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19871980s NEWS
News footage filmed in New York City and surrounding areas / boroughs 22 August 1987 - 24 August 1987 Homicides, accidents and fires.

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August 22, 1987 6 Shot, 3 DOA (Drug related)" - Bronx
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Tilt up on high rise apartment building, nighttime. Pan down to entrance with three or four men hanging around out front, they are told to get out of the way.
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Police cars and emergency vehicles parked on the street, emergency lights flashing.
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Address numbers on building in vertical direction - 1295 (Grand Concourse, Bronx)
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CSU police car parked, z'in on "CSU" written on side of vehicle
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Street signs Grand Concourse and E 169 St
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Police car with Police Department Shield on driver door and 44 PCT on rear door
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WS entry to building. Medics carry injured victim with a neck brace out of the building on a stretcher and into waiting ambulance.
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Another victim on a stretcher is carried out of the building and placed in the ambulance.
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A third victim on a stretcher with a neck brace and bloodied face is placed momentarily on the ground then taken to the ambulance. Lots of noise and sirens heard.
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Aug. 23, 1987 3 Alarm Fire, 2 DOA in Jersey City, NJ
Thick gray smoke emanates from bay windows of residential building. Several firemen outside assess the situation,
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Thick gray smoke and orange flames fill the sky as the building burns. Pan out from the fire to firehose spraying water. Broken windows, firemen are seen inside the building and going in and out.
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Address numbers on building 253.
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Big yellow firetruck with "Jersey City" in red on front
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Fireman on sidewalk shoots hose up at burning building, people watch.
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Thick gray smoke fills the sky and billows out from the building. Several shots of the building and the fire, flames and smoke.
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An old gentleman about 75-80 sitting outside looking scared and shocked is comforted by his wife (most likely) and a medic
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firemen on top of the building are seen putting out the flames
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Aug. 23 '87 - Car Accident with Injuries in the Bronx.
Medics work on an injured victim who lies on the ground. Medics carry another injured Black woman and place her on the ground beside the other victim. Several police, medics and firemen work on the injured victims.
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Crashed car with shattered windshield. Firemen break up the window using an axe then lift the hood off the car and tend to a victim trapped inside the car.
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CU of African American victim lying on the ground in a neck brace as a medic (only partially seen) works on the victim. Another victim strapped to a gurney is wheeled by and placed in an ambulance, many onlookers. Several other victims are taken to the ambulance.
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A bloodied victim with bandages around his / her head and on a stretcher is carried by several medics and placed into the waiting ambulance. CUs of the victims, bloodied and bandaged.
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Shots of completely smashed up vehicles involved in the crash.
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Street signs above a one way sign: Washington Avenue and Claremont Parkway.
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Aug. 23, 1987 - Auto Accident Overturned Truck, Belt Parkway, Brooklyn:
Huge mac truck overturned on parkway. Several policemen and medics on the scene working on helping the victim (unseen) still inside the truck.
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About 10 Medics and Policemen very carefully are seen moving the male victim out of the truck and placing him onto a board, he is then strapped onto a gurney and placed in waiting ambulance.
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Var. shots of the overturned truck on its side and from underneath
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Jumpy, blurry static footage.
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Aug. 23, 1987
Double Homicide, Forrest Ave., Staten Island
Police stand over a bloodied dead victim stuck underneath the tail end of a large white vintage '80's car. Two cars are parked close to each other behind a large building in an parking empty lot.
Pan in on the body, appears to be male, several shots, some graphic, of the bloodied victim.
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Police vans and vehicles parked at the scene within crime scene taped off area.
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Parking for Discount World Only sign on wall. Pan out from no parking sign to WS of the victim wedged underneath one of the two parked cars.
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CU "CSU" on police wagon.
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Aug. 23, 1987
DOA Auto Accident - Bronx
NY license plate on back of car. Pan from license plate to white car parked in a lot under a grocery store sign. Nighttime, police on the scene of an accident. Cops taking notes. Z'in on another New York license plate.
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Badly smashed up vehicle, door open, tires bent, windows broken.
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CU "HWY 1" on police car
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Police cars parked, lights flashing, blocking traffic on thoroughfare.
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Shots of smashed vehicles. A policeman near crashed vehicle taking notes.
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CU shattered car window. Pan out reveals rear passenger window shattered, car door open, red interior.
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CU mangled front end white vehicle. WS car appears to have smashed into a building's security gate.
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Street signs: E 173 St and Webster Ave
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Motorcycle Accident - Bronx (near Yankee Stadium)
Dark footage of an injured man on a stretcher breathing in oxygen. Several shots inside what looks possibly like the ambulance
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Dark footage - a smashed motorcycle lies on the ground
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CU big letters "44 PCT" on side of police car, pan out to police car with the numbers 1411 written within the white stripe.
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August 24 1987
All Hands Fire 388 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn
F.D.N.Y. Fireman kneels against the firetruck and holds onto a small cat in a loving way.
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Nighttime - exterior of Cruz Grocery store - big yellow sign above door. Firemen are seen inside the store and out on the street.
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CU the 102 F.D.N.Y. firetruck.
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A fireman looks out from a window. Pan out from the window to the "Superior Markets" storefront, onlookers stand around. Firemen at the scene stand near the firetrucks, hoses laid out on the street. CU Rescue 2 written on emergency van.
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Street signs: Gates Av and Nostrand Av
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August 24, 1987
Overturned Vehicle with Injuries - LaGuardia Airport area
CU of an injured victim, bandaged and with a neck brace on a stretcher in an ambulance. Medics attach oxygen mask to injured victim.
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CU Pennsylvania license plate on a Chevrolet Blazer SUV. Various other shots of the vehicle, broken windshield and smashed up fender.
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Overhead highway signs for LaGuardia Airport and 111 St
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drops of blood on the ground amidst some broken glass. Pan out to the vehicle, a banged up SUV.
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August 24, 1987
Tractor Trailer Accident - Bronx
Firemen at the site of a tractor trailer crashed and stuck near the entrance to a bridge in the Bronx. j
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WS the tractor trailer stuck against the bridge, firemen run hoses under the truck.
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Close up of cars coming over the bridge, firetrucks parked taking up a lane.
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Three firemen kneeling almost underneath the tractor trailer, assess the situation. Potentially an injured victim is under the trailer.
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Shots of firemen and EMTs with an injured person on a gurney. A girl wearing a yellow shorts jumper watches as an injured victim is placed inside an ambulance.
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CU New York license plate. Pan out reveals a red car front end wedged underneath the tractor trailer. CU completely shattered windshield of the car.
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CU a mangled red car frame almost looks like a piece of modern art or metal sculpture.
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Writing on the truck door "Tiefer Truck Co." "511 Barry St. Bronx, N.Y."
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Var shots of the red car underneath the tractor trailer.
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