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1990'S NEW YORK CITY NEWS EVENTS INCLUDING FIRES, ACCIDENTS, VISITS WITH SANTA CLAUS, CRIME SCENES STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY

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Circle Line ferry docked in New York. z'in and firefighters, very barely seen, inside the ferry.
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Firefighters from the FDNY and hoses run along the dock. Signage for Charters and Berths 5 - 8.
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WS nighttime - several fire engines parked outside the Circle Line docks. Firemen at the scene. Fire aboard a Circle Line. Z'in on docked ferry, firefighters can be seen inside on top and bottom decks.
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z'out from docked ferry. Circle Line Public Parking garage. Pan R to man fire trucks parked, lights flashing. Pan L back to Circle Line public parking garage.
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Several Firemen from New York Fire Department at the scene of an overturned "Richards Fuel Oil" truck. Pan out from truck lying on its side, steam coming out from engine.
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CU fuel oil leaks from the valves on overturned truck.
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10 - 15 firemen assess the situation, hoses run along street. Z'out from the scene reveals the overturned truck under an overpass. Z'in F.D.N.Y. firemen
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CU fuel oil streams quickly all the way down down the street. Debris litters the street from the accident. Firemen and experts look at the leaking valves from underside of truck.
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More takes of the debris and oil on the street. Dozens of firefighters pour bags of sand on the oil.
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Var. shots z'in and out ws's of the accident, truck turned on its side under an overpass, leaking fuel oil valves from the truck, dozens of firemen at the scene work to close off the valves.
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Green sign on overpass "Congress St"
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Cutaway to cars in traffic on highway on a foggy, rainy day. Orange cone on highway and a parked New York Police car with lights flashing. Z'in and out on slow moving traffic, bumper to bumper, looks like they are being diverted off the highway due to an accident (unseen)
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WS Ambulance and police cars on highway near overpass. CU Mike's Tow truck.
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Giant directional sign for "Atlantic Ave"
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Several shots of department store Santa Claus. He poses with many happy, smiling (multi-racial) kids who sit on his lap - A mom and daughter, adorable little boy, infant, African American brother and Sister. cu's of the children's faces, holiday decorations and CU Santa's face.
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Ws Santa Claus with an adorable little Black girl on his lap, Santa and child smile as Santa waves at the camera.
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CU on a holiday card with Santa's face - the word "French" written on it. Z'out from the one card reveals racks of hundreds of holiday cards.
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People pick out Christmas cards from hundreds of choices. CU's of an old fashioned Santa trudging through the snow with sack of presents on his back.
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A little Black girl, about 10 or 11 reads a Christmas card
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CU Santa Claus - he takes off his hat. He talks into the camera, loves his job, and says he never plays Santa in movies, he IS Santa.
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Nighttime Z'out from CU parked New York police car. Car doors open, Police officers seen leaning inside the vehicle, other cops stand by and watch. Police radio is heard. Newspapers seen crumpled in back window of car?
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Police officer's hand holding his gun and radio dangling from a strap on his side.
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Various Police activity shots nighttime - unknown accident or crime. Police chief runs with a notebook in his hand. Police car parked, all doors open, two police vehicles round a curve sirens on.
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Large neon red "emergency" sign on Bellvue Hospital building. Police officers seen coming out of the building. Quck shot of Mayor Rudy Guiliani getting into a waiting vehicle.
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CU Mayor Rudy Giuliani in back seat of car looking grim.
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New York police officers lay yellow crime scene tape across street at night, tying it to a trash can..
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blurry images police officers inside Smith's at a crime scene.
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POV from outside Smith's Bar and Restaurant - z'in the glass front doors of Smith's Bar - police seen inside the Bar. Pan up to the red awning and sign above the bar / restaurant. Red crime scene tape inside the bar.
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Pan out from Smith's, crime scene tape around building and a police officer stands guard.
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Jumpy camera, angry officers attempt to stop a photographer from taking photos outside Smith's crime scene. They argue with the unseen cameraman and tell him not to turn the light on. Cameraman is heard arguing that he's just trying to do his job.
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Jumpy footage of police cars and police vans parked outside the crime scene at Smith's.
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Street signs - One way, 8 Av and W 44 St, no parking signs below street signs.
