A Flight Over Revere Airport, 1950s

Written By Rumney Marsh Conservancy

Earlier today we shared some rare 1940s aerials of the old Revere Airport, now here’s what it looked like in motion.

This incredible 1950s point-of-view flight shows a takeoff right over Rumney Marsh. It’s short, but you can see the runways, the marshland, and the coastline just as they were 70 years ago.

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