
#5 Blackout
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Blackout in New York
A team of policemen and passers by hand crank them down pulling the wonder wheel around until the people could get back down to the ground. There were thousands of people in Broadway theaters and of course it was 935 let's say. An Atlantic Dote later, the cinematographer had actually thought that he had caused the blackout.
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