1985-1991NEWSREELS
Live news reports about the destruction from fires in Berkley "East Bay" area of Northern California, known as the East Bay Firestorm
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Reel begins
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| 01:00:01 1.04 |
Emergency medical officers carry dead body wrapped in a tarp
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| 01:00:07 7.39 |
Body on a gurney wrapped in cloth placed by medical techs into waiting ambulance. With narration, unseen, states these were two young men who did not survive a firestorm in Oakland, California
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| 01:00:13 13.77 |
News anchors on live TV report about fires in Oakland Hills, California.
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| 01:00:23 23.84 |
Presentation with bullet points detailing updated information about the firestorm, thew deaths and destruction.
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| 01:00:46 46.13 |
Male reporter at the fire command scene (inside) in Oakland reports updates about the fire and details about the destruction
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| 01:01:21 81.87 |
Aerial POV helicopter - the hazy hillside where the fire burns, suburban communities can be seen
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| 01:01:32 92.04 |
Dark footage flames burning on hillside
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| 01:01:38 98.55 |
Residents from the community - woman looking out with binoculars over a hill from her deck.
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| 01:01:47 107.08 |
Hazy gray shots of the burning hills, a burned down home can be seen
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| 01:01:50 110.86 |
People packing their belongings in their car including their cat.
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| 01:01:59 119.21 |
Talking head male resident speaking with unseen reporter states his frustration about road blocks preventing him from seeing what's going on
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| 01:02:15 135.43 |
People in Berkeley, corner of clairmont and clifton looking at a handwritten list posted on a police bulletin board with information on the state of their homes.
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| 01:02:26 146.74 |
Police officers add addresses to the list
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| 01:02:37 157.99 |
Person riding bicycle down a wide hilly suburban street toward camera
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| 01:02:50 170.09 |
Talking head male resident talking to reporter about dealing with looters
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| 01:03:02 182.15 |
Var. aerials over Berkeley residential areas -a mansion on a hill with roof burned down, neighborhoods.
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| 01:03:13 193.38 |
Talking head, Black male Oakland City Manager, speaking at press conference about providing assistance to homeowners and evacuated people.
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| 01:03:20 200.7 |
Male newscaster talking live from inside the command center gives updates about evacuations and Red Cross assistance programs.
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| 01:04:25 265.15 |
Aerials POV helicopter flying over the destroyed, ash covered areas of East Bay Hills, California
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| 01:04:41 281.01 |
POV low flying helicopter. Scenes of the aftermath of a firestorm, burned out shells of cars, burned trees, debris.
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| 01:05:14 314.57 |
Pan in on completely burned out car, glass melted ffrom sun roof, melted tires with only hubcaps and steel belting remaining
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| 01:05:34 334.82 |
A lone lost kitten walking on desolate street. With narration from unseen reporter.
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| 01:05:41 341.12 |
POV low flying helicopter further destruction from the fires. Man in hard hat on phone is heard saying "everything is gone". A fire burning, a burned bare tree against dark cloudy sky.
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| 01:05:57 357.81 |
TV newscasters talk about the damages totalling 1 billion dollars and could double.
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| 01:06:41 401.32 |
Homeowners wearing face masks in the darkness point a flashlight to see their devastated homes in the aftermath. Montage of the destruction, destroyed homes, smoke still rising in the ruins
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| 01:06:51 411.96 |
Interviews with homeowners, Male homeowner speaking to unseen reporter talks about firefighters hosing his home, saving it while others below were destroyed.
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| 01:07:33 453.78 |
Angry homeowners standing amidst their destroyed home and yelling, threatening reporters to turn off the cameras.
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| 01:07:41 461.96 |
Woman standing alone in the smoke filled air is amazed that her home remained unscathed while others surrounding hers were destroyed.
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| 01:07:49 469.65 |
A woman and her family walk amidst the ruins of their home looking for their pet cat. Another man is seen poking through the ruins of his home.
