Idlewild Airport

WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPORT DEDICATED (July 31, 1948)
(Idlewild Airport to become JFK Airport in 1963)
Plane takes off from air field.
Ext. New York International Airport.
Planes taxi on runway (BOAC plane).
Passengers disembark plane on portable steps.
Aerial view of New York International Airport (a rare shot of Queens, NY).
Harry Truman and Thomas E. Dewey shake hands at the dedication ceremony.
Planes fly in formation over the airport.
Planes taxi to terminal (Pan Am, American Airlines).
Passengers walk to plane on platform walkway.
Silhouettes of passengers watch plane arriving through glass walls.
Plane takes off from airport.


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