersville, there are signs for nightclubs and burlesque theaters.

A man shouts at his children and begins smashing up his house in front of them. The children are seen to be clearly distressed.

A man repeatedly beats a child until his ears bleed. The scene is very disturbing, abusive and the child actor was actually beaten.

A police officer fires a gun at an unarmed fleeing man, but the shots miss and the man escapes.

A man punches another man.

A man's mouth bleeds (no blood shown).

1 use of oh gosh, stupid, fool, creep and idiot 2 uses of moron

Several characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.

Scenes of raucous drinking at a bar.

George Bailey (<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000071/?ref_=ttpg_gi">James Stewart</a>) gets drunk.

An alcoholic is shown drunk

A man jumps into a river to save another man from drowning.

A man says horrible things to his family in a rude and mad tone, such as asking his wife why they had to have kids.

The ending can be very bittersweet for viewers.

A child almost drowns.