Dedication of British Pavilion

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The British, Australian, and New Zealand Pavilions are dedicated at the 1939 New York World Fair. Louis Beale, British High Commissioner acts as compere. United States Commissioner General Edward Flynn, World's Fair President Grover Whalen, British Ambassador Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay, British Minister of Foreign Trade Robert Spear Hudson, and mayor Fiorello La Guardia speak at the ceremony.
(The recording is discontinuous and incomplete.)


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 90699

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Are you a New Yorker? The Department of New Yorker Verification will now decide.

There is now an (un)official verification process for those who can claim the title of city resident.
Gothamist |

Campus Sexual Assault and The Lawsuit Against Cornell

A recent lawsuit against Cornell University alleges the administration of negligence in their handling of a reported gang rape.
The Brian Lehrer Show |

New apartments are coming and there’s nothing these 12 neighborhoods can do to stop it

The Mamdani administration released a list of 12 community districts subject to a “fast-track” housing approval process first initiated by his predecessor.
Gothamist |

Advice for the Modern Dating Scene

Please Advise: A Pop Up Show from WNYC |
YOU ARE ONLINE