Videos on the U.S. and American Studies

American dreaming Atlantic City's casino gamble 2014

Discusses the rise, the fall, and the current attempt to revitalize Atlantic City. Raises public policy questions about the attempt to use casino gambling as a panacea for deep-seated urban problems. 1 videodisc (51 min.)

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Atlantic City 2002, 1980

A smalltime, aging Mafia hood falls in love with a clam bar waitress, and they share the spoils of the big score against the backdrop of a changing Atlantic City. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

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Atlantic crossing a robot's daring mission 2011

Dena Seidel, Scott Michael Glenn, Writers House (Firm), and Rutgers University

"Visionary oceanographer Scott Glenn leads a team of passionate and daring scientists as they race against time to launch the first autonomous underwater robot across the vast and dangerous Atlantic Ocean."--Container. 1 videodisc (71 min.) :

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Best kept secret 2012

"JFK High School, located in a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate, they will leave the security of the public school system forever. Best Kept Secret follows Ms. Mino and her students over the year and a half before graduation. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the adult world--a job or rare placement in a recreational center--so they do not end up where their predecessors have, sitting at home, institutionalized, or on the streets"--Container. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

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The Camden 28 c2006

Anthony Giacchino, ECC Media (Firm), and First Run/Icarus Films

In 1971 eight anti-Vietnam war protesters broke into the offices of the Camden draft board and shredded Selective Service records for two hours before they were captured by FBI agents. These protesters and twenty co-conspirators were placed on trial in 1973. This documentary examines their case through archival footage, U.S. government films, interviews with many of the defendants, the FBI informant as well as prosecution and defense lawyers and witnesses. 1 videodisc (83 min.)

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City of promise 1995

The context for the war on poverty shifts after 1965.  Urban rebellions provoke a sense of urgency for some, while others now see the war against poverty as hopeless.  Increasingly, the media and the public equate poverty with inner-city black communities.  This program looks at the anger and despair of the poor and the powerless, and the anger and frustration of the middle class at having to pay for "others' mistakes."  It also examines attempts made in Newark, New Jersey, to reclaim the inner city through public/private partnerships. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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The D & R 1974

Presents a history of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, once the busiest and most valuable waterway in the United States. Tells of its construction, life along the prosperous canal, its abandonment, and its subsequent recreational use. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

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Delivered vacant 2006

Documentary about Hoboken, N.J., a city that had become a giant slum located just across the river fron New York City. During the 8 year period of filming the viewer is shown how the city was transformed, its old buildings were torn down and replaced by new condominiums and inhabited by out of state yuppies. Interviews were made with old and new inhabitants. An insight was gained into the local government, which had to issue permits and make new laws for the rehabbing to be undertaken. 1 videodisc (119 min.)

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Dreams deferred the Sakia Gunn film project c2008

Charles Bennett Brack, Eamonn Simone Films, and Newsreel (Firm)

A documentary on  the events surrounding the death of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year old African American lesbian who was fatally stabbed in gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. The film includes the court hearing, arguments presented by both sides regarding the victim and the accused, and the sentencing. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

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Famous tiller sharks boating across NJ on the Old Morris Canal with Jim Lee: Boating across NJ on the Old Morris Canal with Jim Lee c1976

The history, folk music, and poems of the Old Morris Canal are seen and remembered by a few of the remaining people who lived and worked along its banks. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 10-4962

 

Fortunes in furs c1992

Survey of the settlement of New Jersey from the founding of the Dutch colony of New Netherland to the establishment of English power in 1664. Covers the significance of the fur trade, relations with Delaware Indians, political events and social life of the colony. 1 videocassette (27 min., 33 sec.)

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Haven from shame 2009

Interview with present and past Seabrook residents at the 50th reunion of their relocation to southern Jersey. 1 videodisc (16 min.)

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How do you spell murder? c2004

Filmed on location at New Jersey State Prison, a literacy program called L.I.F.E. is spotlighted. It asks to what degree illiteracy adnd undiagnosed learning disabilities contribute to a drift toward delinquency and crime. 1 videodisc (40 min.)

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Make a difference at an urban public library c2005

Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative and New Jersey State Library

1 videodisc (8 min.)

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Monopolies and mechanics c1998-c1999

Describes how improvements in transportation and the chartering of corporations transformed the lives of average New Jerseyans. Shows that the "Market Revolution" changed home and workplace as farmers and mechanics responded to its demands. 1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.)

MEDIA 10-3859

 

Paper, rock, scissors 2005

New Jersey Network (Firm) and New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Features digital stone carvers, master paper makers, master paper cutters, pop up book engineers and more. 1 videodisc (27 min.)

