1977 Blackout Power Failure - Blackout - shows NYC skyline from Queens during the power blackout. Lights glow in a midtown Waterside Con Ed plant as traffic passes on East Side Drive.
Look back at what happened in New York City the night the lights went out in July of 1977, plunging 7 million city residents into darkness. By the time power was restored, stores and businesses had been looted and burned and thousands had been arrested.
American Experience: Blackout, Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6.
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