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19891980s NEWS
NEWS FOOTAGE FILMED IN NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS / BOROUGHS MAY 7TH THROUGH MAY 15TH 1989

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07 MAY 1989
STUCK IN LOOP
CARNIVAL RIDE GETS STUCK WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED
BEACH 92ND STREET & HOLLAND AVE, QUEENS
-PEOPLE STUCK IN RIDE, CARS UPSIDE DOWN IN HUGE LOOP, PASSENGERS SITTING ON THE CEILING OF THE CARS, SUPER LOOPS RIDE
-FDNY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUE LADDER AND BUCKET, FIREMAN ON TOP OF RIDE, RESCUES RIDERS
-ROCKAWAY BEACH, QUEENS, RESCUE AT THE CARNIVAL, AMUSEMENT PARK, NIGHTLIFE, RECREATION GONE WRONG
-BLACK GIRL BEING TREATED BY B C V FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUE, (BEACH CHANNEL VOLUNTEER FD?) WHITE WOMAN RESCUES, BLACK GIRL IN WHEELCHAIR
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COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
08 MAY 1989
2 DOA FIRE
94-17 41ST AVE, QUEENS, CORONA, ELMHURST
-FDNY, DUTCH COLONIAL HOUSES ON FIRE AT NIGHT,
-BLOODIED MAN WANTS TO GET INTO BUILDING, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS STOP HIM, FRANTIC RESCUE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN UPPER STORY WINDOWS, ROOF ON FIRE, FALLING DEBRIS
-FIREMEN ON PORCH, FIREMEN WITH POLES BREAK APART EAVES, CARRY WRAPPED BODY OF FIRE VICTIM TO AMBULANCE, RUSHING, WOMAN TRIES TO GET IN, RELATIVE LOST LOVED ONE, GRIEVING
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COLOR TEST
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08 MAY 1989
2 DOA FIRE