MEDIA 10-546

 

A place out of time the Bordentown School 2010

Dave Davidson, Amber Edwards, Ruby Dee, Hudson West Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), and PBS Home Video

The little-known story of the last all-black, publicly funded, coeducational boarding school north of the Mason-Dixon Line. In a segregated society, the Bordentown School was an educational utopia and cultural oasis for black citizens in the northeast and beyond for more than 70 years. Founded in 1886, and forced to close in 1955 after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the story of Bordentown is also the story of black education in America across three centuries. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

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The Progressive banner c2003

Describes political reforms introduced by Governor Woodrow Wilson to fight political corruption and "Boss" politics as practiced by Frank Hague of Jersey City and others. Shows how work of progressive political activists such as Alice Paul advanced the cause of civil rights. The failure of some progressives, such as Woodrow Wilson, to address the problems of Blacks and women is also covered. 1 videocassette (26 min., 46 sec.)

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Railroads 2011

Lorett Treese, Rutgers University, and Libraries

Lorett Treese, author of Railroads in New Jersey, speaks on the history of railroads in New Jersey and Pennsylvania at the opening of an exhibition on New Jersey railroads at Rutgers University. 1 videodisc (36 min.) :

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Revolution '67 2007

Jerome Bongiorno, Marylou Bongiorno, Independent Television Service, P.O.V. (Firm) , American Documentary, Inc, WSKG Public Broadcasting, and Bongiorno Productions, Inc

"Focuses on the explosive urban rebellion which erupted in Newark, New Jersey, in July 1967; a tragedy caused by similar problems that sparked race riots across America.  The film takes viewers on a daily chronicle of events, including the calling in of the State Police and National Guard, their occupation of the city and use of unnecessary firepower.  Final toll: 26 dead"--Container. 1 videodisc (173 min.)

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Royal rule and religious revival c1993

Explores the political, social, and religious conditions of colonial New Jersey under royal rule, including property disputes between the proprietors and occupants of the newly-unified colony and the effects of the widespread religious revival known as the Great Awakening which swept the colonies at the time. 1 videocassette (26 min., 20 sec.)

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Scared straight! Scared straight! 20 years later 2003

Arnold Shapiro, Peter Falk, Danny Glover, William Moffitt, Jim Arnold, Robert Niemack, Sharon Rennert, John Thomas, Marie Maxwell, Arnold Shapiro Productions, Paramount Stations Group, Inc, Docurama (Firm), and New Video Group

Scared straight! profiles a unique juvenile crime-prevention program at New Jersey's Rahway maximum-security prison, recounting the day seventeen teenage lawbreakers spent inside the prison with the some of New Jersey's most dangerous criminals. In an attempt to scare the kids out of their criminal ways, prisoners took turns describing prison life, emphasizing it's worst features. Scared straight! 20 years later traces the subsequent lives of the teens and convicts featured in the original documentary. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

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Sourlands Looks as a number of individuals engaged in sustainable lifestyles in the part of New Jersey known as the Sourlands. 1 videodisc (approximately 78 minutes)

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A state of many nations c2001

The story of immigrants from many nations who settled in New Jersey in the nineteenth century, in particular German and Irish immigrants. 1 videocassette (26 min., 46 sec.)

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Three days on big city waters 1974

Michael Aaron Rockland

Records an actual trip taken Labor Day Weekend 1973 by Rockland and Woolfolk, who traveled by canoe from Princeton, N.J. to Manhattan. Includes pictorial and verbal comments on shore-line pollution and on Ellis Island, former reception center for immigrants entering the U.S. 1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.)

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1989 clips 1989?

Highlights from past shows.  Covers such topics as housing and homelessness, the political campaigns of Florio and Courter in the race for governor, drugs and urban youth, and school-based youth services. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

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The aging of New Jersey 1988

Discussion of senior citizens and long-term health care in New Jersey. Featured guests are Republican Assemblyman Robert Singer, Deborah Hudgin, and Stephan Crystal. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Alice Paul, crusader for equality 1990

Alice Paul, Kent Manahan, and Janice Selinger

Details the life and works of Alice Paul, Equal Rights Amendment author. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

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American dreaming Atlantic City's casino gamble 1990

Michael Penland and Rochelle Oliver

Combines unique archival footage with testimony from embattled residents to trace the rise and fall of Atlantic city, as well as the current attempt to revitalize this famous resort city by legalizing casino gambling. 1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.)

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Arts 1987

An optimistic look at the role of the arts in revitalizing the city of Newark.  Discussion includes ambitious plans for the future of arts in Newark, including opening a performing arts center, and how it would be financed.  Economically, socially, and politically, developing the arts in Newark will be beneficial to both the city and the State of New Jersey.  Featured guests are the Chairman/CEO of Mutual Benefit Life Robert Van Fossan, Rutgers University-Newark Dr. Clement Price, Music critic for Star Ledger Michael Redmond and Assistant Secretary of State Alvin Felzenberg. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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The arts and urban revitalization 1987

Discusses the arts and urban revitalization in New Jersey. Featured guests are Robert Van Fossen, Chair/CEO of Mutual Benefit Life, Clement Price of Rutgers University, Newark, Michael Redmond, music critic for the Star Ledger, and Alvin Felzenberg, Assistant Secretary of State. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Atlantic City the ten year gamble 1988

