NYC TAKES COVER, AIR RAID DRILL - 1951

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01:52:53 NEW YORK TAKES COVER. (1950s) #4
EIGHT MILLION NEW YORKERS PARTICIPATE IN AN ALL-OUT A-BOMB EXERCISE THAT BRINGS OUR LARGEST CITY TO A DEAD STAND STILL. COLD WAR. 1951
01:53:22 NIGHT TIME AIR DRILL IN NEW YORK CITY. WATER SPRAYS FROM HOSES, PERSON RUNS DOWN STREET
01:53:29 MONTAGE OF EMERGENCY CREWS RACING TOWARD DRILL AREA. FIRE TRUCKS RACE DOWN CITY STREET. EMERGENCY TRUCK.
01:53:40 MONTAGE OF EXERCISE. FIREMEN WITH LADDERS HOSE, SPRAY WATER ONTO BUILDINGS.
01:54:03 EMERGENCY WORKERS SIT IN TRUCK. ONE TALKS INTO RADIO. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON.
01:54:08 MEN USE GEIGER COUNTERS TO CHECK FOR RADIO ACTIVITY.
01:54:10 HOSPITAL CREWS REMOVE INJURED.
01:54:14 HUGE LIGHT IS THROWN ON BUILDING
01:54:16 INJURED PERSON IS LOWERED TO GROUND BY ROPES ON A STRETCHER
01:54:26 HIGH SHOT OF TIMES SQUARE IN DAYLIGHT. CIRCA 1951 COOL CARS WOODY PASSES BY.
01:54:34 SIRENS WAIL. PIGEONS FLY AWAY FROM SOUND
01:54:38 MAN RUNS OUT OF SHOP
01:54:40 KITTEN HIDES UNDER CAR, FRIGHTENED.
01:54:42 SANTA CLAUS PUTS DOWN HIS BELL & RUNS INSIDE
01:54:45 MONTAGE OF BUSES, TAXIS ETC.. DISCHARGING THEIR PASSENGERS.
01:54:53 HIGH SHOT OF PEOPLE RUNNING ACROSS STREETS & INSIDE BUILDINGS.
01:54:57 WOMEN HOLDING CHILDREN'S HANDS WALKING DOWN STAIRS TO FALL OUT SHELTER.
01:54:59 WOMAN DRAWS SHADE DOWN ON WINDOW. TURNS OFF GAS ON STOVE. CU HAND TURNING GAS KNOBS.
01:55:04 CU SIGN "SHELTER ZONE"
01:55:06 FAMILY SITS IN SHELTER. FATHER SITS IN CHAIR EVERY ONE ELSE ON FLOOR. MOTHER COMFORTS SMALL BOY
01:55:09 OFFICE WORKERS LEAVE DESKS & FILE INTO SHELTER MEN TURN CORNER, SIGN ON WALL SHELTER WITH ARROW
01:55:16 GROUP OF PEOPLE KNEEL ON FLOOR. CROUCH DOWN & PULL COATS OVER HEADS.
01:55:20 SUBWAY STATION FILLED WITH PEOPLE. DOUBLES AS A SHELTER. PEOPLE STANDING AROUND LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMETHING
01:55:24 HIGH SHOT OF CITY STREET, STILL. NO MOVEMENT
01:55:29 MONTAGE OF NEW YORK CITY IN EERIE SILENCE. BIZARRE. NO PEOPLE OR LIFE IN STREETS. ABANDONED CARS, BUSES, ETC...
01:55:38 SIREN SOUNDS ALL CLEAR. STREETS COME BACK TO LIFE. KITTY RUNS OUT FROM CAR. MONTAGE OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF BUILDINGS INTO STREETS. GETTING INTO BUSES. CITY STREETS COME ALIVE
01:55:46 BUSY CITY STREETS CIRCA 1950. TIMES SQUARE PIGEONS FLYING MONTAGE OF CITY STREET SCENES.