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Z'out from trees in front of a tall New York building, a large white tarp wrapped around something, and water feature.
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Pan up from water feature to top of tall building, maybe 30 Rockefeller Center or the RCA Building.
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Evergreen trees in front of building, large white stars, holiday lights on trees bare stems.
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CU street sign - W 50 ST, One Way sign.
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New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at outdoor press conference with Police Commissioner.
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Grey bar through footage.
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Ext. Midtown North Police Precinct building, large wreath on window. Officers in and out of blue door front entrance
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Cut to perp walk - officers with suspect in handcuffs come out of the Midtown North building. Suspect keeps head down as he is led into waiting police car. Z'in on suspect face - seated in back seat.
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CU A rookie police officer, only three months into the job, African American Officer Reynolds, speaks with unseen reporters into mics about a baby he helped deliver in his police car. Reynolds explains how he delivered the infant by leaning over from the front seat to where the woman was in the back seat. only 3 months on the job.
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Var. shots of Officer Reynolds in the hospital room with the mother and holding the infant baby he delivered. EXCU infant wrapped in a blanket.
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Ext. The Jamaica Hospital
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CU security gate bars cover a window of a building. Pan out from the gating reveals police barricades on the street in fron of the building. Pan in and out on the security gate.
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Awning juts out from building, "Sweetwaters" - police barricades are seen on sidewalk in front of building.
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A red streamer or Hawaii type "lei" hangs from a metal post in front of the gated building. Pan over to street, police car "CSU" crime scene unit wagon parked out front. Wind blows papers all over the sidewalk in front of Sweetwaters.
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Street signs, W 68 St. - Amsterdam Av
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A fire ladder leans against a tall brick apartment building - top floor. Fire escape runs down front of the building.
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Pan down from the fire ladder to fire engine, lights flashing.
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Close shots on the fire ladder and fire fighter in the basket up top. Smoke emanates from windows.
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Crime scene tape around debris on the ground.
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Firefighters in full gear talk with officials. Pan left to parked fire truck and a firefighter takes a photo.
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WS the fire ladder leans against the top floor of a brick apartment building on fire, fireman is barely seen in the basket up top. Z'in to the aerial basket reveals burned out vacant windows on the building. Pan to ground level, debris piled up on the sidewalk in front of building.
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Street signs: Gates Av - Malcolm X Blvd.
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Color Bars.
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A New York City EMS vehicle the size of a bus backs out into the street guided by an officer. Dozens of Fire trucks parked on a city avenue lined with apartment buildings.
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An aerial fire ladder rises up from fire truck toward top of an apartment building.
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Var. shots dozens of firefighters on the job, on the streets in front of parked firetrucks.
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Ext. ornate historic apartment building
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CU burned out broken windows on the apartment building. Z'out from top of the apartment to a row of apartment buildings stretching all the way down the street. Firemen gather on the street and look at papers, maybe plans of the buildings.
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CU broken windows of the apartment building.
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Onlookers gather on the street in front of the building.
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Shot looking down street to about a dozen parked firetrucks.
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A Black woman wearing a head scarf stands by an ambulance and holds her belongings in her arms. Looks scared. She tries to open the back doors of an ambulance and is assisted by an EMT. She is helped into the ambulance, apparently her child is inside.
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A Black man is strapped onto a stretcher and placed inside an ambulance.
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A man with his head bandaged is helped out of an ambulance. Another man with his head bandaged is helped into the ambulance. CU of the bandaged man inside with a smile. The ambulance pulls away toward camera.
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Street sign: Broadway and W 135 St
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Tilt down on white ASPCA cardboard boxes and others on the sidewalk.
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Police carrying more boxes walk up steps from below ground level, basement of a building. Boxes stacked up on sidewalk.
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Pan in on an object on the ground in basement of building - maybe keys?, pan out to other items covered in tarps, and empty animal cages line the walls.
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CU a plastic cup sits on top of a pile of what looks like corn kernels, bird feed. A rooster is heard crowing. Empty cages lined up, z'in to a cage with the words "El CAKO BLANKO" handwritten. Others with "El Farolito"; "El Bolo" "El Hiro", "El Mono"
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CU white feathers scattered on the ground.
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A blue New York Police flat bottom truck loaded up with the ASPCA boxes makes a u-turn and pulls away
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