Janice Selinger, Laurel Spira, Phil Bremen, and Kent Manahan

The controversy of the Atlantic City casinos and their dubious effects is explored through interviews and news clippings of mayors, citizens and other informed and influential personalities of New Jersey. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-914

 

The best of Caucus New Jersey 1987

Review of the first season of New Jersey Caucus.  Highlights past shows including: New Jersey governorship, drugs in New Jersey, organized  crime, radon contamination (and other environmental hazards), professional sports, the insurance crises, Higher education, and special interest groups. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 160

 

The best of Caucus New Jersey, 1988 1988

Features the highlights of the 1988 season. Topics include drug abuse, Montclair radon, the politics of professional sports, the insurance crisis, aging in New Jersey, and urban education. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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The Camden 28 c2006

Anthony Giacchino, ECC Media (Firm), and First Run/Icarus Films

In 1971 eight anti-Vietnam war protesters broke into the offices of the Camden draft board and shredded Selective Service records for two hours before they were captured by FBI agents. These protesters and twenty co-conspirators were placed on trial in 1973. This documentary examines their case through archival footage, U.S. government films, interviews with many of the defendants, the FBI informant as well as prosecution and defense lawyers and witnesses. 1 videodisc (83 min.)

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Camden kids 2008

Diane Sawyer, Claire J Weinraub, Anna Sims Phillips, Caroline Borge, Ivan Stevens, Billy Joe Marrero, Andrieana Rodriguez, ABC News, ABC News Productions, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Diane Sawyer updates viewers on three young people first introduced on the program in January 2007: 4 year-old Ivan Stevens, 17 year-old Billy Joe Marrero, and 6 year-old Andrieana "Moochie" Rodriguez, all from Camden, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in the United States. Provides an update on the three after overwhelming response from viewers, which included financial donations to the children, their families and community. Includes sequences of Governor Corzine meeting with some of Camden's children. 1 videodisc (29 min.)

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Challenge '69 retrospect and new visions 1989

Videotape of a colloquium held at Rutgers called "Rutgers '69," which was a retrospective of events which took place at Rutgers in 1969. Issues covered include excellence in higher education, and minority educational opportunity in New Jersey. 2 videocassettes (240 min.)

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The changing face of New Jersey's cities 1987

Discusses the changing face of New Jersey's cities. Topics include declining tax bases, racial tensions, and failing schools. Featured guests are Gus Heninburg, president of Heninburg Associates, Jim Hughes of Rutgers University, Sandra King, New Jersey Network correspondent, and Robert Menendez, mayor of Union City, N.J. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Civil War shorts 1990

Examines New Jersey's role in the Civil War through its participants and historical landmarks. 1 videocassette (33 min.)

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The class that went to war 1978

Richard Gerdau and Steve Bell

Traces the lives of some members of a 1964 Chatam, N.J., high school graduating class and shows how they were influenced by the war in Vietnam. Shows how the attitudes of the American people coupled with unemployment and psychological problems have contributed to making some veterans feel unwanted and neglected. 1 videocassette (35 min.)

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College athletics and academics 1989

Discusses Propositions 48 and 42 which involve college athletes, eligibility, and scholarship funds.  Proposition 48 requires athletes to meet minimum standards.  Under proposition 48, those unable to meet standards can sit out their freshman year,  and still obtain an athletic scholarship.  Proposition 42 still requires athletes to meet minimum standards, but takes away scholarship aid for those unable to meet standards.  Guests include Arthur Ashe ; Russ Salzberg, Sports Director, WWOR/Channel 9 ; and John Blanton, Track Coach, Montclair State College. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

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Congressional conversations 1987

Conversations with Congressmen Robert Torracelli and James Courter.  Topics include U.S. foreign policy in the Persian Gulf, ending ocean dumping, relations with the Soviet Union (SDI), and upcoming presidential and congressional elections.  This segment of "Caucus" also includes interviews with New Jersey citizens on Congress and its members.  Interestingly, many people couldn't name their Congressmen, but had strong opinions on Congress and its activities. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Congressional conversations with Courter and Torricelli 1988

Robert Torricelli and Jim Courter

The public gets a chance to speak with Congressmen Robert Torricelli and James Courter. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Congressional conversations with Gallo and Florio 1988

James Florio and Dean Gallo

The public gets an opportunity to speak with Democratic Congressman James Florio and Republican Congressman Dean Gallo. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA 84

 

A conversation with the candidates 1989

Conversations with candidates for the governor's race.  Discussion with Democratic Congressman James Florio and Republican Congressman James Courter. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Csatari exhibit 1/17/02 2002

Patricia L Fazekas

Video of the Csatari exhibit held January 17, 2002 at the Heritage Center of the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, NJ. and narrated by Patricia Fazekas. 1 videocassette (14 min.)

