--SUPERS--\nThursday\nNew York\n\n --LEAD IN--\nNEW YORKERS EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED LIGHT SHOW IN THE SKY THURSDAY NIGHT. \n --VO SCRIPT--\nIT HAPPENED WHEN A TRANSFORMER EXPLODED AT A CON EDISON POWER PLANT IN QUEENS. \nTHAT EXPLOSION SPARKED MULTIPLE FIRES. \nLIGHT FROM ALL THAT ACTIVITY CREATED BIZARRE-LOOKING FLASHES IN THE SKY, FOLLOWED BY AN OTHERWORLDLY BLUE GLOW. \nSOME TOOK TO TWITTER IMMEDIATELY WONDERING IF ALIENS WERE INVADING. \nOTHERS JOKED WAS THE BEGINNING OF ARMAGEDDON. \nLA GUARDIA AIRPORT WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR AN INSPECTION AND A GROUND STOP WAS ISSUED UNTIL 10:30 THURSDAY NIGHT. \nNEW YORK POLICE SAY THE FIRE IS NOW UNDER CONTROL AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. \n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nNEW YORK CITY QUEENS CON ED UTILITY ELECTRICITY\n\n

British Airways at Work (in early days), 1924. <br/> <br/>Croydon, Greater London / Surrey. <br/> <br/>Opens w/ attempt at filming from a plane taking off at night; but almost totally dark; only lines of lights are visible. Next; various shots of early air traffic controller at work; sitting at a table; moving little markers around on a map & talking on old-fashioned telephone. <br/> <br/>Shot of map showing flights from London to locations on the continent; comparisons of times for air travel vs. rail & sea appear on screen. Aeroplanes in a row on ground. CU some of airport light controls. ATC looking at light board (?); he flips switch on box that says Switch ECU hand turning dial. Workers pull cargo on carts to aeroplanes. ECU hand & dial. CU pilot in open cockpit. CU map of area of England; w/ needle moving over it. <br/> <br/>Flare-shooter set up outside at night. Fireworks; or sparks; falling from sky. The ATC on balcony of his tower. Airport worker seems to shoot off a flare. Lights flashing off & on. Then shot from tower; workers running on. <br/> <br/>Aviation; commercial.

Beacons atop the Empire State Building in New York, United States. Three flash lights lit at the top of the building. Lights revolve around in the sky. Lights atop the building flash at night. Location: New York United States USA. Date: April 12, 1956.

The flashing lights of many signs on Fremont Street in Las Vegas slip away to a pitch black night sky.

LOTS OF LIGHTNING FLASHING AND SOME LIGHTNING BOLTS ON A RAINY NIGHT IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA

LONDON BLITZ FOOTAGE (STAGED)

COVERAGE IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO FOR A TOM FOREMAN CS VO ABOUT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO) BELIEVERS GATHERING TOGETHER FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NOTORIOUS ROSWELL INCIDENT ABOUT A UFO ALLEGEDLY CRASHING TO EARTH AND THE GOVERNMENT COVERING IT UP. 17:00:30 NIGHT FTG DURING RAIN STORM. WS CARS ON HIGHWAY AS LIGHTENING BOLTS PIERCE THE SKY. 17:01:25 MWS LIGHTENING FLASHES ILLUMINATING NIGHT SKY AS RAIN FALLS & THUNDER CRASHES. 17:03:34 MS STREET LIGHT AS SHEETS OF RAIN FALL AT ANGLE. 17:03:44 PAN ACROSS POLICE VEHICLE W/ LIGHTS FLASHING & SIREN BLARING SPEEDING PAST. 17:04:11 WS ANOTHER LIGHTENING BOLT. 17:04:27 BETTER WS MORE LIGHTENING BOLTS. 17:05:24 WS LIGHTENING BOLT IN CENTER OF SKY. 17:05:49 WS NICE ROAR OF THUNDER. 17:06:15 EXCELLENT FLASH OF LIGHTENING LIGHTING UP ENTIRE SKY.

LIGHTNING IN DALLAS SKIES. NICE SHOTS, BUT COULDN'T HE HAVE HELD THE SHOTS LONGER THAN 3 SECONDS? THEN AGAIN, IT IS LIGHTNING...; NX Pitch-black sky lit up strobe-like by flash lightning as well as occasional forked lightning, dark clouds scattered in sky; NX same, radio tower w/ 3 red lights lit-up in FG; NX WS looking down Dallas street. Brightly lit gas station or mini-mart in distance, flagpole to right, forked lighting in sky ; NX MS looking between 2 buildings, sky flashing from lightning in slit between bldgs; NX Low MS high-rise w/ flash lightning in sky above it; NX FS lit-up sphere on top of Reunion Tower (green neon outlined bldg. in BG) & flash lighting in sky above it; NX WS 2 wide bldgs. on Dallas skyline w/ flash & forked lightning in sky above; NX CU top of hi-rise bldg w/ flash lighting above; NX ELS Dallas skyline across bay w/trees in FG & lightning illuminating vast sky above (good, but should have held shot longer!); NX WS couple of semi-tall bldgs in city w/ lightning forking in sky.NX WS sky only as purple lightning streaks across screen ;