534 LENOX AVE, MANHATTAN, HARLEM
-EXTERIOR OF BUILDING AT NIGHT, FDNY FIREFIGHTER ON FIRE ESCAPE AT NIGHT, FIRE CHIEFS ON STREET LOOK UP, RESCUE BUCKET RISES
-SMOLDERING MATTRESS OR FURNITURE ON SIDEWALK
-EMERGENCY VEHICLES WITH FLASHING LIGHTS ON STREET AT NIGHT, NYC 1980S
-EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) WITH HELMETS WAIT ON SIDEWALK WITH STRETCHER, RESCUE LADDER DESCENDS WITH DEAD BODY, WHEEL VICTIM TO AMBULANCE, ONE BODY ALREADY INSIDE
-STREET SIGN: LENOX AVE (MALCOLM X BLVD) AND WEST 137 STREET
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COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
08 MAY 1989
HIT & RUN ACCIDENT, FIREFIGHTER DOA
SHERIDAN EXPRESSWAY NEAR 173 STREET, BRONX
-COVERED BODY OF FIREFIGHTER ON LANE OF HIGHWAY, DAYLIGHT, DAWN
-NYPD COP COMES TO TALK TO CAMERAMEN
-HIGHWAY EXIT SIGN FOR 95 NORTH, CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY, THROGS NECK BRIDGE, FDNY FIRE TRUCK AND FIREMEN AT SCENE, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, 1980S CAR WITH NY PLATES FWG-913, FIREFIGHTER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CARD IN WINDSHIELD (GRAPHIC OF NYC SKYLINE WITH TRADE CENTER), DANGEROUS HIGHWAYS NYC 1980S
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COLOR TEST
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09 MAY 1989
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, NYU GRADUATE STUDENT
38 MORTON STREET, MANHATTAN WEST VILLAGE, GREENWICH VILLAGE
-NYPD 6 PRECINCT POLICE CAR AND AMBULANCE AT NIGHT
-ST VINCENT'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER SIGN
-VESTIBULE OF BUILDING, MAILBOX KEY STILL IN LOCK, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, ROBBERY INVESTIGATION, COPS ON STREET AT NIGHT WAITING
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
10 MAY 1989
HOMICIDE
BAY PARKWAY & SHORE PARKWAY, BROOKLYN
-BLOODY BODY OF MURDER VICTIM ON STREET AT NIGHT
NYPD COP CAR, 62 PRECINCT, BENSONHURST
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COLOR TEST
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10 MAY 1989
SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR DIES
PRESS CONFERENCE, ED KOCH, WAGNER,
RESIDENCE EXT., ST. LUKE'S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, MANHATTAN
-OFFICIALS WAIT OUTSIDE EMERGENCY ROOM OF ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, ST LUKES AMBULANCE AND NYPD COP CAR, ST. CLARE'S AMBULANCE
-ED KOCH GETS OUT OF CAR AND ENTERS HOSPITAL
-PRESS CONFERENCE BY DR, KENNETH GETZ, STATEMENT ABOUT DEATH OF DR. RICHARD GREEN AT AGE 52 (ASTHMA ATTACK), VISIBLY UPSET MAYOR KOCH, NO HEARTBEAT, MAYOR KOCH MAKES STATEMENT PRAISING MRS. GREEN, TRAGEDY, MAYOR KOCH TEARING UP
-ROBERT WAGNER JR. MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT HIS ASTHMA
-EXTERIOR OF NICE BUILDING, RESIDENCES?
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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12 MAY 1989
COPS SHOT AT, 2 ARRESTS
SOUNDBITES, PERP WALK
PSA #3, BROOKLYN, RED HOOK
-STATEMENT BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSING POLICE THAT WERE SHOT AT, COLUMBIA STREET, RED HOOK HOUSES, LATER ARRESTED IN THE PROJECTS, WAR ON POLICE, NYPD, DANGEROUS JOBS NYC 1980S
-PERP WALK BLACK MALES HANDCUFFED LED OUT OF PRECINCT, EXTERIOR OF PSA #3 (PUBLIC SERVICE AREA, HOUSING POLICE)
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COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
13 MAY 1989
EMS COLLISION
42 STREET & 5 AVE, MANHATTAN
-WOMAN WAITS IN CAR THAT CRASHED INTO BUILDING, AMBULANCE WITH FRONT END DAMAGE, NIGHT IN MIDTOWN, NYC 1980S
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COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
13 MAY 1989
WOLF PACK PERPS (OR "WILDING" ARRESTS) - CENTRAL PARK FIVE / CENTRAL PARK JOGGER CASE
17TH PRECINCT, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN
-BLACK TEENS CHAINED TOGETHER LED THROUGH PRECINCT TO PADDY WAGON, POLICE TRUCK
-EXTERIOR OF 17 PRECINCT
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
14 MAY 1989
COPS SHOOT MAN WITH GUN DOA
90 STREET & ROOSEVELT AVE, QUEENS, CORONA, JACKSON HEIGHTS AREA, UNDER THE ELEVATED 7 TRAIN
-CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, NYPD POLICE OFFICER LOOKS FOR EVIDENCE WITH FLASHLIGHT
-COVERED MALE BODY IN STREET, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, COPS AND DETECTIVES, 1980S CARS, POLICE PROBLEMS NYC, CSU, CRIME SCENE UNIT, SOUND OF TRAIN ARRIVING
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COLOR TEST
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14 MAY 1989
3 ALARM FIRE
BROADWAY & COVERT STREET, BROOKLYN
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK AT NIGHT, DANGEROUS JOBS NYC 1980S, VERY DARK PICTURE, FIREMEN IN UPPER STORY WINDOWS, SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS, FIRE CHIEF AT COMMAND CENTER BOARD?, DISPLACED BLACK FAMILIES AT NIGHT WITH CHILDREN, CUTE BABY
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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15 MAY 1989
HIT & RUN DOA, AI JOB, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

GCP AND LIE, QUEENS GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY AND LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY, FLUSHING AREA
-DARK PICTURE, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS ON HIGHWAY AT NIGHT, BLOOD ON STREET, POLICE CHALK LINE
-109 PRECINCT POLICE CAR
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BLACK SCREEN
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