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The D & R 1974

Cliff Crawford and Jean Shepherd

Presents a history of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, once the busiest and most valuable waterway in the United States. Tells of its construction, life along the prosperous canal, its abandonment, and its subsequent recreational use. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA D-60

 

Delivered vacant 1992

Nora Jacobson

Documentary about Hoboken, N.J., a city that had become a giant slum located just across the river from New York City. During the 8-year period of filming the viewer is shown how the city was transformed, and old buildings were torn down and replaced by new condominiums and inhabitants. An insight was gained into the local government, which had to issue permits and make new laws for the rehabbing to be undertaken. 1 videorecording (118 min.)

MEDIA 2-2265

 

Dr. Edward Bloustein memorial/Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey 1990

Includes a brief tribute to the former president of Rutgers University, the late Dr. Edward Bloustein, and includes a promotional preview of Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey. 1 videocassette (21 min.)

MEDIA 2-864

 

Dreams deferred the Sakia Gunn film project c2008

Charles Bennett Brack, Eamonn Simone Films, and Newsreel (Firm)

A documentary on  the events surrounding the death of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year old African American lesbian who was fatally stabbed in gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. The film includes the court hearing, arguments presented by both sides regarding the victim and the accused, and the sentencing. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

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Drugs 1986

Deals with drug problems in New Jersey.  How bad is the problem and what is being done to prevent it from getting worse? The first portion of the show deals with teen-age drug abuse and rehabilitation efforts. The second segment deals with the issue of drugs in the workplace and efforts to curtail this dilemma. One effort in particular is the mandatory drug testing of employees. Guests include Gordon LeMatty, Ted Eisenberg, Sandi Craig, Jack Arsenault, and Larry McClure. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 155

 

Drugs and crime 1988

Focuses on how New Jersey residents and police are fighting the war on drugs.  Includes interviews with residents and police officers.  Also features a discussion with Cary Edwards, former Attorney General of New Jersey, Frank Graves, state Senator and Mayor of Patterson, and Herbert Tate, Jr., Essex County Prosecuter. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Education 1987?

Looks at the future of higher education, not only in New Jersey, but in the nation as a whole.  Higher education has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, and the changes are explored in this episode.  Featured guests are Dr. Donald Walters, President, Montclair State College ; Linda Stamato, Former chair, Rutgers University Board of Governors ; and Dr. Robert Donaldson, President, Farleigh Dickinson University. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Environment 1986?

This episode poses such questions as: Given our technology, why is it so hard to clean up toxic waste?  Why do mountains of garbage pile up along the turnpike every day?  Why does the contaminant raydon continue to plague Montclair residents? 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Famous tiller sharks boating across NJ on the Old Morris Canal with Jim Lee: Boating across NJ on the Old Morris Canal with Jim Lee 1976

Louis Presti and James Lee

The history, folk music, and poems of the Old Morris Canal are seen and remembered by a few of the remaining people who lived and worked along its banks. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA D-54

 

Fortunes in furs 1992

David Steven Cohen, Louis Presti, Celeste Holm, and Bob Szuter

Survey of the settlement of New Jersey from the founding of the Dutch colony of New Netherland to the establishment of English power in 1664. Covers the significance of the fur trade, relations with Delaware Indians, political events and social life of the colony. 1 videocassette (27 min., 33 sec.)

MEDIA 2-2421

 

Four justices of New Jersey 1990?

William Whitlock, Richard J Hughes, and Elizabeth F DeFeis

Features the lives and careers of four U.S. Supreme Court justices from New Jersey: William Paterson (1793-1806); Joseph Bradley (1870-1892); Mahlon Pitney (1912-1922); and William J. Brennan, Jr. (appointed 1956). 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-1530

 

The future of New Jersey's children 1989

Discusses challenges faced by New Jersey teen-agers as they prepare to enter the '90's.  The government isn't keeping up with problems faced by teen-agers, but a few iniatives, such as a high school-based daycare center, have been taken.  Features a discussion with Roberta Knowlton, coordinator of the Youth 2000 program for New Jersey, Cecilia Zalkind, Assistant Director of the Association for Children of New Jersey, and Mary Beth Pavelec, Executive Director of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Commission for the Prevention of Child Abuse. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Ghosts of the pines 1973

Bill Reed and Raymond P Korbobo

Ong's Hat, Catawba, Weymouth and Hermann City are just a few of the forty ghost towns of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. This film explores the remains of these once-thriving towns. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Governors 1986

Traces the evolution of New Jersey governors and their struggles throughout the history of New Jersey.  The role of governor of New Jersey has evolved from that of a figurehead to that of a powerful position of chief executive.  The panel of experts for this episode include Dr. Susan Lederman, Joseph Sullivan, Dr. Alan Rosenthal, and the Honorable Brendan T. Byrne. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 151

 

The great Batsto furnace 197-?

Oscar Brand and Clark Santee

Using folk music, Oscar Brand tells the story of the need to create an iron furnace at Batsto during the American Revolution. 1 videocassette (36 min.)

