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BBC Documentaries: Season 2007

2007x116 Nightmare in the City that Never Sleeps
TV-PG

  • 2007-03-08T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • United Kingdom
  • English
Today New York is America's greatest city. But 30 years ago this summer, they couldn't even keep the lights on. A blackout plunged seven million people into darkness. Then the nightmare began. Anarchy exploded on the streets: thousands of shops were looted, whole neighbourhoods were burned, it seemed the civilisation of the city had come to an end.
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