Complex sentence: The music video was shot in New York Harbor in 1975 and credited with a 1978 completion date; it also was one of the first to be aired on MTV when it launched on 1 August 1981.
Split into simpler sentences: The music video was shot in New York Harbor in 1975 and credited with a 1978 completion date. It also was one of the first to be aired on MTV when it launched on 1 August 1981.