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19881980s NEWS
NEWS FOOTAGE FILMED IN NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS / BOROUGHS
AUGUST 11TH THROUGH AUGUST 16TH 1988

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COLOR TEST
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11 AUGUST, 1988
2 SHOT, 1 DOA (DRUG RELATED)
EAST 11 STREET & AVE A, MANHATTAN 145AM
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK
****DUPLICATE, SEE END OF VPN-88****
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COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
11 AUGUST, 1988
FUEL SPILL/TRACTOR TRAILER ACCIDENT
BQE AT MORGAN AVE, BROOKLYN
***NOT THE RIGHT DESCRIPTION, MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND SHOOTING***
-MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, NYPD COPS ON STREET, REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHOT OUT, SHOOTING, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF AT NIGHT, NYC STREETS, MOTORCYCLE HELMETS ON SIDEWALK
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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11 AUGUST, 1988
FUEL SPILL/TRACTOR TRAILER ACCIDENT
BQE AT MORGAN AVE, BROOKLYN
-BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY AT NIGHT, NEAR THE MEEKER MORGAN EXIT, FDNY TRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS ON HIGHWAY, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRUCK, BACKED UP TRAFFIC, GREENPOINT, WILLIAMSBURG AREAS
-GREEN HIGHWAY SIGNS IN THE DISTANCE, METROPOLITAN AVE AND THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE EXITS, ELEVATED HIGHWAY AT NIGHT, 1980S CARS AND TRUCKS, TRACTOR TRAILERS, COPS DIRECTING TRAFFIC
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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12 AUGUST, 1988
SEARCH FOR ESCAPED PRISONER
FOOT OF RIKER'S ISLAND BRIDGE
(CANCELLED WHILE CREW WAS AT SCENE... PRISONER FOUND)
-114 PRECINCT CARS ON STREET AT NIGHT, SIGN FOR BRIDGE TO RIKER'S ISLAND, NYPD COPS, GUARD BOOTH
-NYC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION SIGN- ED KOCH MAYOR
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COLOR TEST
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12 AUGUST, 1988
POWER FAILURE

BROOKLYN
-EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT NIGHT, DARK STREETS AND BUILDINGS, VEGETABLE STAND IN DARK, NYPD COPS, HIGHWAY PATROL, BLACKOUTS, NYC 1980S, 1980S CARS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, DARK TRAFFIC LIGHTS
-STREETSIGN: 66 STREET, POLICE OFFICER PATROLS
-OLD WHITE LADIES SIT IN FOLDING CHAIRS ON SIDEWALK, SOCIALIZING, LAUGHING, ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOOD, LAUNDROMAT EXTERIOR AT NIGHT, FAMILIES SIT OUTSIDE ON KITCHEN CHAIRS OUTSIDE HAMILTON FISH MARKET, BAY RIDGE?
-CUTE GIRLS LEAN OUT WINDOW, 1980S FASHIONS, BAGEL BOY STORE
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COLOR TEST
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12 AUGUST, 1988
HAZMAT JOB
3RD STREET BETWEEN 5 & 6 AVES, BROOKLYN
-HAZMAT TEAMS AND TRUCKS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, WAREHOUSE EXTERIOR AT NIGHT, NYPD COPS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT TRUCK, RYDER RENTAL VAN, 78 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, PARK SLOPE
-COPS UNLOAD RENTAL VAN
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COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
12 AUGUST, 1988
2 STRUCK BY TRAIN, 1 DOA
218 STREET & 98 AV, QUEENS
-EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT TRUCK, NYPD, LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TRAINS MOVES EAST OF JAMAICA AT NIGHT(BETWEEN HILLSIDE AND BELMONT), QUEENS VILLAGE STOP, AND PLATFORM, LIRR SIGNAGE, 1980S, NYC
-105 PRECINCT COP CAR, SUMMER NIGHT, CRICKETS CHIRPING, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ON STACKS VERY DARK, EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) CARRYING WRAPPED BODY ON STRETCHER, DEADLY ACCIDENT
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BLACK SCREEN AND COLOR TEST
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13 AUGUST, 1988
BLACKOUT IN QUEENS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS
-NYPD COP CARS AT NIGHT PARKED ON ROAD, VERY DARK, BLACKOUT
-DRIVING THROUGH QUEENS NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LIGHTS OUT, DARK STREETS AND HOMES, NO TRAFFIC, 1980S CARS, QUIET SUBURBAN QUEENS, BLACK COUPLE SITTING ON STOOP, POLICE RADIO ON
-PRECINCT COP CARS PARKED ON STREET, EERIE, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL
-MAN CROSSES DARK STREET WITH NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS
-STREET SIGN: 234 STREET AND LINDEN BLVD, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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14 AUGUST, 1988
TRANSFORMER FIRE
608 WEST 176 STREET, MANHATTAN, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
-FDNY FIRE TRUCK WITH LADDER EXTENDED, 1980S CARS PARKED ON STREET, FIREFIGHTERS ON STREET AT NIGHT, KIDS LOOK OUT WINDOW, DUST MASK, HISPANIC FAMILIES IN BUILDING
-BLACK FATHER AND SON WALKING ON SIDEWALK, NYPD COPS, POLICE OFFICERS, SIGN FOR DOMINICAN SUPERMARKET, BODEGA, 34 PRECINCT COP CAR, CON EDISON TRUCK AND WORKER TALK TO FIREMEN, CITY BUS PASSES, FLASHING LIGHTS ON FIRE TRUCK, BYSTANDERS, FIRE HOSE IN STREET, NYC BARRIO
-HAZMAT TRUCK, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FDNY "BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY", HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DO NOT CROSS POLICE TAPE
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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(VV-YTV)
15 AUGUST, 1988
MULTIPLE SHOOTING, 1 DOA (NO BODY ON CAMERA)
ROGERS AVE & MARTENSE ST, FLATBUSH BROOKLYN
-NYPD COPS LOOK AT 1980S CAR (PLYMOUTH K CAR?) WITH SHOT OUT REAR WINDOW, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, VIOLENT NYC 1980S
-NYC AMBULANCES, EMS, CORNER GROCERY, BODEGA
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BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST
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16 AUGUST, 1988
STATEN ISLAND POWER FAILURE
ARTHUR KILL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY (EXTERIOR ONLY)
-NYPD ESU EMERGENCY SERVICES UNITS TRUCKS LEAVE SCENE, LARGE POLICE TRUCK AND COP CAR, ARTHUR KILL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SIGN, STATEN ISLAND, NYPD COP CAR FLIES BY, COPS AND CORRECTION OFFICERS, DARK STREET, BLACKOUT, JAIL
-CON EDISON TRUCK WITH WORKER DRIVER ON RADIO
-MANY POLICE CARS ARRIVE AT JAIL
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COLOR TEST
00:58:52 3532.53 thumbnail
16 AUGUST, 1988
OFF DUTY TRANSIT PO SHOT
91 STREET & 3 AVE, BROOKLYN
-BLOODY BANDAGES OR CLOTHING IN STREET, NYPD POLICE OFFICER SEARCHES CRIME SCENE AT NIGHT WITH FLASHLIGHT, MANY BYSTANDERS, NYC AMBULANCE ARRIVES
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK, 76 PRECINCT CARS, POLICE TAPE, CORDONED OFF, HASIDIM, HASIDIC, ORTHODOX JEW AT SCENE, (COULD BE BOROUGH PARK, BROOKLYN)
-68 PRECINCT CAR
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