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This is from the Army Corps of Engineers. The camera is on US government property, and is operated by the US government. Therefore it is considered PD:

The stop-action footage taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers showed a middle section of the bridge breaking apart and rapidly plunging into the Mississippi River, raising a cloud of white dust.

The footage came from one of three security cameras that the Army Corps of Engineers has placed alongside the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, said Shannon Bauer, a spokeswoman for the agency. It was the only one to capture an image of the bridge collapse.

And lets assume just for a moment that its not PD. this can be used elsewhere as a news bit:

CNN touted the footage as "exclusive" and other networks credited CNN, until later Thursday morning when it was released generally to all news media.

This is all from: [1] and [2]. DragonFire1024 03:59, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it's clear that a security camera run by an organization is considered an employee of that organization, for copyright purposes. So this is all in the clear. I've uploaded the file to Commons and deleted the local copy so the sister projects can use it as well. - BanyanTree 04:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Agree with the BanyanTree. This camera is US property, meaning everything shot by the camera is automatically in the public domain until otherwise notified. TomStar81 (Talk) 19:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC)