December 2, 1945

Seated at his desk in City Hall, Fiorello H. La Guardia makes his final radio talk to the people of New York as mayor Dec. 30, 1945.

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Description from the Municipal Archives card catalog:

Re-dedication ceremony for the Brooklyn Bridge. Food situation. UN and its capito [sic]. Situation in Europe. Parcel Food service shippers. Best packages are home-made and shipped via P.O. Bond drive. Loan sharks and their victims. Municipal credit union. Hebrew free loan society. Soldier robbed of mustering out pay. Building situation. Labor situation. Attempts for some business firms to get out of paying taxes. Newspaper reports. Williamsburg busing project. Souvenir weapons brought home.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 71144
Municipal archives id: LT2571