EnhancedWTCVideos | WTCI-329-I-#4 -- Video 3of5 (Enhanced Quality) -- R10 -- NIST FOIA #09-42 @WTCFOIAVideos | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
0:04 - Start of the video. Poor VHS quality. Upper video edge jumps up and down. Recording time: ~9:58:14 a.m.
Molten substance flowing at northeast corner of WTC 2 (South Tower).
A NYPD helicopter hovering near the western roof edge of WTC 1 (North Tower), then flying away.
CNN news anchor Aaron Brown's voice in the background, coming from a television.
0:44 - Initiation of WTC 2 total collapse at ~9:58:59 a.m.
1:29 - Video is fast-forwarded.
1:41 - Smoking WTC 1.
1:54 - Start of WTC 1 total collapse at around 10:28:22 a.m. Main antenna slightly leans southward before the roof edge of the building moved downward.
Large dust jets shooting out of the east and north faces below impact zone. A fireball at southeast corner.
Tip of tallest standing core column appaers at 2:06, before it falls down 19 seconds later.
4:15 - End of video. A test card appears, bearing the label "CNN NEW YORK".
It is unknown if it's a portion of a longer recording not obtained either by CNN or later by NIST.
Videographer: Richard Lee Brennan/Amateur videographer?
View Direction: Northeast (elevated).
Location: Building at East 19th Street.
Source of FOIA file:
911datasets.org
Folder: International_Center_for_911_Studies_NIST_FOIA
1st Lv. Subfolder: Release_10
2nd Lv. Subfolder: Release 10
3rd Lv. Subfolder: CNN
Video File: WTCI-329-I-#4.wmv
File Size: 816.28 MB
File Page Link: 911datasets.org/index.php/SFile:456FSRRYRTBFMJC2MM7ZUGTYBTJL2DBX
Technical properties of NIST-encoded video file:
http://1drv.ms/1bSlCZN
Video 3 of 5:
- Start into the WMV video file: 0h:36mn:57s.017ms
- End into the WMV video file: 0h:41mn:26s.153ms
Third part of the poor-quality WMV3 encoded video file has been deinterlaced, deblocked, decompressed and encoded again by a lossless video encoder. Resolution has been HQ dither upscaled to 1080p by keeping the as-released display aspect ratio (DAR) of 4:3, and video sharpened. Then video stream lossy compressed again by x.264 (2-pass encoding, average video bit rate of 50 MBit/s) and muxed with audio stream in MP4 container format in MeGUI 2515, before upload on YouTube.
As-released WMA2 audio stream has been decompressed and sent to lossless PCM audio codec/WAV format. Low volume on both channels has been normalized in Adobe Audition CS6. Audio track has been saved again in PCM/WAV. Then losslessly compressed by Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) in MeGUI 2515, muxed there with video stream in MP4 container format before upload on YouTube.
Direct source tape used for the WMV file encoded at NIST for FOIA release:
Tape_ID: 526
Video_ID: 238
Tape_Name: "CNN NIST Dub #4 - CNN Clips Tape 1"
Tape_Source: Val Junker
Video_title: "CNN NIST Dub #4 - CNN Clips Tape 1"
Network: CNN
Broadcast_date: 2001-09-11
Copy: 1
Derived_from: 0 [Tape_ID]
Format: mini-DV
Duration (min): 56
Subject: WTC - 9/11
Notes: "1) 0:00-23:42 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #B23988, Story #003
Unnamed Stringer identified as Robert Bery (See "CNN NIST Dub #24) N view of towers from West Broadway and Chambers St./Hudson St. street level - zooms in close on WTC1 plane damage and WTC2 NE corner; 13:00 WTC2 collapse - misses onset
2) 24:00-36:52 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #B24133, Story #005
Raw footage from Stringer Robert Bery (cont. from tape 1) walk down West Broadway; 30:00 WTC1 collapse - misses onset
3) 37:00-41:18 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #B24124, Story #014
Raw footage from Stringer Richard Lee Brennan; 37:47 WTC2 collapse, 38:57 WTC1 collapse
4) 41:30-50:48 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #24143, Story #007- NE view of towers; PAX TV - RAW
5) 51:00 - 55:07 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #01346849
Raw footage from Stringer Michael Hezarkhani, 51:53 WTC2 plane strike"
Clips: FALSE
Batch: FALSE
TimeCode: FALSE
Information was taken from MS Access file "Copy of Video_List.mdb", "Videos" and "Tapes" tabs.
Download NIST Video List through BitTorrent network:
911datasets.org/index.php/SFile:NTN4ZYL7JE77ZF734WFVI4M5FPOQEEXI
MS Access or Excel is needed to open the .mdb file.
