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19881980s NEWS
NEWS FOOTAGE FILMED IN NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS / BOROUGHS
AUGUST 31ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8TH 1988

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COLOR TEST
00:00:07 7.01 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
31 AUGUST, 1988
ALL HANDS FIRE, INJURIES
NOSTRAND AVE & QUINCY ST, BROOKLYN
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS PERFORM CPR ON BLACK MALE VICTIM OF FIRE, EXTERIOR OF CRUZ GROCERY STORE, BODEGAS, VICTIM IS LIFTED TO STRETCHER AND WHEELED TO AMBULANCE WHILE CPR IS PERFORMED, DESPERATE SITUATION
- MORE VICTIMS WITH OXYGEN ON STRETCHERS, MORE CPR, HECTIC SCENE, MANY FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS, (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS), SAVING LIVES?, VERY EMOTIONAL, 10 MINUTES OF CPR
-BLACK SCREEN CUT
-CPR STOPS ON MALE VICTIM
-CLINTON HILL SECTION OF BROOKLYN, BODEGA DESTROYED, AMBULANCES LEAVE WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS ON DARK STREET, 1980S NYC
-STREET SIGN: GATES AND NOSTRAND AVES
00:12:14 734.91 thumbnail
BLACK SCREEN AND COLOR TEST
00:12:33 753.15 thumbnail
01 SEPTEMBER, 1988
MEDICAL WASTE
EAST 78 STREET BTW PARK & LEXINGTON, MANHATTAN
-MEDICAL WASTE ON SIDEWALK IN RED PLASTIC BAG, NYPD COPS CORDON OFF AREA, BIOHAZARD STICKER ON CANISTER, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BILLS
-UPPER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN, NYC 1980S
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK, 19 PRECINCT POLICE CAR
-STREET SIGN: EAST 78 STREET AND PARK AVE
00:16:01 960.95 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:16:17 977.38 thumbnail
01 SEPTEMBER, 1988
WATERMAIN BREAK #1

HUDSON STREET, MANHATTAN
-EMERGENCY VEHICLE ON WET STREET AT NIGHT, GUSHING WATER, NYC 1980S, HIGHWAY SIGN FOR THE HOLLAND TUNNEL, NYC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TRUCKS, FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE, NYPD COPS, YELLOW CABS, TAXIS
-CARS DRIVE THROUGH WATER
-STREET SIGN: HUDSON AND LAIGHT STREETS, TRIBECA
00:20:21 1221.21 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
01 SEPTEMBER, 1988
WATER MAIN BREAK #2