MEDIA D-210

 

Haven from shame 1994

Marge Pala, Larry Kane, and KYW-TV (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Interview with present and past Seabrook residents at the 50th reunion of their relocation to southern Jersey. 1 videocassette (16 min.)

MEDIA 2-6308

 

Heart of stone 2009

Beth Toni Kruvant and Good Footage Productions

Portrait of a bold principal who works with gang leaders and alumni of Weequahic High School of Newark, New Jersey to give African American students at this inner city school a hopeful future. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

DANA 475

 

Homeless in the city 1989

Focuses on the problems of the homeless in New Jersey.  Features interviews with the homeless and individuals living in shelters.  Includes a discussion with Assemblyman David Schwartz, President of the National Housing Institute, Joan Parrott of the Lighthouse Community Center, and Victor DeLuca of the Coalition for Low Income Housing. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 141

 

Hosting New Jersey's low-level radioactive waste disposal facility could it be right for your community? 1996

Michael Angelo DiLauro and Wendall Woodburg

Discussion of the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in the state of New Jersey and plans for the location of an appropriate site for such a facility for safe and permanent disposal. 1 videocassette (19 min.)

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How do you spell murder? illiteracy and crime c2002

Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond, Video Verité (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), and HBO Films

Studies show that illiteracy is a primary cause of crime and that education helps reduce recidivism. Because of this, the New Jersey State Prison has begun an inmate-run literacy program. This film presents interviews with student/tutor teams, following their progress throughout a year. 1 videocassette (40 min.)

MEDIA 2-7667

 

Insurance 1987

Examines the insurance crises in New Jersey.  Includes discussions with Ralph Nader, federal and state government officials, top insurance experts, and those affected by the insurance crises.  Ways to solve the insurance problem are discussed.  Different aspects of insurance, such as self-regulation, industry profits, and government regulation, are discussed.  Guests on this episode are New Jersey Assemblyman Alan Karcher, William Gibson of Continental Insurance, and journalist Jeffrey Kanige. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Intervention and referral services for general education pupils (I&RS) a four-part videotape program series and videotape companion guide 1998

Hope Arvanitis and Irv MacDowell

Contains materials intended to provide a framework and best practice ideas for starting or refining intervention and referral teams in school buildings at all grade levels across the state. 4 videocassettes (58 min.)

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Issei, Nisei, Sansei 1975

John Nakamura and Doug Wakefield

Examines the changing lifestyle and some of the problems facing the Issei, Nisei, Sansei (first, second and third generation) residents of the Japanese community at Seabrook, N.J., after being relocated in 1944. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Janie's Janie 1972

Geri Ashur

Shows a welfare family in Newark, N.J. in which the mother must raise the children alone. 1 videocassette (25 min.)

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Land donation everyone benefits 2001

Christine Todd Whitman

Focuses on the preservation of New Jersey's open spaces and farmlands. Discusses the many options available and also the tax and financial benefits. 1 videocassette (16 min.)

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Lean on me 1989

John G Avildsen, Norman Twain, Robert Guillaume, Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Alan North, and Lynne Thigpen

The fact-based story of high school principal Joe Clark, who armed himself with a bullhorn and a Louisville Slugger and slammed the door on losers at Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey. 1 videocassette (109 min.)

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Legislative town meeting 1988

Open forum discussing issues such as taxes, garbage disposal, and insurance rates. Featured guests are New Jersey Assembly Speaker Chuck Hardwick and New Jersey Assembly Democratic Leader Willie B. Brown. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Let's clear the air 1994

Describes impact of automobile driving on air pollution and suggests ways in which citizens can assist in solving the problem. 1 videocassette (15 min.)

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Make a difference at an urban public library c2005

Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative and New Jersey State Library

1 videodisc (8 min.)

MEDIA 10-362

 

Meeting New Jersey's economic, environmental, and agricultural challenges 198-

Discusses protecting natural resources, waste disposal, and agriculture in New Jersey. 1 videocassette (15 min.)

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The men who would be governor 1989

Profiles of candidates for the 1989 governor's race.  Profiles of James Florio and James Courter, including glimpses of their early lives and family backgrounds.  Includes interviews with family and friends. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 143

 

Minorities and the police 1988

Discusses clashes between minorities and the police in New Jersey.  Features interviews with residents and police officers.  Also includes a discussion with panelists Mayor Harry Curley of Vineland, N.J., James Harris, Dean of Students at Montclair State College, Howard Arnette of Seton Hall Law School, and Sandra Lilley, Caucus reporter. 1 videocassette (30 min)

DANA 140

 

Mother Leeds' 13th child 197-?