0:04 - Start of the video. Poor VHS quality. Upper video edge jumps up and down. Recording time: ~9:58:14 a.m.
Molten substance flowing at northeast corner of WTC 2 (South Tower).
A NYPD helicopter hovering near the western roof edge of WTC 1 (North Tower), then flying away.
CNN news anchor Aaron Brown's voice in the background, coming from a television.
0:44 - Initiation of WTC 2 total collapse at ~9:58:59 a.m.
1:29 - Video is fast-forwarded.
1:41 - Smoking WTC 1.
1:54 - Start of WTC 1 total collapse at around 10:28:22 a.m. Main antenna slightly leans southward before the roof edge of the building moved downward.
Large dust jets shooting out of the east and north faces below impact zone. A fireball at southeast corner.
Tip of tallest standing core column appaers at 2:06, before it falls down 19 seconds later.
4:15 - End of video. A test card appears, bearing the label "CNN NEW YORK".
It is unknown if it's a portion of a longer recording not obtained either by CNN or later by NIST.
Videographer: Richard Lee Brennan/Amateur videographer?
View Direction: Northeast (elevated).
Location: Building at East 19th Street.
Source of FOIA file:
911datasets.org
Folder: International_Center_for_911_Studies_NIST_FOIA
1st Lv. Subfolder: Release_10
2nd Lv. Subfolder: Release 10
3rd Lv. Subfolder: CNN
Video File: WTCI-329-I-#4.wmv
File Size: 816.28 MB
File Page Link: 911datasets.org/index.php/SFile:456FSRRYRTBFMJC2MM7ZUGTYBTJL2DBX
Technical properties of NIST-encoded video file:
http://1drv.ms/1bSlCZN
Video 3 of 5:
- Start into the WMV video file: 0h:36mn:57s.017ms
- End into the WMV video file: 0h:41mn:26s.153ms
Third part of the poor-quality WMV3 encoded video file has been deinterlaced, deblocked, decompressed and encoded again by a lossless video encoder. Resolution has been HQ dither upscaled to 1080p by keeping the as-released display aspect ratio (DAR) of 4:3, and video sharpened. Then video stream lossy compressed again by x.264 (2-pass encoding, average video bit rate of 50 MBit/s) and muxed with audio stream in MP4 container format in MeGUI 2515, before upload on YouTube.
As-released WMA2 audio stream has been decompressed and sent to lossless PCM audio codec/WAV format. Low volume on both channels has been normalized in Adobe Audition CS6. Audio track has been saved again in PCM/WAV. Then losslessly compressed by Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) in MeGUI 2515, muxed there with video stream in MP4 container format before upload on YouTube.
Direct source tape used for the WMV file encoded at NIST for FOIA release:
Tape_ID: 526
Video_ID: 238
Tape_Name: "CNN NIST Dub #4 - CNN Clips Tape 1"
Tape_Source: Val Junker
Video_title: "CNN NIST Dub #4 - CNN Clips Tape 1"
Network: CNN
Broadcast_date: 2001-09-11
Copy: 1
Derived_from: 0 [Tape_ID]
Format: mini-DV
Duration (min): 56
Subject: WTC - 9/11
Notes: "1) 0:00-23:42 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #B23988, Story #003
Unnamed Stringer identified as Robert Bery (See "CNN NIST Dub #24) N view of towers from West Broadway and Chambers St./Hudson St. street level - zooms in close on WTC1 plane damage and WTC2 NE corner; 13:00 WTC2 collapse - misses onset
2) 24:00-36:52 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #B24133, Story #005
Raw footage from Stringer Robert Bery (cont. from tape 1) walk down West Broadway; 30:00 WTC1 collapse - misses onset
3) 37:00-41:18 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #B24124, Story #014
Raw footage from Stringer Richard Lee Brennan; 37:47 WTC2 collapse, 38:57 WTC1 collapse
4) 41:30-50:48 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #24143, Story #007- NE view of towers; PAX TV - RAW
5) 51:00 - 55:07 -- CNN Atlanta Tape #01346849
Raw footage from Stringer Michael Hezarkhani, 51:53 WTC2 plane strike"
Clips: FALSE
Batch: FALSE
TimeCode: FALSE
Information was taken from MS Access file "Copy of Video_List.mdb", "Videos" and "Tapes" tabs.
Download NIST Video List through BitTorrent network:
911datasets.org/index.php/SFile:NTN4ZYL7JE77ZF734WFVI4M5FPOQEEXI
MS Access or Excel is needed to open the .mdb file.
