Reel Number: 250032-10
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1933
Country: USA
Location: New York City,NYC
TC Begins: 14:08:16
TC Ends: 14:08:50
Duration: 00:00:34
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Record Crowds Hail Globe-Circling Flier In Wild Celebration 14:08:23 LS of Wiley Post in open car w/ ticker-tape falling, photographers moving in front up lower Broadway. Police alongside. Spectators lining sidewalk. 14:08:38 Crowded street filled w/ people after parade passes. 14:08:44 Mayor John O’Brien pinning medal on Post on City Hall steps. VIPs & wife Mae Post standing next to him. 26Jul33; 1933; Celebration; World’s Record; Aviation; NOTE: After setting record flying around world in 7 Days, 19 Hours on solo flight. Killed 15Aug35 in plane crash, Point Barrow, Alaska.