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World Service,16 Jul 2012,10 mins

New York Blackout

Witness History

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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.

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