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Re: Newly published 9/11 footage [video]

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Post by techdragon »

Definitely a new angle, but it’s also strange after so many years to find good footage like this. The random extra stuff at the end make it feel very genuinely “found an old miniDV tape with some footage of forgotten about.”

But it’s also just really weird to hear people talking so clearly the moment after it happens. It’s preserved a slightly surreal moment of shock quite well.

Re: Newly published 9/11 footage [video]

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Post by mbustamanter »

m348e912 wrote: post #3

It's crazy that someone sat on the footage for 21 years and it just got made public now. Makes you wonder what else other footage or details are out there that has yet to be shared online.

It's hard to believe, but new media of the September 11 attacks (and the towers before) comes out all the time. This includes rare pictures and videos. There are YouTube channels [0] specifically dedicated to finding music played on the plaza (muzak), partly inspired by Jack Taliercio's video [1], where you can hear songs being played while the attacks went down. Other channels have more mainstream videos (FOIA, NIST) but all of them were digitally enhanced [2], [3]. Other channels have pictures found online [4], but mainly the pictures can be found in recent subreddits [5], [6] where they also collect pictures of the inside of the towers, the other buildings of the complex and even the bridges between them. There is also a Flight 11 impact video with some recordings that were never quite known [7], although the first everyone has already seen.

Caveat: some of the channel's owners seem to be conspiratorial, but the majority of the videos are unedited. You'll be surprised how specific some of the footage is.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFlhobtX9IHvXM0h1LcqaA/fea...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdfqEYITTm8

[2] https://www.youtube.com/c/WTCFOIAVideos

[3] https://www.youtube.com/c/MrKoenig1985/videos

[4] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpgWCL0UfhN1gwxAWpAo5A/vid...

[5] https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinTowersInPhotos/

[6] https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldTradeCenter/

[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtWcQRCPkKk

Re: Newly published 9/11 footage [video]

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Post by lovehashbrowns »

techdragon wrote: post #6

Definitely a new angle, but it’s also strange after so many years to find good footage like this. The random extra stuff at the end make it feel very genuinely “found an old miniDV tape with some footage of forgotten about.” But it’s also just really weird to hear people talking so clearly the moment after it happens. It’s preserved a slightly surreal moment of shock quite well.

The two other videos that got posted alongside this one makes me think it was a "forgotten tape that just got digitized" type of deal.

However, I can also see there being an element of trauma and just not wanting to revisit the footage on purpose. I know I have some pictures I never want to look at again, although nothing on this scale.

Re: Newly published 9/11 footage [video]

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Post by techdragon »

lovehashbrowns wrote: post #8
techdragon wrote: post #6

Definitely a new angle, but it’s also strange after so many years to find good footage like this. The random extra stuff at the end make it feel very genuinely “found an old miniDV tape with some footage of forgotten about.” But it’s also just really weird to hear people talking so clearly the moment after it happens. It’s preserved a slightly surreal moment of shock quite well.

The two other videos that got posted alongside this one makes me think it was a "forgotten tape that just got digitized" type of deal. However, I can also see there being an element of trauma and just not wanting to revisit the footage on purpose. I know I have some pictures I never want to look at again, although nothing on this scale.

Yeah, not wanting to revisit it fits with the “didn’t remove random other footage”, I can entirely understand them thinking “I’ll just uploaded it how it was because… I don’t want to think about trying to watch this again to edit it”

It’s also surprisingly good quality too. I really was surprised at the zoom and focus on early into it. Gives me a distinct impression it was shot on what was probably quite a good portable video camera for the period.

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