1900-1947POLITICS
FIORELLO LA GUARDIA, THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY. A STORY OF A FIERY POLITICAL CRUSADER. THEY CALLED HIM THE LITTLE FLOWER. CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF THE LITTLE MAN, SPENT YEARS FIGHTING PARTY BOSSES, CORRUPT JUDGES AND PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS. HE BECAME A LEGEND TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK CITY AND WON THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF A NATION.
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LA GUARDIA MAKING RADIO SPEECH AT DESK ABOUT "THE SUCCESS OF A DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON ENLIGHTENMENT OF ITS PEOPLE". CAMPAIGN SPEECH ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE INFORMED IN A LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND.
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GETTING OFF AIR FORCE AIRPLANE.
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AT PODIUM WITH MICROPHONES MAKING SPEECH
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PHOTO MONTAGE OF LA GUARDIA'S EARLY YEARS
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1906 NEW YORK CITY STREETS. BUSTLING WITH TRAFFIC
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POV OF LOWER EAST SIDE. DRIVING DOWN STREET LINED WITH IMMIGRANT VENDOR CARTS
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BOY EATS FOOD FROM GARBAGE CAN
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OLD MAN IMMIGRANTS WITH LONG BEARDS
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YOUNG LA GUARDIA AS LAWYER WORKING AT DESK
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WWI NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
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CROWDS OF PATRIOTIC AMERICAN WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS
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DOUGHBOYS MARCH TOWARD SHIP AT DOCK
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BOARDING TROOP SHIP
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SHIP COVERED IN SOLDIERS
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PHOTOS OF WWI LA GUARDIA
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MILITARY AIRFIELD, PLANES TAXI BY HANGAR
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PILOTS AT AIRFIELD
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YOUNG PILOT LA GUARDIA IN UNIFORM
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ARMISTICE CROWD CELEBRATIONS, END OF WWI. HOLDING "GERMANY SURRENDERS" HEADLINES. AMERICAN FLAG-WAVING CROWDS.
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TICKER TAPE PARADE IN NYC WITH MARCHING SOLDIERS
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TIMES SQUARE NEON AT NIGHT
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THE JAZZ AGE: BLACK PARTY JAZZ BAND
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NIGHCLUB GIRLS DANCE IN BAR
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FLAPPER DRINKING
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BARTENDERS MIXING DRINKS
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CHORUS GIRLS DANCE
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CHAMPAGNE MONTAGE: POPPING CORK, DRINKING ALCOHOL
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LA GUARDIA SPEAKING
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LAGUARDIA AS CONGRESSMAN IN WASHINGTON, DC IN 1920s WITH OTHER CONGRESSMEN
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JIMMY WALKER SWORN IN AS MAYOR OF NYC IN 1926
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JIMMY WALKER STANDING WITH AMERICAN FLAGS DURING PHOTO SHOOT, LAUGHING & SCHMOOZING
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JIMMY WALKER POSING
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WILLIAM ST-WALL ST STREET SIGN
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HUGH CROWD OUTSIDE THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
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HEADLINES OF STOCK MARKET CRASH
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INVESTORS ON FLOOR OF STOCK EXCHANGE
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION: MAN SELLING APPLES ON SIDEWALK
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UNEMPLOYED ON PARK BENCH WITH HEAD IN HANDS
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SOUP KITCHEN BREAD LINES
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PAN FROM SKYSCRAPERS OF NEW YORK CITY TO MEN IN SHANTY TOWN. HOMEMADE TIN SHACKS. HOMELESS
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NEW YORK JUDGE SAMUEL SEABURY, 1932
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MAYOR JIMMY WALKER ARRIVING AT COURT HOUSE
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WALKER ON THE STAND IN COURTROOM DURING TRIAL ON CORRUPT POLITICS
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JIMMY WALKER LEAVES BUILDING UNDER POLICE ESCORT.
MAKES "NO COMMENT" SPEECH TO REPORTERS' BOX MICROPHONES. "THATS ALL I CAN SAY NOW". |
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SEPTEMBER 1, 1932: JIMMY WALKER ON BOARD SHIP SAILING TO EUROPE AFTER RESIGNING BECAUSE OF SCANDAL
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JUDGE SEABURY & SUPPORTERS OF THE "FUSION REFORM"
TICKET LEAVE COURT HOUSE |
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LA GUARDIA SPEECH ACCEPTING NOMINATION FOR CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR TO "LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST TAMMANY HALL".