CU of sign ""Hootenanny Free Admission Live Entertainment Psychedelic light show""; CU of pictures on wall for Endless Summer and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds as lights flash; pan of sign for ""Greenwich Village's Biggest and Swingingest Entertainment"

Set of sunbeams and organic optical lens flares with colorful halo reflections to use as light reflections on overlay or blend layer effects

Nuclear blast in Marshall Islands

b&w - Gone With the Wind premiere in Los Angeles w/ Kleig searchlights in the night - group of photographers take pictures - paparazzi - kleig lights, search lights, movie premiere, Hollywood, kleig lights beams criss cross night sky, silhouette of Carthay Cinema sign - Clark Gable and Carole Lombard arrive at the premiere, pose for photographs - wide shot then close up - they walk down entrance to movie theater,brief tilt up to marquee. Photographers, paparazzi, close up angle - sylized shot of photographers and press, old style cameras and flash, men wear hats, c/u on old style bellows camera,

Colour footage : Sequence showing rockets being fired from ships lined up offshore. Flashes light the sky as rockets go off in sequence of fours (06/06/1944 or 07/06/1944).

Vintage footage of simulated air raid on United States (1950s or 1960s): Military commander on red phone; CU siren; Pilots scramble to military bomber jet airplanes; Planes leave hangars; Pilots get into cockpits; Air Force man operates radar; Hands operate controls; Air raid siren; Civil Defense guy in helmet directs people into bomb or fallout shelters; Defense missiles point toward the sky; Air Force planes fly; Air Force plane or bomber takes off from runway; Flashing red light; Hands operate controls, press buttons, flip switches; Missiles and rockets take off; "Anti-aircraft" missiles launch; Various planes explode and are destroyed by surface-to-air missiles (Cold War, Nuclear threat, Soviet Union, "Red Scare")

00:00:00:00 - SLUG: SHUTTLE STS#93/COLUMBIA 05:20:47 MORE TEST WITH SHUTTLE SPECIAL LENS 05:22:32 LIGHTING FLASHES SEEN IN THE NIGHT SKY OVER MEXICO 05:36:30 MARS MILLENNIUM/CBS RADIO NETWORK INTERVIE ...

Light in the Dark. - Alpha channel will be included when downloading the 4K Apple ProRes 4444 file only.

Item title reads: "American "Mechanised" Army Manoeuvres. Wonderful pictures during day and night fight, when monsters of the air meet those of land." <br/> <br/>Camp Meade, United States of America (USA). <br/> <br/>Two large airships pass slowly above the tree tops in twilight conditions, while a tank manoeuvres in a field below in misty conditions. Shots of several large World War One type tanks trundling downhill. M/S of a small tank pushing down a tree in a forest. It then goes downhill into water and up a bank. A small tank trundles over a small hill with its tracks right up in the air. Air ships glide slowly in silhouette against the night sky, over a simulated battle field below. Dark footage of shadowy tanks in combat with bright flashes and explosions. Some shots from the air. <br/> <br/>Note: Dramatic looking scenes with the light on the smoke.

PROFESSIONAL STORM CHASER FOOTAGE TAKEN OF TORNADOES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

May Day Celebrations in Moscow, Russia. Lights on buildings. Civilians gathered on an amusement area. Searchlights flash across the sky. Decorations with lights. Posters of Russian leaders. Guns are fired and fire works during the celebrations. Reflection of light on water. Location: Moscow Russia Soviet Union. Date: May 1, 1946.

A lighting flash against a dark stormy sky over trees in the foreground near Tucson, Arizona.

COVERAGE IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO FOR A TOM FOREMAN CS VO ABOUT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO) BELIEVERS GATHERING TOGETHER FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NOTORIOUS ROSWELL INCIDENT ABOUT A UFO ALLEGEDLY CRASHING TO EARTH AND THE GOVERNMENT COVERING IT UP. 17:00:30 NIGHT FTG DURING RAIN STORM. WS CARS ON HIGHWAY AS LIGHTENING BOLTS PIERCE THE SKY. 17:01:25 MWS LIGHTENING FLASHES ILLUMINATING NIGHT SKY AS RAIN FALLS & THUNDER CRASHES. 17:03:34 MS STREET LIGHT AS SHEETS OF RAIN FALL AT ANGLE. 17:03:44 PAN ACROSS POLICE VEHICLE W/ LIGHTS FLASHING & SIREN BLARING SPEEDING PAST. 17:04:11 WS ANOTHER LIGHTENING BOLT. 17:04:27 BETTER WS MORE LIGHTENING BOLTS. 17:05:24 WS LIGHTENING BOLT IN CENTER OF SKY. 17:05:49 WS NICE ROAR OF THUNDER. 17:06:15 EXCELLENT FLASH OF LIGHTENING LIGHTING UP ENTIRE SKY.

Flashes of Action