VARICK STREET, MANHATTAN
-WATER GUSHING IN STREETS, WEST VILLAGE, TRIBECA, GREYHOUND BUS PASSES BY, CARS DRIVE THROUGH WATER
-WATER POUR THROUGH CEILING OF SUBWAY STATION PLATFORM AND INTO TRACKS LIKE A WATERFALL, CANAL STREET STATION, 1980S NYC, INFRASTRUCTURE FAILING, UNBELIEVABLE SCENE, NYPD COPS ON THE PLATFORM, TOKEN BOOTH, MTA
-FDNY HOOK AND LADDER ON STREET AT NIGHT
-STREET SIGN: VARICK AND GRAND STREETS
00:25:32 1532.54 thumbnail
BLACK SCREEN AND COLOR TEST
00:26:36 1596.36 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
04 SEPTEMBER, 1988
RAPE PERP
MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT, MANHATTAN
-PERP WALK, BLACK MALE HANDCUFFED, LED TO CAR
-EXTERIOR OF MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT HOUSE
00:28:41 1721 thumbnail
COLOR TEST PATTERN
00:28:56 1736.54 thumbnail
04 SEPTEMBER, 1988
ILLEGAL SOCIAL CLUBS
1975 JEROME AV, BRONX
1983 JEROME AV, BRONX
-VERY ROWDY BYSTANDERS, ON SIDEWALK, PARTYING, URBAN LIFE, GHETTO, FDNY FIRE MARSHAL CAR
-PARTY GOERS TALK TO COPS, 1980S FASHIONS, FIRE TRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS
-STREET SIGN: EAST 179 ST AND JEROME AVE, WEST BRONX, MORRIS HEIGHTS SECTION, ZODIAC II SOCIAL CLUB
-HISPANIC POLICE OFFICER OUTSIDE CLUB
-SANTO DOMINGO SOCIAL CLUB
00:32:48 1968.63 thumbnail
BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
00:33:02 1982.18 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
05 SEPTEMBER, 1988
SEVEN CAR COLLISION
FDR AT 15 STREET, MANHATTAN
-RAINY NIGHT ACCIDENT ON NYC HIGHWAY, 1980S
-NYPD 13 PRECINCT COP CARS, POLICE OFFICER PLACES HOOD OF CAR ON SIDE ON ROAD
-ACCIDENT VICTIMS SIT IN AMBULANCE, MINOR INJURIES
-YOUNG COUPLE HUG ON HOOD OF CAR, EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, CRACKED WINDSHIELD, ROAD BLOCKED
-HIGHWAY SIGN FOR HOUSTON STREET AND 15 STREET EXITS
00:37:25 2245.5 thumbnail
BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
00:37:46 2266.47 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
05 SEPTEMBER, 1988
FEMALE SUICIDE
EAST 61 STREET, MANHATTAN
-19 PRECINCT, UPPER EAST SIDE
-COVERED BODY OF SUICIDE VICTIM ON SIDEWALK, FEMALE EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) AND NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, JUMPER, POLICE LINE, DO NOT CROSS SIGNS, WHITE BYSTANDERS, 1980S CARS
00:40:54 2454.15 thumbnail
BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
00:41:23 2483.08 thumbnail
06 SEPTEMBER, 1988
COP SHOT IN LEG
KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL
-BLACK POLICE OFFICE IS TAKEN OUT OF AMBULANCE ON STRETCHER AND WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE, NYPD COPS ON SIDEWALK, NYPD COP CAR TURNS CORNER AT NIGHT, DETECTIVES AND GRAFFITI COVERED WALLS, GHETTO CRIME SCENE, BROWNSVILLE BROOKLYN
-HELICOPTER ABOVE, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK, 1980S CARS, VIOLENT NYC, COP WITH RIFLE AT NIGHT, URBAN WARFARE, TACTICAL SQUAD, K-9 COPS, POLICE DOG, 73 PRECINCT CAR, BROWNSVILLE SECTION OF BROOKLYN, EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, SAINT MARY'S HOSPITAL ENTRANCE,
-STREET SIGN: ST. MARY'S PLAZA AND PROSPECT PLACE
00:48:32 2912.07 thumbnail
06 SEPTEMBER, 1988
SEARCH FOR PERP
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, MANHATTAN, EAST SIDE
-NYPD COP CARS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARRIVE AT NIGHT, HOUSING POLICE TRUCKS, BLACK POLICE OFFICER IS TAKEN OUT OF AMBULANCE AND WHEELED TO HOSPITAL, COVERS HIS FACE, EXTERIOR OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE
00:50:48 3048.49 thumbnail
BLACK SCREEN AND COLOR TEST
00:50:59 3059.06 thumbnail
06 SEPTEMBER, 1988
SNIPER HITS COPS (HOSTAGE SITUATION)
SOUTH ST & RUTGERS STREET, MANHATTAN
-MANY NYPD COPS ON STREET, MORNING, DAYLIGHT, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK, WATERFRONT, EAST RIVER, UNDER FDR HIGHWAY OVERPASS, 5 PRECINCT CAR,
-NYPD COP IN BACK OF POLICE CAR WITH BRUISED JAW, CAR TAKES OFF WITH SIRENS, PEOPLE SCREAMING
-HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, 1980S NYC EAST SIDE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITH BALCONIES
-LOWER EAST SIDE
00:55:16 3316.78 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
00:55:29 3329.3 thumbnail
(VV-YTV)
08 SEPTEMBER, 1988
4 ALARM FIRE (VACANT WAREHOUSE)
EAST 132 STREET & CYPRESS AV, BRONX
-FIRE IN DISTANCE AT NIGHT, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS SILHOUETTED, TRAIN TRACKS, SOUTH BRONX, FIRE TRUCKS AND HOOK AND LADDER, BRONX IS BURNING, FDNY MASK SERVICE UNIT TRUCK ON SCENE
-STREET SIGN: EAST 132 STREET & CYPRESS AVE SOUTH BRONX
01:01:45 3705.88 thumbnail
COLOR TEST
01:01:56 3716.08 thumbnail
08 SEPTEMBER, 1988
PIPE BOMB EXPLOSION #1

214-85 STREET & 33 ROAD, QUEENS
-FDNY FIRE TRUCK, JUMPY VIDEO
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