Bill Reed and Phil Sheridan

Examines the Jersey Devil through dramatization, drawings, photographs and interviews with people who claim to have had contact with it. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Nellie Dick and the modern school movement 1990

Jerry Mintz, Nellie Dick, and James Dick

This film is about the recollection of a pioneer in alternative education, Nellie Dick, who was 96 years old at the time of the interview. One learns that the Modern School (Stelton, N.J.) is based on the libertarian theories of Francisco Ferrer, a Spanish progressive educator. 1 videocassette (ca. 110 min.)

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New Jersey remembers 200 years December 18, 1787 to December 18, 1987 1988

Lynn Edwards

This documentary is an emotional account of the rich history of New Jersey, the third state to ratify the constitution.  The ceremony celebrating the 200 years of New Jersey's history is covered. 1 videocassette (ca. 45 min.)

MEDIA 2-1704

 

Non-profit organizations in New Jersey holding up the safety net 1989

Non-profit organizations are asked to provide more services, yet the dollar amounts allocated to them have decreased.  Decreases in government support have damaged many of New Jersey's non-profit organizations.  Non-profit organizations are now addressing more people with a variety of needs.  They have also had to aggressively seek sources of funding.  Guests include William Brooks, Prudential Insurance Co., Director of the Social Investment Program ; Gerald Kaufman, President Center for Non-Profit Organizations ; Lorna Johnson, Director, Urban League of Essex County. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

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The once and future Newark c2006

Michael Podolski, Clement Alexander Price, Rutgers--Newark, Office of Communications, and Blackbird Media Group

Long overshadowed by its close proximity to New York City, the treasures and history of Newark, New Jersey's largest city, have remained hidden to many of the citizens of the state and the region. The once and future Newark engages viewers' interest for personal exploration and discovery of this remarkable city. The film features a number of city sites, chosen for their broad cultural, social and historical significance. 1 videodisc (26 min.)

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Organized crime 1987

Discusses how organized crime started, who runs it, how it operates, and what the government is doing to stop it.  Shows a less sensationalized view of crime and the impact on New Jersey.  The program traces the origin of organized crime and the first "gangster," Longy Zwillman.  The evolution of organized crime has been a major force in shaping the economical, social, and political climate in New Jersey.  Guests on this segment include:  Mark Stuart, author of Gangster #2 ; Peter Bridge, author of The Mafia Talks ; law enforcement official Justin Dintino ; and New Jersey Attorney General Cary Edwards. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 159

 

Paper, rock, scissors 2005

New Jersey Network (Firm) and New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Features digital stone carvers, master paper makers, master paper cutters, pop up book engineers and more. 1 videodisc (27 min.)

MEDIA 10-546

 

PEOSHA & RTK what's it all about? 1990

Pat Curley Schneider, Larisa Bondy, and Janice DeAngelis

This video educates the viewers and New Jersey public employees in particular on what PEOSHA and RTK are all about. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the importance of knowing about occupational and environmental health issues and services in, and for one's workplace. The video concludes with an outline of the roles and functions of employers and employees in making the workplace safe for the benefit of all. In general, employers are required to provide a central file of material safety data sheets, hazardous substance fact sheets, and right to know survey; training; proper labeling of products; health & safety control measures, etc. Employees are encouraged to try to work with their employers on things that affect their health and well-being; and to get assistance from the RTK and PEOSH programs if the employers refuse to help. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)

CAMDEN. DANA. MEDIA T55.3.H3P46 1990 911 2-1361

 

A place out of time the Bordentown School 2010

Dave Davidson, Amber Edwards, Ruby Dee, Hudson West Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), and PBS Home Video

The little-known story of the last all-black, publicly funded, coeducational boarding school north of the Mason-Dixon Line. In a segregated society, the Bordentown School was an educational utopia and cultural oasis for black citizens in the northeast and beyond for more than 70 years. Founded in 1886, and forced to close in 1955 after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the story of Bordentown is also the story of black education in America across three centuries. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-1850

 

Planning for the future a program about the State Development and Redevelopment Plan 1988

A program concerning the State Development and Redevelopment Plan for managing the growth of the state for the next few decades. 1 videocassette (ca. 15 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 48 2-584

 

Race portraits in black & white 1987

Tony Marshall

Deals with racism at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.  Five different students are interviewed: a black separatist, a white male who believe's he's a victim of reverse discrimination, a black woman with mostly white friends, a white man with a black girlfriend who has mostly black friends, and a woman who's the product of an interacial marriage. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-318

 

Race relations 1988

Lisa Jones

Discusses race relations in New Jersey. Featured guests are Stephen Adunato Sr., director of the North Ward Center, James Harris, Associate Dean of Students, Montclair State College, Elsa Nunez-Wormack, Dean of Faculty, College of Staten Island, and Sandra King, New Jersey Network correspondent. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA 80

 

Roosevelt, New Jersey 1983

Richard Kroehling and Laura Nathanson

Explores the history of a unique community, created in 1936 under the name Jersey Homesteads with funds from the U.S. Resettlement Administration.  In this radical social and economic experiment, 120 families of Jewish garment workers moved from New York City to settle in the cooperative, which included a coat factory, and a consumer outlet.  Includes archival footage and interviews with the original cooperators and their children. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA D-357

 

Royal rule and religious revival 1993

David Steven Cohen, Louis Presti, Celeste Holm, and Bob Szuter

Explores the political, social, and religious conditions of colonial New Jersey under royal rule, including property disputes between the proprietors and occupants of the newly-unified colony and the effects of the widespread religious revival known as the Great Awakening which swept the colonies at the time. 1 videocassette (26 min., 20 sec.)

