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Civil Defense Alert: Times Square - New York City
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keywords: cold war, civil defense drill, new york city times square, nypd officers, thunderbolt civil defense siren, firefighters
Synopsis: Cold War footage of a Red Alert Civil Defense Drill in New York City with NYPD directing traffic and moving New Yorkers off the street and into the subways while in Minneapolis a Thunderbolt Civil Defense siren sounds off and for training purposes a house is set fire by Civil Defense authorities as a joint-training session between Civil Defense and local Fire Dept...(read more)
- Date: 1950's
- Duration: 00:08:11
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Civil Defense Alert: Times Square - New York City
New York Police Officer directs traffic. Police officer waves people down subway stairs in the Times Building, “Red Alert” Civil Defense drill. Deserted streets at 42nd Street and Broadway New York City. Horse mounted Police Officer rides through intersection. View of people at bottom of stairs to subway. Three Police Officers stand in intersection. Scene of Nedicks in New York City in the late 1950's. Various scenes of traffic, trucks and cars entering tunnel. Police Officer motioning to keep traffic moving. Low aerial view of oncoming traffic.
Street sign reads “Minneapolis City Of Lakes”. Scene of a Thunderbolt Civil Defense siren on flat roof of small building, close-up of Civil Defense Thunderbolt siren. House in Minneapolis being torched by civil Defense officials for training purposes. Flames engulf home. Firemen fights house fire. People watch as house burns. Two firemen hold fire hose nozzle. Civil Defense truck arrives on scene. Firemen use ladder to push over burning wall.
Shot List:
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Video of really “slick” vintage automobile, make, model unknown
00:00:13;00
Video Red Alert Civil Defense drill
00;00;28;03
Police Officer, mounted horse patrol, rides through intersection
00;00:49;08
View of people at bottom of stairs to subway
00:01:33;06
Panning view of New York City Intersection ending with view of Nedicks restaurant
00:02:43;03
Trucks and cars driving into tunnel
00:03:34;11
Low aerial view of oncoming traffic
00:04:03;05
Street sign reads “Minneapolis City Of Lakes”
00:04:14;07
Thunderbolt Civil Defense siren on flat roof of small building, close-up of siren
00:05:07;11
House on fire, house fully engulfed in flames
00:06:28;04
Civil Defense Truck in the Cold War years, see Civil Defense decal on truck
