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19891980s NEWS
NEWS FOOTAGE FILMED IN NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS / BOROUGHS
11/29/89 TO 12/03/89

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29 NOV 1989
DOA COLLISION
GREENPOINT AV & LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY
***DISTORTED PICTURE***
-CRASHED MULTI PASSENGER VAN WITH DOOR OPEN ON LIE, EXTREMELY DAMAGED VEHICLES
-COVERED BOY ON ROADWAY, EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS LOAD BODY INTO AMBULANCE, CAR RIPPED IN TWO BY ACCIDENT, POOL OF BLOOD OR CAR FLUIDS IN STREET
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COLOR TEST
00:03:45 226 thumbnail
29 NOV 1989
PINNED UNDER TRAIN
66 STREET & BROADWAY, MANHATTAN
***DISTORTED PICTURE IN BEGINNING***
-EMTS TREATING WHITE MALE PINNED BETWEEN TRAIN AND PLATFORM, CRUSHED BODY
-MANY TRANSIT POLICE, NYPD COPS AND EMTS, PARAMEDICS, FEMALE EMT HOLDS IV BAG, VICTIM STILL ALIVE, VERY DRAMATIC, HEROES
-66TH STREET STATION, SUBWAY SYSTEM ACCIDENTS, MTA, TRANSIT, NYC 1980S
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BLANK SLUG
00:07:27 447 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
30 NOV 1989
COLLISION WITH DOA (NO BODY VISIBLE)
METROPOLITAN & STEWART AVE, BROOKLYN
-CAR WITH ROOF CUT OFF OR MISSING, SERIOUS ACCIDENT, LARGE GASOLINE TANKER TRUCK FROM NEW JERSEY
-INDUSTRIAL AREA BETWEEN GREENPOINT AND WILLIAMSBURG
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COLOR TEST
00:10:03 603 thumbnail
30 NOV 1989
15 YEAR OLD SHOT IN FACE
1649 TAYLOR AVE, BRONX
-EXTERIOR OF BUILDING
-NYPD 49 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, COPS (BLACK AND WHITE) PARTNERS LEAVE BUILDING
-NYC MORTUARY WORKERS CARRY DOWN BODY OF OF MURDER VICTIM, HOMICIDE, LOAD BODY INTO MORGUE VAN
-STREET SIGN: TAYLOR AVE AND VAN NEST AVE, PARKCHESTER SECTION
00:13:53 833.78 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:13:54 834.84 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
30 NOV 1989
BUS COLLISION, 1 DOA (NO BODY ON CAMERA)
164 STREET & 77 RD, QUEENS
-CHEVY BLAZER CRASHED INTO NYC BUS WITH NEWPORT CIGARETTES AD ON THE SIDE, THE Q-65, QUEENS SURFACE BUS CRASHED INTO FENCE
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS, DETECTIVES AT NIGHT AT ACCIDENT SCENE, INVESTIGATION
-INTERIOR OF CHEVY BLAZER, STEERING COLUMN PUSHED IN
-STREET SIGN: 164 STREET & 77 RD, FRESH MEADOWS
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COLOR TEST
00:18:06 1086 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
01 DEC 1989
5 OVERCOME BY FUMES
8877 24 AVE, BROOKLYN, BENSONHURST
-EMT (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) DOING CHEST COMPRESSIONS ON VICTIM IN AMBULANCE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS EXIT BRICK BUILDING, LOOKING IN PARKED CAR IN GARAGE
-FEMALE EMTS AND FIREFIGHTERS BRING OUT VICTIMS ON STRETCHERS, WHITE BOY, WOMAN AND MALE AND LOAD INTO AMBULANCES
-BROOKLYN UNION GAS TRUCK
-STATEMENT BY FDNY FIREFIGHTERS DESCRIBING THE RESCUE, HEROES, CAR WITH RUNNING ENGINE IN GARAGE, NO PULSE ON TWO
-STREET SIGN: 24 AVE AND CROPSEY AVE