MEDIA 2-2423

 

Rutgers, a vision of excellence 1987

A promotional tape which introduces the viewer to the various undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools at Rutgers University. 1 videocassette (14 min.)

MEDIA 2-502

 

Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey an overview 1988

A promotional tape showing the various undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools and colleges at Rutgers University. 1 videocassette (15 min.)

MEDIA 2-503

 

Scared straight! Scared straight! 20 years later 2003

Arnold Shapiro, Peter Falk, Danny Glover, William Moffitt, Jim Arnold, Robert Niemack, Sharon Rennert, John Thomas, Marie Maxwell, Arnold Shapiro Productions, Paramount Stations Group, Inc, Docurama (Firm), and New Video Group

Scared straight! profiles a unique juvenile crime-prevention program at New Jersey's Rahway maximum-security prison, recounting the day seventeen teenage lawbreakers spent inside the prison with the some of New Jersey's most dangerous criminals. In an attempt to scare the kids out of their criminal ways, prisoners took turns describing prison life, emphasizing it's worst features. Scared straight! 20 years later traces the subsequent lives of the teens and convicts featured in the original documentary. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

MEDIA 10-438

 

Seabrook a new beginning 1995

William Brown, Flo Shore, and Blue Sky Productions

Interview with the diverse population in Seabrook, who came to work at the farm and food processing company. 1 videocassette (44 min.)

MEDIA 2-6306

 

Seabrook Farms remembered 2002

Ned Eckhardt, Charles Harrison, Tom Rosa, Larry Litwin, Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center, and Two C's Media

Interviews with past and present Seabrook residents and local school teachers recount the unique and diverse community where people from many nationalities and ethnic groups lived together and had a strong sense of community. 1 videocassette (35 min.)

MEDIA 2-6309

 

Should the lady take a chance? 1973

Paul Buck, Art Ciocco, and Charles Parsons 

Discusses whether or not Atlantic City should legalize casino gambling. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA D-222

 

Smokestacks and steeples a portrait of Paterson 1992

Vincent N Parrillo

This critically acclaimed, fast-moving documentary tells the 200-year history of Paterson, N.J., showing how the Great Falls established the city's evolution into an industrial giant in textile, silk, locomotive and airplane engine manufacture.  Another segment dramatically presents vivid historic photos of the great fire and flood of 1902 and the silk strike of 1913.  Strikingly portrayed also are the city's famous and infamous, the architectural beauty of its churches and buildings, its many ethnic and residential neighborhoods, and its present-day realities. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-2294

 

Special interest groups 1987

Looks at special interest groups in New Jersey.  Doctors, lawyers, teachers, and senior citizens are some of the individuals who have organized special interest groups.  How powerful are these groups?  This is debated on this broadcast of Caucus New Jersey.  Guests include, Bill Berlin, Thomas Fucano, Sharon Harrington, Edward A. McCool, and John A. Lynch, Jr. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 153

 

Sports 1986?

Discusses sports in New Jersey--from the superbowl Jets to the possibility of professional baseball coming to the Garden State.  The program opens by tracing the history of sports in New Jersey, including boxing, baseball, horse racing, and football. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 154

 

Steelmakers 1974

Scott Nielsen and richard Blofson

Explores the history, tradition and vlaues of Roebling, N.J., a former company steel town. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA D-219

 

Street fight 2005

Cory Booker, Sharpe James, Marshall Curry, Marshall Curry Productions, Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc, Independent Television Service, P.O.V. (Firm), and American Documentary, Inc

Follows the 2002 race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32 year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James. Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the election pitted a young challenger against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary, including harassment and police intimidation, to crush its opponents. 1 videodisc (82 min.)

DANA 321

 

T is for technology 198-

Examines technology education at four New Jersey high schools.  Includes interviews with teachers, principals, and students.  Discusses methods for teaching problem solving. 1 videocassette (ca. 20 min.)

DANA 124

 

They don't laugh at Hoboken anymore 199-?

Ralph Bell, Brian Kellman, and Peter Bridge

Presents the promises and perils of gentrification in Hoboken through interviews with residents. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA D-223

 

Towers of frustration 1971

Focuses on the Stella Wright housing project in Newark, N.J. Esplores the problems confronting residents in many of the country's large, impersonal and crime-ridden public housing projects. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA D-212

 

The two New Jerseys 1993

David Steven Cohen, Louis Presti, Celeste Holm, and Bob Szuter

Explores the social and political events which surrounded the formation of the two separate colonies of East and West Jersey through their eventual unification under Queen Anne in 1702. Disputes with the governor of New York over territorial jurisdiction, as well as the transfer of land ownership from Quaker to Anglican and its social implications are focused upon. 1 videocassette (26 min., 3 sec.)