AGAINST CORRUPT POLITICAL MACHINE |
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CAMPAIGNING ON TOP OF TRUCK
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APPLAUDING, CHEERING CROWDS
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VOTERS GIVE THEIR TESTIMONIALS ON WHY THEY WILL VOTE FOR LAGUARDIA: REDUCED TAXES, HELP UMEMPLOYED
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"ELECTION BOOTH" SIGN WITH POINTING ARROW
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PEOPLE VOTING: VOTING BOOTHS, CU PUTTING BALLOT IN BOX
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CROWD IN TIMES SQUARE AT NIGHT AWAITING ELECTION RESULTS: COP ON HORSEBACK, KLIEG SPOTLIGHTS, KID CLIMBS LIGHTPOST
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NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRIC NEWS TICKER ANNOUNCING LAGUARDIA'S VICTORY
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PEOPLE CHEER, WAVE HATS (COULD PASS AS NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION)
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LA GUARDIA SWORN IN AS MAYOR
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JUDGE SEABURY SHAKES HIS HAND
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LA GUARDIA WALKS UP STEPS & ENTERS BUILDING
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SPEAKS TO REPORTERS IN HIS OFFICE WHO TAKE NOTES
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TYPES AT TYPEWRITER
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ESCORTED THROUGH CROWD BY COPS
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THROWING OUT FIRST BASEBALL AT BASEBALL GAME
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SWEEPING NEW YORK CITY STREETS WITH LARGE STREET SWEEPER'S BROOM
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SIGNS AUTOGRAPH FOR BOY
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LA GUARDIA WITH BURBANK?
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CONDUCTING ORCHESTRA IN OUTSIDE CONCERT IN PARK
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LA GUARDIA EATING
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DANCING WITH TALL WOMAN AT ETHNIC FESTIVAL
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SHOWING BLACK KIDS HOW MACHINE WORKS
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LA GUARDIA IN HARD HAT WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
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MORE BASEBALL
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FIRETRUCK SPEEDS TO FIRE IN NYC. POV RIDING ON TRUCK
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BUILDING ON FIRE. LONG LADDER & FIREHOSE AS FIREMEN PUT OUT FIRE
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LA GUARDIA OBSERVING WITH FIREMEN
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CAMERAMAN WITH HAND-HELD CAMERA
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WATCHES FIRE
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MANY HOSES USED TO FIGHT FIRE
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AERIAL AS LA GUARDIA LEADS COPS ON GAMBLING RAID
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USES SLEDGEHAMMER TO BREAK WINDOW
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LA GUARDIA ON BARGE THROWING CONFISCATED RIFLES INTO THE HARBOR
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LA GUARDIA SPEECH ABOUT "THIS IS ROUTINE WORK OF POLICE DEPARTMENT". GIVING THEM NO QUARTER TIN HORNS.
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DESTROYING SLOT MACHINE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER
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TELLS GANGSTERS & RACKETEERS TO KEEP OUT OF NYC
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THROWING SLOT MACHINES INTO EAST RIVER
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MAYOR'S OFFICE STAFF WORKING HARD. ANSWERING TELEPHONE, DOING PAPERWORK
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LAGUARDIA AT DESK SIGNING PAPERS & GETTING BRIEFED BY ASSOCIATE ABOUT SWINDLING COAL DEALERS
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LA GUARDIA LEAVING HOUSE WITH WIFE. GETTING IN LIMO
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MAKES SPEECH ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL HIS NON-POLITICAL, NON-PARTISAN ADMINSTRATION HAS BEEN
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WRECKING BALL ON CRANE
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CONSTRUCTION SITE, DESTROYING BUILDINGS IN SLUMS.
BUILDINGS FALL & CRUMBLE |
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LARGE AREA OF CLEARED PROPERTY WITH RUBBLE
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LA GUARDIA SEATED IN DRIVER'S SEAT OF CRANE.
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STEAM SHOVEL DUMPS DIRT
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KIDS PLAYING IN PLAYGROUND
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HUGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. BUILDING BEING BUILT.
ORANTE BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND |
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QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL SIGN OPENING OF QUEENSBORO BRIDGE
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LA GUARDIA PULLS SWITCH AT CEREMONIAL OPENING
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QUEENSBRIDGE, LOW RENT HOUSING PROJECT SIGN
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LA GUARDIA LAYS CORNERSTONE. PUTS DOWN CEMENT WITH TROWEL
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LA GUARDIA SPEECH AT HOUSING PROJECT CEREMONY
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CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LISTEN TO SPEECH
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WALKS UNDER LARGE AIRPLANE
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HUGE CROWD AT OPENING OF LA GUARDIA AIRPORT IN 1939
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MAYOR AT DESK DOING OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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ANTI-HILTER, ANTI-NAZI POLITICAL PARADE IN 1937.
