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First thing that's gonna happen when the electric goes off
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Time Bomb Y2K

First thing that's gonna happenwhen the electric goes off, people are gonna panic,because...

First thing that's gonna happen
when the electric goes off, people are gonna panic,
because fear's gonna set in

Full Transcript

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First thing that's gonna happen when the electric goes off,
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people are gonna panic, because fear's gonna set in.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:23
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

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Movie Summary

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
And as the time slips by here in the Midwest, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
And as the time slips by here in the Midwest,
At the end of every major piece of time, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
At the end of every major piece of time,
MAN: We're turning over another 1,000 years, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
MAN: We're turning over another 1,000 years,
We're talking another 1,000. We're talking the 21st century. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
We're talking another 1,000. We're talking the 21s...
And as long as you have a lot of people out there, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
And as long as you have a lot of people out there,
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
REPORTER: It's a concert, uh, for the millennium, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
REPORTER: It's a concert, uh, for the millennium,
JENNINGS: Good morning and welcome - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
JENNINGS: Good morning and welcome
And for the next 24 hours, we're going to try to share - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
And for the next 24 hours, we're going to try to share
So let us now go and have a look at Kiribati in the Pacific, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
So let us now go and have a look at Kiribati in the Pacific,
We're getting word out of Russia, out of Moscow, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
We're getting word out of Russia, out of Moscow,
We go now to CNN's Eileen O'Connor, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
We go now to CNN's Eileen O'Connor,
Well, right now, Boris Yeltsin has just announced - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
Well, right now, Boris Yeltsin has just announced
Now, this does come as a surprise, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
Now, this does come as a surprise,
He took great pains, by the way, Leon, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
He took great pains, by the way, Leon,
CNN's Eileen O'Connor reporting live - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
CNN's Eileen O'Connor reporting live
It is 18 hours - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
It is 18 hours
Carol, what's going on in the heart of the Big Apple - Time Bomb Y2K 00:17
Carol, what's going on in the heart of the Big Apple
- ♪ (ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - (CROWD CHEERING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
- ♪ (ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - (CROWD CHEERING)