International Air Exposition : Official Richmond, Brooklyn, Army, and Youth Day
Friday, August 06, 1948
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New York City's Golden Jubilee
Speeches and performances in honor of Richmond, Brooklyn, Army, and Youth Days at Idlewild Airport (the combination of days can be blamed on a rain storm the weekend before, which is mentioned in the recording). References, but does not include, an air show, including the shuttling off of a child to Europe by helicopter.
Margie Fellengrass, of the Metropolitan Opera, sings the National Anthem.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 68699
Municipal archives id: LT76
Contributors:
John Cashmore, Walter E. Langsam, Police Department Band and Police Department Glee Club
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