| The Big Blackout | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1742 |
| Catalog #: | 426826 | |
| Clip Number: | 426826-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-091-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:14:30 - 00:17:14 | |
| Location: | Canada and New York, NY | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Power Failure INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Electricity LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York | |
| Description: | They said it couldn't happen, but It Did! The elaborate power grid supplying the Northeast and parts of Canada failed. The question asked by 25,000,000 people living in an 80,000 square mile area is, simply, How could it happen? No one had an immediate answer. Dozens of cities blacked out and, like New York, people adapted quickly to the situation and took things in their stride. A power plant. Electrical power lines. Huge power conductors. Streets of Broadway in New York City. A flickering candle in a window. A policeman directing traffic. High Angle Shot - Heavy traffic with no street lights, just the headlights from the cars. Restaurant setting, candle light and a set table. People ordering dinner and drinking wine by candle light. MLS People making their way into the subway station. Moving traffic on the illuminated bridges over the Hudson River. A policeman standing on a darkened street with a megaphone. People standing in line to use the telephone. The face of a taxi driver in his taxi picking up people. High Angle Shot - People in a large room sitting on wooden chairs, mostly men. MS - A man sleeping on the floor using his top coat for a bed. CU - People sitting on stairs, men and women. LS - Sky line of New York City from the harbor. MS - People queue in line waiting for public transportation. MS - NYC traffic driving away from the camera into the city. CU - People crossing the street. LS - Sky line of NYC in the evening. | |
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