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Thousands line the UWS to watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons get inflated

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1971 Orange Bowl Parade Highlights

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, began in 1924 and quickly grew in popularity, captivating audiences with its grand floats, performances, and larger-than-life balloons. By the 1930s, it was drawing huge crowds of hundreds of thousands of spectators, cementing its place as a Thanksgiving tradition. This rare footage from the 1931 parade captures the excitement of the event and also offers a glimpse of the then newly completed Empire State Building. The parade has evolved over the decades, but