- Title: VPN-149
- Summary: SHOOTINGS, ROBBERY, HOMICIDE, FIRE: NEWS FOOTAGE FILMED IN NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS / BOROUGHS AUGUST 20TH THROUGH AUGUST 21ST 1989
- Description:00:00:01 - 20 AUGUST 1989 OIL SPILL WEST 54 STREET & ELEVENTH AVE, MANHATTAN STREET SIGN: 11 AVE AND WEST 54 STREET, HELL'S KITCHEN -NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND CON EDISON WORKERS TRY TO CONTAIN OIL SPILL, HAZMAT WORKERS, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT NIGHT, LONG PIPETTE TAKING SAMPLES OF THE OIL, POLICE TAPE -HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRUCK FDNY 00:02:58 - COLOR TEST 00:03:18 - 20 AUGUST 1989 ORIENTAL MALE HOMICIDE LAFAYETTE STREET & CANAL STREET, MANHATTAN -NYPD POLICE OFFICERS TALK TO ASIAN MALES ON STREET AT NIGHT, ASIAN COP, CHINATOWN, 5 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, AWNING FOR HENNESSY'S BAR AND RESTAURANT, MURDER SCENE CORDONED OFF, MURDER SCENE INVESTIGATION 00:05:59 - COLOR TEST 00:06:17 - 20 AUGUST 1989 2 DOA COLLISION WEST 15 STREET & NEPTUNE AVE, BROOKLYN -NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL CARS AND COPS, EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS), SMASHED CAR ON SIDEWALK AT NIGHT, MANY POLICE OFFICERS, FEMALE EMTS AND COP -GRAFFITI COVERED WALLS, GHETTO, HEINEKEN BEER BOTTLE ON DASHBOARD OF CRASHED CAR, SMASHED WINDSHIELDS, 1980S CARS, CONEY ISLAND -MS OF COP WRITING REPORT, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER -STREET SIGN: WEST 15 ST AND NEPTUNE AVE 00:12:50 - COLOR TEST 00:13:06 - 21 AUGUST 1989 CORRECTION OFFICER RAPE ARREST 71 PRECINCT, BROOKLYN -PERP WALK, BLACK MALE, HANDCUFFED, LED THROUGH PRECINCT AND OUT TO CAR, BENT OVER, STRUGGLES WITH DETECTIVES, UPSIDE DOWN IN BACK OF CAR, -EXTERIOR OF 71 PRECINCT, CROWN HEIGHTS 00:14:28 - COLOR TEST 00:14:46 - 21 AUGUST 1989 ALL HANDS FIRE, INJURIES 145 EAST 23 STREET, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN, GRAMERCY PARK -RESIDENTS EVACUATED FROM HOTEL, GARBAGE ON STREET, FDNY TOWER LADDER -STATEMENT FROM DEPUTY CHIEF ABOUT FIRE ON FIFTH FLOOR OF HOTEL, TALKS ABOUT NERVOUS EXCITABLE RESIDENTS WANTING TO JUMP, MANY ELDERLY FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO ORIGINAL ROOM -ELDERLY MALE ON OXYGEN IN WHEELCHAIR TAKEN TO AMBULANCE BY EMTS AND FIREFIGHTERS -MANY BYSTANDERS ON SIDEWALK, FIRE TRUCKS ON STREET, FIREFIGHTERS EXIT BUILDING LOBBY, ELDERLY WOMAN WITH OXYGEN WHEELED TO AMBULANCE -SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOTEL, KENMORE HOTEL, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HOUSING 00:21:10 - BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST 00:21:25 - 21 AUGUST 1989 DOA ACCIDENT HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY, MANHATTAN -CAR MISSING FRONT END WRAPPED AROUND TREE,NYPD COPS USE JAWS OF LIFE, HYDRAULIC SAW TO CUT CAR APART, HIGHWAY IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS -BODY OF VICTIM IS LOADED INTO AMBULANCE BY NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, BAD SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND CLEAN-UP, EXPOSED ENGINE IN PIECES 00:25:37 - BLACK SCREEN, COLOR TEST 00:25:44 - 21 AUGUST 1989 3 ALARM FIRE 185 PALISADES AVENUE, YONKERS -YONKER FIRETRUCK TOWER LADDER DESCENDING -OLDER WHITE MALE IN PAJAMAS IS HELPED BY FIREMEN TO STREET, DISPLACED ELDERLY RESIDENTS WAIT IN PARK AT NIGHT, SITTING ON BENCHES, FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK -EXTERIOR OF HUDSON VIEW MANOR, ADULT HOME, NURSING HOME SIGN, RETIREMENT HOME, AGING 00:29:53 - BLACK SCREEN 00:29:59 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1989
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: VPN-149