Video: 'THE BLACKOUT OF 1965 (NBC-TV COVERAGE)' (first 30 minutes approximately 11:30 p.m.-midnight EST)

(Tuesday, November 9, 1965, 5:16 p.m. EST) — The Northeast blackout of 1965 disrupted electrical power to nearly all of New York City, parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Vermont in the United States and parts of Ontario in Canada tonight.

Over 30 million people and 80,000 square miles were left without electricity for up to 13 hours.