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| 01:08:14 494.22 |
Unseen reporter points out one side of a street destroyed while the other side remained untouched and spared.
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| 01:08:18 498.64 |
CU on a burned out van, completely destroyed.
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| 01:08:20 500.27 |
Homeowners walking arm in arm toward the area where their home once stood not knowing what they would find. They meet up with a neighbor driving by with good news of their home being intact. They approach their home still standing, pan in to CU of their young daughter hugging their still alive family cat.
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| 01:09:40 580.43 |
Slates with Red Cross and Salvation Army information and phone numbers to volunteer and make donations
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| 01:11:12 672.46 |
Montage - footage of the fire as it burns down a hillside of homes. Homes nestled on a hill in Northern California, dark gray skies as fire erupts and engulfs the hillside and burning down the homes. A large mansion on the hill engulfed in blazing flames is slowly totally destroyed. In the aftermath there is nothing left of the home just a dark gray gloomy sky and surrounding trees.
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| 01:12:16 736.38 |
Homeowner of destroyed home, Ronnie Rogers, is interviewed on live TV News program. He talks about his home and how he watched it burn down from a hotel.
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| 01:15:13 913.37 |
Scenes of the firefighters and relief crews at the scene. Fire trucks and equipment, fireman with hose, emergency vehicles parked on the roads
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| 01:15:50 950.07 |
Volunteers at work organizing supplies, cooking for firefighters.
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| 01:16:05 965.84 |
Pan up ext. of local Alta Bates Herrick hospital.
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| 01:16:14 974.86 |
Talking head, Dr. Norman Moscow from Alta Bates Hospital talks to unseen reporter about employees from the hospital who lost their homes.
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| 01:16:29 989.76 |
Firemen at work with hoses putting out the fires at the scene.
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| 01:16:53 1013.8 |
Ext. entrance to Alta Bates Hospital. Interior - woman patient survivor of the fire in hospital bed
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| 01:17:06 1026.69 |
CU on young man, burn survivor, who saved his mother's life talks to press from his wheelchair. Shots of his destroyed neighborhood as he discusses how he dragged his mother up the street amidst houses on fire, fire everywhere with no way around it, just through it.
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| 01:18:07 1087.01 |
Cutaway from young man to his home, still standing. Interior shot in garage, pan in to CU of his mother's wheelchair on the floor.
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| 01:18:13 1093.2 |
WS firemen with hose amidst debris of burned down home
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| 01:18:30 1110.57 |
NewsCenter Slate.
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| 01:18:31 1111.4 |
Blank
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| 01:18:40 1120.09 |
Newscasters on live TV news program report the news.
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| 01:18:42 1122.46 |
B&W photo still of American hostage, Jessie Turner. Newscaster reports his release (1991).
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| 01:19:24 1164.32 |
Former California Governor Jerry Brown walking out of building leafing through a file folder and surrounded by other officials. Onlookers applauding from sidelines. Reporter unseen announces his entry into the Democratic Presidential race.
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| 01:19:32 1172.53 |
Jerry Brown at podium outside speaking to a crowd of applauding folk. CU on Brown as he gives speech. Unseen reporter announces Brown's wish to return power to the people.
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| 01:20:31 1231.1 |
Hi-tech images of the burning fires in Northern California taken by Nasa - homes burming appear as bright yellow rectangles. With narration by unseen reporter.
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| 01:20:45 1245.77 |
The ER2 retired military spy plane making a landing.
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| 01:20:50 1250.91 |
NASA C1-2 Cargo plane
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| 01:20:57 1257.98 |
Pilots and scientists at NASA research center. Researcher discusses images taken by the C1-2 and ER-2 enabling fires to be mapped and revealing the features of the fires.
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| 01:22:21 1341.77 |
Northern California Air Quality and Temperature Charts. Reporter discusses the problems in air quality from fires and winds.
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| 01:23:27 1407 |
African American female weather reporter standing in front of a map of the Bay area points out the wind directions and reports the current weather conditions and forecast
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| 01:25:28 1528.15 |
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