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1931 USA / AVIATION: Post and Gatty welcomed after record-breaking 16,500 mile flight
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2:12Now PlayingDate: 13th July 1931
Location: NEW YORK, U.S.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Plane 'Winnie Mae', carrying Post and Getty, comes in to land
Plane taxiing on tarmac
Wiley Post (pilot) waving from cockpit
Harold Gatty (navigator) getting out of plane
Post and Gatty surrounded by press and police trying to hold crowd back
Car, carrying aviators, slowly along through crowd
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Mae Quinlan Post (Wiley Post's mother) speaking SOT
- no finer birthday present than news of Wiley safely landing
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High Angle shots of procession (for Post and Gatty) along street through ticker-tape welcome
Post and Gatty along in open top car
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