PROTEST SIGNS |
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LA GUARDIA SPEECH AT PODIUM
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1939 WORLD'S FAIR SITE
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LA GUARDIA CUTS RIBBON AT DEDICATION CEREMONY
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LA GUARDIA AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES LEADING PARADE
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IN WASHINGTON DC TALKING WITH REPORTERS AFTER BEING NAMED HEAD OF OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE BY FDR
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FDR & LA GUARDIA IN CAR TOGETHER
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COMING OFF PLANE, AT AIRPORT
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LA GUARDIA SPEECH ABOUT WAR BEING DECLARED ON OUR COUNTRY. BEGINNING OF WWII. ASKS FOR CIVILIAN COOPERATION ON THE HOME FRONT
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ADULTS IN HALL IN AIR RAID DRILL
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FEMALE RED CROSS WORKERS
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MAN ON LADDER PAINTING WINDOWS BLACK, BLACKING OUT WINDOWS
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BLACKOUT DRILLS. PULLING HUGE CURTAIN OVER WINDOW IN RESTAURANT
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FAMILY EATING DINNER PULLS DOWN BLACK SHADE
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CIVIL DEFENSE WORKERS STOP CARS & BUS & DIRECT PEOPLE TO AIR RAID SHELTERS
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CU FRONT END OF CAR SHUTS OFF HEADLIGHTS
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48TH STREET THEATRE MARQUEE GOES BLACK. LIGHTS SHUT OFF. ("BROCK PEMBERTON PRESENTS FRANK FAY IN "HARVEY" WITH JOSEPHINE HALL")
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STREET LIGHT GOES OUT
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AERIAL OF NEW YORK AREA AS THE LIGHTS GO OUT
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LA GUARDIA ARRIVES AT TRAIN STATION TO CROWD. SHAKING HANDS
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SURROUNDED BY REPORTERS AS HE APPLIES TO THE ARMED FORCES
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WOMAN'S HAND FILLS IN COLUMNS IN HUGE LEDGER BOOK
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LA GUARDIA AT CEREMONY WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL
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CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, FILM CREW, REPORTERS
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LA GUARDIA HANDING OUT CIVIL DEFENSE INFORMATION PAPERS.
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CU CD INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO DURING AIR RAID
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SPEECH AT PODIUM
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HUGE STADIUM CROWD
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN RED CROSS BENEFIT
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LA GUARDIA CONDUCTS MILITARY BAND
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MSG ERUPTS INTO APPLAUSE
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO ON STEPS OF NY CITY HALL LOOKING FOR MAYOR. LA GUARDIA CONGRATULATES THEM ON THEIR WAR BOND EFFORT
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LA GUARDIA PARADING IN OPEN CAR WITH CHARLES DE GAULLE
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PEOPLE LINE PARADE ROUTE
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DE GAULLE PINS MEDAL ON LA GUARDIA & KISSES HIM ON BOTH CHEEKS
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SPEECH AT PODIUM
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FAMILIES AT HOME LISTEN TO RADIO
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LA GUARDIA READING NEWS INTO WNYC RADION MICROPHONE
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BOY LISTENS
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LA GUARDIA READING COMICS ON RADIO. DICK TRACY
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PEOPLE LISTEN TO RADIO. MAN DRINKS ORANGE JUICE.
WOMAN POWDERS HER FACE. ADJUSTING KNOBS ON RADIO |
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CU OLD-FASHIONED RADIOS
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LA GUARDIA MONTAGE IMAGES
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LA GUARDIA AT HIS RURAL HOME WITH WIFE & KIDS
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DECEMBER 31, 1945: LA GUARDIA SHAKING HANDS WITH SUCCESSOR NEW MAYOR WILLIAM O'DWYER
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LA GUARDIA AT MAYOR'S DESK SHUFFING PAPERS
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LEAVING OFFICE. COMES DOWN CITY HALL STEPS WITH WIFE.
WAVES HAT GOODBYE |
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1947. CROWD OUTSIDE CATHEDRAL FOR LA GUARDIA'S FUNERAL
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MAYOR O'DWYER ENTERS CHURCH
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CROWDS LINE UP & SLOWLY ENTER CHRUCH TO PAY LAST RESPECTS
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WALK PAST COFFIN
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