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In the available online 9/11 TV archive, the segment during which World Trade Center Building 7 "collapsed" is missing (alternate link?). During this particular clip's first airing at 5:41 on 9/11, Bill Blakemore narrated as the reporter on scene. The first moments of the "collapse" were not captured, apparently (NIST comments, next paragraph). See the shot at the TV archive with hours of other 9/11 footage. Also, see it in the AP archive (as found on aparchive.com, where registering is required) and on FOX News. The clip is first in Xenomorph911WTC's "WTC Building 7 'Collapse' video compilation" version 4 (first in the above playlist).

In the NIST WTC7 Report, AP owns the copyright according to Figure 5-190 (which also says the earliest frame in the video was mid-collapse). The camera, according to the NIST chart, was at "[s]treet level, near the corner of Church and Duane Streets."

Appears twice online thanks to Xenomorph911WTC. Link 1 above was shown during early morning September 12th. Exact time unknown. Original video source here.... Link 2 above points to 3:43 in a compilation video. Special thanks to "911newsfootage" for sharing his invaluable archive.

CBS News anchor Dan Rather says, "It's reminiscient of those pictures we've all seen too much of on television before when a building is deliberately destroyed by well placed dynamite to knock it down." (Download 1.3 MB mpeg, thanks to www.wtc7.net). Shot from the GM Building, looking beyond the Empire State Building (at right). This footage was not included in the NIST chart listing "their 9 videos" used for detailed analysis (out of 16 available videos in their database). As a matter of fact, the "Camera 2" video was attributed to CBS incorrectly. See NBC Leaning Cam.

Download the rare mpeg2 gleaned from the Tennessee archive (Vanderbilt Univ., where hour-length recordings are 200 US dollars to rent), which explains the timestamp reading 4:23 PM instead of 5:23. The online TV archive shows that CBS9 Washington switched from the studio to this camera moments after the event... then played the more distant CNN view. Perhaps this was because of the visible Pyroclastic Like Dust Ejecta Before Roofline Descent.

The clip begins after the onset of "collapse." Specifically, the NIST Report says the "[e]arliest frame from the Camera 9 video . . . was shot 9.4 s [plus or minus] 0.2 s after the east penthouse began to sink into the building." See a chart listing "the 9 videos" used for detailed analysis (out of 16 available videos in the database). This chart places the camera at "[s]treet level, near the corner of Greenwich and Jay Streets."

See it at the TV archive first at 5:24 . Also, see it in Xenomorph911WTC's WTC Building 7 'Collapse' video compilation" version 4 (first in the above playlist, at 1:39).

A version with clean audio has not surfaced. The version seen in the Naudet-Hanlon documentary "9/11" (2002) had audio from a different source. For more on audio, see the Peskin clip and the Siegel footage.

In addition to CBS2 NY 9/12 at 5:41 PM, the clip aired (for example) on CBS9 Washington at 5:39 PM. The news anchor says, "I don't know whether it was, uh, accomplished by demolition experts or whether it just happened as a consequence of what occurred earlier today." Little did he know THAT would become one of the greatest controversies of the modern era. See a chart listing "the 9 videos" used for detailed analysis (out of 16 available videos in the NIST database). This chart places the camera at "[s]treet level, west side of West Street, near Harrison Street."

See it at the TV archive first at 5:24 with a banner on screen, and again at 5:25 more clearly. Also, see it replay on CBS9 Washington 2 minutes afterward as the news anchor wonders if the event was "engineered for safety reasons." Also, FOX5 Washington airs it first at 5:27 PM. Being the most distant view, it was preferred by "the networks."

Also, this clip plays as leaseholder Larry Silverstein tells his famous tale in "America Rebuilds" (PBS, 2002). Why did he say "pull it," anyway?

Found at www.klauslaubmayer.com/ground_zero_new_york_video.html Aug. 7, 2010 by YouTube user and archivist 911allcausticcamera (see link 1 above).

Uploaded to the net by Klaus May 25, 2009 with filename Marker5'911.mov as can be seen in his open video directory. This professional photographer was apparently conscripted by MSNBC's Ashleigh Banfield, who probably couldn't get past security at Ground Zero with her camera operator. So, we have new footage of Ground Zero - probably on the night of 9/11 - thanks to Klaus. See also some photos on his site.

The only known LIVE TV shot of WTC 7 going down. It hardly shows the building facade falling, if at all. The audio is one of few authentic tracks available. Despite the fact that TV correspondent microphones are designed for low sensitivity to background noise, one audio filtering study suggests explosions were picked up by Ashleigh Banfield's mic. Notice, also, that the people all turn their heads towards Ground Zero before sound of the ensuing collapse had time to reach them (exact camera location and distance, please?). Regarding audio, see also R. Peskin, R. Siegel, & CBS West St.

Find the clip in the video archive at msn.com or in the rare Boston VHS tape from MSTS1 (link 2 above, where at 6:05 we can see the building minutes before its destruction). Link 3 is the best quality available, from a replay at 8:26 PM in the archive.

