London, England: A New Year's fireworks display over the River Thames and London Eye. Two boats speed along the river firing off red fireworks. Many shooting star explosions in the sky above.

Shot of several explosions on the ground. Smoke clouds rise up into the sky.

A Dirigible (airship) catches fires in midair and plummets to earth.

A huge black cloud of smoke rises in the distance.

Black smoke clouds rising over a train on fire.

Front view of a train on fire. Black smoke clouds rise above the train.

Back shot of two armed men watching black smoke clouds rise above a train on fire.

Pan up to spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding over the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument in Washington DC, USA.

Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding over the midtown Manhattan skyline in New York City, USA.

Spectacular purple Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Italy: Large bright yellow burst of lava shooting up into the night sky as Mount Etna erupts.

Dissolving shot between the US Stars and Stripes flag blowing in the wind atop a flagpole and Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks soaring into the sky and exploding.

Aerial pan around the Sun Trust Plaza skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks explode into the night sky in the background.

Spectacular purple Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Stunning fireworks display against dark sky with large rockets exploding leaving large, multi-coloured showers of shooting stars in the sky.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks soaring into the sky and exploding. Onlookers and the gun turret of a tank are silhouetted in the foreground against the red glow of the fireworks.

Spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks soaring into the sky and exploding. The shot fades into an image of the US Stars and Stripes flag blowing in the wind atop a flagpole.

Spectacular purple and blue Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over tall buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding over the Capitol Building, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, USA

Spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over tall buildings in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Hundreds of floating lanterns drift in the dark night sky as beautiful yellow dots. Fireworks explode over the lanterns in showers of stars.

White van in middle of Californian desert. Suddenly it explodes into a big flame and as the flames clear, thick dark clouds of smoke appear and bits from the van fly in slow motion through the air, including the van's license plate.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over skyscrapers in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Spectacular purple Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Pan across Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding over the East River in New York City, USA.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

London, England: A New Year's fireworks display over the River Thames and London Eye. Lots of fireworks exploding in the sky and the London Eye is lit up.

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Panning shot across spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding into the night sky.

Zooming pan across Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding over the midtown Manhattan skyline in New York City, USA.

Wide shot of spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding into the night sky over Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

Spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over skyscrapers in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over skyscrapers, including the 1,023 foot (312 metre) tall Bank of America Plaza, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over skyscrapers in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Italy: Bright red and orange lava from Mount Etna shooting into night sky.

Zoom in on spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding into the night sky over Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

Zoom out to a wide shot of spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding into the night sky over Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

London, England: Spectacular fireworks exploding against dark night sky.