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19881980s NEWS
NEWS FOOTAGE FILMED IN NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS/BURROUGHS JANUARY 19, 1988 - JANUARY 25, 1988

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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
00:00:30 31 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
19 JANUARY, 1988
HOMICIDE (MALE DOA IN CAR) 

198 ST AND 99 AVE, QUEENS
-NYPD COPS AT CRIME SCENE, WHITE SPORTS CAR WITH MURDER VICTIM IN DRIVER'S SEAT, MALE VICTIM SLUMPED OVER WITH TAPE AROUND HIS EYES AND MOUTH, COULD BE A DRUG GANG OR MOB HIT, EXECUTED
-CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, POLICE OFFICERS, 103 PRECINCT CAR, EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT TRUCK, NYPD DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE
-NYS LICENSE PLATE XPB-890 GRAFFITI COVERED GARAGE
-STREET SIGN: 99TH AVE AND 198 ST, JAMAICA, QUEENS VILLAGE AREA. POSSIBLE MAFIA, MOBSTERS, GANGSTERS, ORGANIZED CRIME.
00:04:04 244.59 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:04:15 255.22 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
19 JANUARY, 1988
3 ALARM FIRE
EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY
-FIRE LADDERS EXTENDED WITH FIRE HOSES, RAGING FIRE AT NIGHT, BILLOWING SMOKE, JERSEY CITY FIRE TRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS, EAST ORANGE FIRE TRUCK, FIREMEN AT WORK
-FIREFIGHTER, COP AND DISPLACED RESIDENTS WATCH FIRE
-WATER RUSHES DOWN BUILDING AND STAIRS
-STREET SIGN: N 15 STREET AND WILLIAM STREET
00:10:10 610.69 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:10:24 624.02 thumbnail
20 JANUARY, 1988
TRAIN FIRE, METRO NORTH TRACK
AT 125 AND PARK AVENUE MANHATTAN
-FIRE ON ELEVATED TRAIN TRACK, TRAIN STOPPED AT NIGHT, COMMUTER RAILROAD
-FDNY RESCUE WORKERS, FIRE TRUCKS AND NYC AMBULANCE ON SCENE, HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK, RESCUE LADDER EXTENDED TO TRACKS, FIREMEN CLIMB LADDER, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCKS
-HARLEM STREETS, NYC 1980S
-STREET SIGN: PARK AVE AND EAST 122 ST, HARLEM
00:16:35 995.53 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:16:53 1013.41 thumbnail
20 JANUARY, 1988
ACTRESS TAWNY WELCH MUGGED
(RAQUEL WELCH'S DAUGHTER - STAR OF MOVIE COCOON)
EXTERIOR ONLY: 395 EAST 51 STREET, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN EAST
-EXTERIOR OF NICE APARTMENT BUILDING, THE SENATE EAST, AWNING, DOORMAN, RAINY NIGHT NYC 1980S
00:18:40 1120 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:18:50 1130.53 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
21 JANUARY, 1988
FEMALE JUMPER ON IRT TRACKS
BORO HALL IRT STATION, BROOKLYN, DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
-EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, MTA WORKERS ON PLATFORM OF SUBWAY STATION, TOOLS LAID OUT
-COPS PULL UP VICTIM (BLACK FEMALE) ON STRETCHER, STILL ALIVE, IV BAGS, HECTIC, OXYGEN MASK
-# 2 TRAIN, 1980S SUBWAYS, BOROUGH HALL STATION PLATFORM
-CARRY VICTIM ON STRETCHER UP MULTIPLE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS AND THROUGH TURNSTILES TO AMBULANCE, LEGS WRAPPED
00:22:35 1355.46 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:22:50 1370.17 thumbnail
21 JANUARY, 1988
SHOOTING (OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER & STORE OWNER)
1 ARRESTED
496 HOWARD STREET, BROOKLYN
-BLACK FAMILY LEAVES STORE, SUPERMARKET, NYPD DETECTIVE INTERVIEWS WITNESS, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, CRIME SCENE UNIT
-DETECTIVES ARREST, HANDCUFF PERP, (YOUNG BLACK MALE) PERP WALK TO CAR
00:25:56 1556.89 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:26:13 1573.37 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
21 JANUARY 1988
OVERTURNED AUTO
FORDHAM RD & ? BRONX
-NYPD EMERGENCY VEHICLES, COPS AND EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) CUT APART CAR TO GET TO ACCIDENT VICTIM, JAWS OF LIFE, CUT OFF ROOF OF CAR
-FRANTIC EMERGENCY, CUTTING THROUGH BOTTOM OF CAR TO RELEASE VICTIM
-VICTIM ON STRETCHER, WHITE MALE LOADED ONTO AMBULANCE, NYC 1980S
00:30:49 1849.65 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:31:08 1868.07 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
22 JANUARY, 1988
4 ALARM FIRE
204 ST AND FOOTHILL AVENUE, QUEEN
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON LADDER AT NIGHT, FRUIT STORE, STOREFRONTS, NYC 1980S, FIRE HOSES AND FIRE TRUCKS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS
-5 & 10 STORE, COMMERCIAL STRIP NEAR JAMAICA ESTATES, QUEENS
-FIREFIGHTER CLIMBS LADDER, SMOKE POURS OUR OF WINDOWS, REAR OF STORES, 1980S CARS, NYC
-OVERHEAD SHOT OF FIRE
-NYC EMS BUS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
-STREET SIGN: HILLSIDE AVE AND FRANCIS LEWIS BLVD
00:37:22 2242 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:37:25 2245.25 thumbnail
22 JANUARY, 1988
EXTERIOR ONLY: PRINCESS FERGIE ATTACKED BY IRA PROTESTER
-WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL EXTERIOR AT NIGHT, NYC 1980S, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NYC TAXIS, YELLOW CABS, EMPTY STREET, BRITISH UNION JACK FLIES OUTSIDE HOTEL
-STREET SIGN: PARK AVE AND EAST 50 STREET
00:39:54 2394.73 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:40:00 2400.54 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
23 JANUARY, 1988
JEWEL THIEF PERP WALK 

