The Big Blackout - Electrical Power Failure In NYC

Synopsis: 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 was, 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 blackout and took things in their stride. Shows a hydro-power dam, high voltage electrical transmission towers, electrical power sub-station. Night scene of the Great White Way in New York City or the midtown section of Manhattan. 1965 shot of New York City skyline. Various New York City street scenes. People boarding a bus, people in taxi cab line, street traffic, people walking.

• Date: 1965
• Duration: 00:02:54
• Sound: Yes
• Color: Monochrome
• Type: Public Domain
• Language: English
• Location: United States