NIST incorrectly attributed this video to CBS News. Interestingly, this same camera was incorrectly described as a helicopter camera (see V8) in the NIST airplane impact study... probably because it was zoomed in to show only the towers at the time of impact (9:03 AM). The camera was, in fact, on top of the 70-storey GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center, which became an observation deck/tourist attraction - "Top of the Rock" - in 2005. The building is home to most of NBC's New York studios.

NBC had this camera trained on Ground Zero at varying levels of zoom in the hour(s) previous to Building 7's "collapse." It was leaning all day. Despite the fact that NBC had captured two videos of the WTC 7 "collapse" (not counting MSNBC), the network did not show the footage for hours. The clip is usually seen as broadcast on BBC (See its first airing at 5:38 PM on 9/11, for example). I just scanned the NBC4 Washington TV archive up through 8:26 PM before finding any WTC 7 footage— MSNBC LIVE (see above). Next, I found a short airing of the CBS Building Cam footage at 9:16 PM. Then finally "PAX-TV NBC" aired once at 11:57 PM. I gave up trying to find this particular (leaning) footage in the available NBC archive. I did see Palestinians "celebrating" twice and Bin Laden a few times....

One fascinating quality of this footage (and the CBS Building Cam) is the changing reflection in the windows that reveals Penthouse Free Fall within the building (or at least a speed too close to free fall acceleration).

UPDATE Sept. 2010: Released with audio (but still missing the east penthouse collapse) thanks to the International Center for 9/11 Studies successful FOIA request to NIST. Dan Abrams reports at about 4:55 PM, and again in the same area minutes after the demolition. This was likely his crew. Strangely, however, the video wasn't aired on NBC on 9/11! (Same with the NBC Leaning Cam— as far as I know. And PAX-TV NBC aired once, 3 minutes to midnight!) The clip has appeared in a History documentary ("9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction," 2007 - link 2 above), one repeat somewhat cropped. The documentary-hit piece was produced in part by NBC News. The shot is credited to NBC News in HBO's 2002 "In Memoriam: New York City 9/11/01," as well as in the NIST Report finally released in late 2008 (see images linked here...). The NIST Report tells us the "earliest frame from the Camera 4 video . . . was shot 3.7 s [plus or minus] 0.2 s after the east penthouse began to sink into the building." See a chart listing "the 9 videos" used for detailed analysis (out of 16 available videos in the database). This chart places the camera at "[s]treet level, near the corner of West Broadway and Leonard Street." This is not to be confused with the PAX-TV NBC footage. MSNBC also shot from nearby.

Shot from Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken, New Jersey (says the reporter). Aired 9/11 at 5:25 PM, according to the flash video found on the NY1 website. A similar view can be seen in the Rick Siegel footage used in "911 Eyewitness Hoboken" (below).

This rare clip was found online at NY1.com in a summary of the day's events. Low resolution versions were found online in a NY1 report dated January 20th, 2002: "Hazardous Chemicals Were Stored In 7 World Trade" -- and in a NY1 report dated January 23rd, 2002: "Bloomberg Says City Will Build New Emergency Bunker."

UPDATE Sept. 2010: Released with audio (but still missing the east penthouse collapse) thanks to the International Center for 9/11 Studies successful FOIA request to NIST. This rare clip was aired on PAX (unknown NBC affiliate) at an unknown time (see update below). You may recognize Amy Goodman from "Democracy Now!" in the crowd. Additionally, the clip appeared in the 2007 History documentary-hit piece "9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction" - at vrt 00:03:06. It so happens that the doc. was produced in part by NBC News. If this camera belonged to NBC News, the footage aired on the network a suspicious few times (like the other WTC 7 "collapse" videos shot by NBC).

UPDATE: Footage found in the TV archive 9/11 at 11:57 PM. Download a 37.5 MB mpeg1 with additional footage of the towers coming down. Thanks to whoever put together the 911 News Clips collection at archive.org.

Found in the 9/13/01 TV archive on FOX at 7:44 PM. Videographer named in the NIST Report (NIST NCSTAR 1-9 Vol. 1 p. 233). The (?) version with audio is edited in the middle, suspiciously (link 1 above, also here in this WTC7 compilation... Source was terrorize.dk before much of its content became unavailable). However, a version without audio is complete (link 2 above, source is CBC's recent well-balanced doc "9-11 The Unofficial Story." Richard P.'s footage replays several times in a short Aug. 2008 FOX5 NY piece announcing the NIST WTC 7 Report release press conference with the headline, "NO CONSPIRACY."