MEDIA 2-2422

 

Urban education 1988

Discusses the stae of urban education in New Jersey. Featured guests are Eugene C. Campbell, Superintendent of Newark Schools, Walter McCarroll, the Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, and Marilyn Morneuser, Executive Director of the Education Law Center, Newark. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA 86

 

Urban youth and unemployment 1989

Discusses the need to train urban youths to enable them to seek employment.  Two programs that currently exist in New Jersey are the Youth Corps Program and a employment program sponsored by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.  Guests include Bruce Beaman, New Jersey Youth Corps ; John Griffith, PSE&G ; John Heldrich, Vice President, Johnson & Johnson, and Chair, New Jersey Commission on Employment and Training ; Carl Van Horn, Eagleton Institute, Rutgers University. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

DANA 148

 

The vanishing family farm 19--?

Scott Nielsen and Richard Blofson

A New Jersey farmer tells of the plight of the family farm. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA D-209

 

A Virtual academic library environment in New Jersey 1997.

Albert Xavier and Charles McMickle

An interactive video teleconference presenting the plan for creating and developing VALE: a virtual academic library environment in New Jersey with partial funding from the Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund.  Jointly sponsored by NJIN's Educational Activities Task Force and Library Committee to present VALE plans and initiatives. 1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.)

MEDIA 2-3605

 

Waiting on the world to change poverty in Camden, New Jersey 2008

Diane Sawyer, ABC News, ABC News Productions, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Moorestown, New Jersey, has been designated "the best place to live in America." Ten minutes away is Camden, the poorest city in America, also known as Murder City, USA. During a period of 18 months, Diane Sawyer follows the lives of three youngsters who are used to seeing drug deals on street corners and hearing gunfire at night. What is it like for kids to live with no electricity, rushing to finish homework before sundown? To have no food to eat before school? To sleep on the floor with roaches, grateful just to have a roof overhead? Four-year-old Ivan is homeless and hungry, but looks forward to learning to read in kindergarten. Seventeen-year-old Billy Joe is determined to graduate from high school and get an honest job to help his family. Six-year-old Moochie lives in a dysfunctional family and dreams of getting a good education. All they need is the opportunity to prove themselves. 1 videodisc (ca. 42 min.)

DANA 478

 

What if no one answered the call? 1997

Steven Gorelick, David Earnest, Michael Finan, Ed Cohn, and Al Musicant

With few exceptions, New Jersey communities rely on volunteers     to provide many of their emergency services: firefighters, ambulance and rescue squads, auxiliary police, emergency management workers, civil air patrol. This video is targeted to recruiting high school and college level students as new recruits to emergency services. 1 videocassette (9 min.)

DANA. LSM 800 HD8039.F5 1997

 

Who decides? 1989

Modern science and technology have changed our ideas about life, death, and the limits of medical research.  This program deals with biomedical ethics, and topics such as living wills and the right to die are discussed.  Guests include Senator Gabriel Ambrosio, Democrat, Bergen ; Assemblyman Dick Kamin, Republican, 23rd District ; Ann Perone, New Jersey Right to Life ; Dr. David Price, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

DANA 147

 

Wilson c1993

Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Henry King, Darryl Francis Zanuck , Lamar Trotti, Fox Video (Firm), and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Wilson's career is traced from his tenure as Princeton University president and governor of New Jersey through his successful campaign and years at the White House. 1 videocassette (ca. 154 min.)

MEDIA 2-6779

 

Yanomani homecoming 1992

Lisa Truitt, Peter Schnall, and Betsy Ames 

An anthropologist from the U.S., Ken Good, marries a Yanomani woman, Yarima and brings her to his home in New Jersey where they have three children together. This film shows the couple and their children returning to the land of the Yanomani for a visit. 1 videocassette (37 min.)

MEDIA 2-1964

 

A year for decision in New Jersey 1989

Focuses on the political campaigns of Jim Florio and James Courter.  Features clips from a televised debate, and discussion with a panel of guests.  Guests include Richard W. Roper, Princeton University ; Sandra King, New Jersey Network ; Dan Weissman, Star Ledger ; Rick Sinding, New Jersey Reporter. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

DANA 150

 

Yo soy hechicero I am a sorcerer 1996

Iván Drufovka and Ron Stanford

It's all in a day's work for Juan Eduardo Nuñuz, a Cuban refugee who leads a religious congregation in a backyard garden shed in a subdivision near Atlantic City, New Jersey. This neopagan religious cult deals in spirit possession, animal sacrifice, mythic storytelling and physical healing. Juan Eduardo's wife, a Pentacostal, claims that her husband is an instrument of Satan. 1 videocassette (48 min.)

DANA 702