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BLANK SLUG
00:27:43 1663 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
01 DEC 1889
CABBIE SHOT
160 STREET & MELROSE AVENUE, BRONX, MORRISANIA
-NYPD DETECTIVES STANDS IN BROKEN GLASS NEXT TO 1980S CAR SERVICE CAR, LIVERY, POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PICTURES, FUZZY DICE HANGS IN CAR
-BLOOD AND BROKEN GLASS ON SIDEWALK
-NYPD 42 PRECINCT POLICE CAR
-STREET SIGN: EAST 160 ST AND MELROSE AVE
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**NO EVENT OR LOCATION***
-NYPD COPS BRING UP HOMELESS MEN UP FROM MANHOLE, HELP FROM FDNY FIREFIGHTERS, COLD WINTER NIGHT, NYC 1980S, HOMELESS ISSUE
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02 DEC 1989
WATER MAIN BREAK
135 ST & ST NICHOLAS AVE, MANHATTAN
-DARK PICTURE OF FLOODED NYC STREETS AT NIGHT, GUSHING WATER RUSHES DOWN STREET, LOOKS LIKE RAPIDS, LOOKS LIKE CRASHING WAVES AT NIGHT IN HARLEM, SURREAL
-CAR TRIES TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER, CON EDISON TRUCK ARRIVES
-SIGN FOR THE 135 ST STATION FOR THE B AND C TRAIN, WATER POURS DOWN THE ON THE PLATFORM AND ON TO THE TRACKS, UNDERGROUND WATERFALL, TRACKS ARE FULL OF WATER, FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE, NYC 1980S
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BLANK SLUG, COLOR TEST
00:40:18 2419 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
03 DEC 1989
DOA 2 ALARM FIRE
164 BEDFORD AVE, BROOKLYN, WILLIAMSBURG
-CU OF FLAMES ON ROOF OF BUILDING, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS, TRUCKS AND LADDERS
-STREET SIGN: BEDFORD AND NORTH 8 STREET
-FIRE ESCAPE ON FIRE, DANGEROUS JOBS, NYC 1980S, FIREMAN DESCENDING LADDER SLOWLY, BATTALION CHIEF ENTERS THROUGH WINDOW
-FIREMEN BRING WRAPPED BODY DOWN IN RESCUE BUCKET, EMTS AND PARAMEDICS HELP, LOAD BODY INTO AMBULANCE, FIREMEN BEING TREATED IN AMBULANCE
-NYC EMS BUS AMBULANCE, FIREFIGHTER THROWS DEBRIS
-STREET SIGN: BEDFORD AVE AND NORTH 8 STREET,
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BLANK SLUG, COLOR TEST
00:51:29 3090 thumbnail
03 DEC 1989
WATERMAIN BREAK
28 ST & BROADWAY, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN SOUTH
-MTA TRANSIT WORKERS ON SUBWAY TRACKS, REFLECTIVE VESTS, WATER LEAKING THROUGH SUBWAY PLATFORM CEILING
-FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE NYC 1980S, TRANSIT SYSTEM PROBLEMS
-GUSHING WATER ON STREETS OF MIDTOWN, CON EDISON EMERGENCY TRUCKS, NYC YELLOW CAB PASSES BY, PAY PHONE, WORKERS FROM THE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, TURNING LARGE VALVE LEVER
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BLANK SLUG, COLOR TEST
00:58:12 3492 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
03 DEC 89
DOA CAR ACCIDENT
178 ST & HARLEM RIVER DRIVE MANHATTAN
-1980S CAR CRASHED INTO HUGE PILLAR, MAY BE UNDER THE 95 OVERPASS
-RED HEADED NYPD OFFICER INSPECTS VEHICLE, NYPD POLICE CARS ARRIVE, EMTS AND HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS KIDDING AROUND ON THE HIGHWAY,
-EMTS AND PARAMEDIC REMOVE MALE BODY AND TRANSPORT TO AMBULANCE
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