Siegel's famous Hoboken, New Jersey footage ran late into the day. However, by 5:20 PM the camera was in time-lapse mode to conserve tape. This means only 2 seconds of video are available during the building's descent, followed by a six second pause. Uniquely, however, the [2 seconds of] time 9.5 seconds before "collapse" initiation is captured— along with an audible explosion (accounting for 9.2 seconds time delay [which incidentally is 0.57 seconds too fast. See calculations below.)! It seems two more explosions can be heard, too. Immediately after the event, Siegel began recording in normal mode... which is fascinating because the radio - 1010 WINS - features a witness account describing the elusive audio from nearby.

[T]he ah . . . bottom floors of the building were on fire and, uh, you know we heard this sound that sounded like a clap of thunder . . . turned around we were shocked to see that the building was ah, well it looked like there was a shockwave ripping through the building and a the windows all busted out, you know it was horrifying. Then ah, you know, about a second later the bottom floor caved out and ah the building followed after that and um we saw the building crash all the way to the ground....

See a study of the controversial audio during each of the Twin Towers' destruction (and seconds prior). Explosion sounds were actually recorded. Or were they?

Compare this view with that of NY1, who was just south of Siegel. Siegel's position was exactly 2.08 miles from the SW corner of WTC7, at 40d 44m 29.90s N 74d 01m 30.90s W (40.741650N -74.025250W. Thanks YougeneDebs). This means the 9.2 second sound delay should actually be 9.77 (when using his air temperature of 65 F (Siegel's or Dave Shaw's - the latter of whom created the 911 Eyewitness Hoboken video from Siegel's footage [source]). See the relevant maps here, which focus on the towers for the most part— and together show Siegel's crude map to be the cause for the slight miscalculation.)

This footage was used by NIST as Camera 5, which was "near the corner of Franklin and Hudson Streets." If anybody knows where to find a copy of this video (or any other not listed here), please contact me (matt at 911conspiracy.tv).

Of course, this could have been one of the 3,370 files withheld from a recent (2010) Freedom of Information Act request of NIST for release of information and files relating to the WTC 7 failure. The reason for this withheld information was, "public safety." I personally don't recommend searching through the 26.0 GB of files that WERE shared... including random photos of the towers and Ground Zero and dozens of 20-second video files (joined here).

UPDATE: This video should be found soon in the most recent International Center for 9/11 Studies successful FOIA request to NIST.

Shot from Greenwich Street, standing very close to CBS and ABC Rare, above. Taken from a 2007 documentary called "9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction," which was produced in part by NBC News for the A&E TV Networks and the History Channel. The clip appeared in the documentary-hit piece at vrt 01:08:30. One additional source is the 2008 BBC hit piece "9/11: The Conspiracy Files - The Third Tower" (at 0:22)... which features many short clips from this list.

It stands to reason this shot could be NBC's. Especially so because the network avoided airing its WTC 7 "collapse" footage the evening of 9/11 until hours later (I found two instances in my searching the complete NBC 9/11 TV archive... the first aired at 8:26 PM). See also MSNBC LIVE, NBC Leaning Cam and NBC News.

Found on Google video as a short clip uploaded in 2008 with the description and title, "WTC 7 collapse - FDNY," probably because of the FDNY ambulance in the foreground. See it in the compilation 1st in the above playlist, and in this clip likely from that compilation. If anybody knows where to find a copy of this video (or any other not listed here), please contact me (matt at 911conspiracy.tv). Thanks again, Xeno.

Xenomorph911WTC uploaded this with the title "9/11: Anonymous new release of 3 WTC collapse videos," on December 06, 2008... a month and a week after the videos (not including the South Tower clip) appeared on veoh.com. From Xeno's more info (and similarly at 911blogger.com), we read:

An anonymous source has allowed the release of high quality DVD footage of all 3 WTC collapses. The North & South Tower & building 7. The photographer wishes to remain anonymous and audio has not been given permission for public release, but you can download the files here without sound, in high quality DVD format cut from the source video at the following links. South Tower: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=67PMXROL North Tower http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YS0XHA8B Building 7: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EKPQ0VXM

Alternately, I've made a high quality DivX compilation of all 3 clips, you can download that here if you wish: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LSO4XYAZ

[emphasis added] Thanks, Xeno.

Gustavo is named as the videographer in HBO's 2002 "In Memoriam: New York City 9/11/01" (link 1 above), which only shows a partial version of the footage. The longest available version is found at the AP archive, link 2 above. It's unclear if the shot is amateur or professional. In the NIST WTC7 Report, WPIX owns the copyright according to Figure 5-191. The clip appeared on BBC TV at 6:33 PM on 9/11. The camera was on Greenwich Street.

This footage is unique for its pre-demolition fireball shooting up from lower floors. For an investigation of this phenomenon, please watch Achimspok's "The NIST predecisional WTC7 Report part 3 of 5."

In the NIST Report the video source is "Unknown." Ownership/copyright is credited to FOX News Network, L.L.C. - although the clip was aired on CBS at 7:35 PM on 9/11, for example... and on ABC at an unspecified time. Without a doubt the longest version of this video comes from aparchive.com (AP, link 2 above).