New York Blackout

Witness History: Archive 2012 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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It is 35 years since the streets of the Big Apple were plunged into darkness.In the height of a summer heatwave there were riots on the streets.But as one New Yorker remembers - it wasn't all bad.Photo: New Yorkers walking home in the dark. Copyright: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.