13 PRECINCT, MANHATTAN
-OLDER WHITE MALE PERP WALK THROUGH PRECINCT, LED BY NYPD DETECTIVES TO CAR, SMILES AND NODS, LOOKS RUSSIAN
-EXT OF 3 PRECINCT, HOLLIS QUEENS, JAMAICA ESTATES, WHITE COLLAR CRIME
00:41:30 2490.89 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:41:42 2502.1 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
23 JANUARY, 1988
6 CAR ACCIDENT, INJURIES
HARLEM RIVER DRIVE & DYCKMAN STREET, MANHATTAN
-EMTS WHEEL ACCIDENT VICTIM (BLACK MALE) ON STRETCHER TO AMBULANCE, (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS), PARAMEDICS
-INT OF MANGLED CAR, FLORIDA PLATES ABU-86D, HIT CEMENT HIGHWAY DIVIDER, FDNY FIREMEN ON SCENE, FIRE TRUCKS AND NYPD COP CARS, 34 PRECINCT COP CAR, HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS, 1980S NYC ROADS, DAMAGED 1980S CARS, POLICE CAR WITH DAMAGE
-INWOOD SECTION
00:45:58 2758.74 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:46:11 2771.37 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
23 JANUARY 1988
DAILY NEWS TRUCK ACCIDENT 

STEINWAY ST AND 23 AVENUE, QUEENS
-SMASHED WINDSHIELD OF AND MANGLED CAR, DAILY NEWS TRUCK PULLS AWAY, TANK IN ROAD, NYPD 114 PRECINCT COP CAR, POLICE OFFICER
-STREET SIGN: STEINWAY ST AND 23 AVENUE, ASTORIA QUEENS
00:48:33 2913.09 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:48:49 2929.5 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
24 JANUARY 1988
ALL HANDS FIRE WITH INJURIES 

EAST 11 STREET AND AVE C, MANHATTAN
-WHITE MALE VICTIM OF FIRE IN AMBULANCE WITH OXYGEN MASK
-FIRE LADDER AND FDNY FIREFIGHTERS, WROUGHT IRON FIRE ESCAPES
-LOWER EAST SIDE FIRE, LOISAIDA, FLAMES IN BUILDING, BODEGA
-NYC 1980S, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: E 11TH ST AND AVE C, LOISAIDA AVE
00:52:17 3137.88 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:52:34 3154.12 thumbnail
25 JANUARY, 1988
OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER SHOT
MCDONALD AV & KINGS HIGHWAY, BROOKLYN
-NYPD DETECTIVES AT CRIME SCENE, POLICE OFFICERS, COPS, 62 PRECINCT CARS, MARLBORO MAN BILLBOARD ADVERTISEMENT AT NIGHT, NYC 1980S, INVESTIGATION
-UNDER THE EL TRAIN, BENSONHURST, BROOKLYN SOUTH, CRIME SCENE UNIT, AREA CORDONED OFF
-STREET SIGN: MCDONALD AV & KINGS HIGHWAY
00:55:11 3311.36 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:55:26 3326.33 thumbnail
25 JANUARY, 1988
(REVENGE) SHOOTING
418 WEST 17 STREET, MANHATTAN
-EXTERIOR OF BUILDING
-10 PRECINCT COP CAR, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK, QUIET NYC STREET, 1980S
00:57:24 3444.8 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:57:42 3462.46 thumbnail
25 JANUARY, 1988
COP SHOOTS PERP IN ROBBERY ATTEMPT, COP STABBED
161 ST & WOODYCREST AVE, BRONX
(NO BODIES ON CAMERA)
-44 PRECINCT COP CAR, CRIME SCENE, OIL TRUCK, 1980S CAR WITH NYS LICENSE PLATES XUJ-175, BROKEN GLASS ON CAR SEATS, BLOOD STAIN, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF
01:00:48 3649 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
01:01:04 3664.34 thumbnail
1980S TOWN CAR WITH NYS PLATES 61781L, NYPD COP CAR PASSES BY, CRIME SCENE, PLASTIC GLOVES ON ROAD, LIVERY CAR SERVICE BUMPER STICKER
01:02:38 3758.45 thumbnail
BLACK SCREEN
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