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Associated Press Banners Carried Aloft in Air Show

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.06 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Moscow, Russia Type: Photograph Date: 24 June 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated June 24, 1956. Shows three planes flying with banners in Russian. The banners are translated by the attached press release to read, "Glory to the Soviet People." The planes were flown during a Soviet Air Force Day demonstration.

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