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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

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�� For that old-fashioned flavor ♪ ♪ That all the folks favor ♪ ♪ Try Hebrew National Meats ♪ ♪ They're a treat, to be sure, 'cause the beef is so pure ♪ ♪ In Hebrew National Meats ♪ ♪ You'll find corn beef, and roast beef, salami ♪ ♪ Pastrami, and wonderful frankfurters, too ♪ ♪ They are surely delicious ♪ ♪ And purely nutritious, those Hebrew National... ♪ : ♪ Hebrew National... ♪

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♪ For that old-fashioned flavor ♪
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♪ That all the folks favor ♪
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♪ Try Hebrew National Meats ♪
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♪ They're a treat, to be sure, 'cause the beef is so pure ♪
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♪ In Hebrew National Meats ♪
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♪ You'll find corn beef, and roast beef, salami ♪
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♪ Pastrami, and wonderful frankfurters, too ♪
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♪ They are surely delicious ♪
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♪ And purely nutritious, those Hebrew National... ♪
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: ♪ Hebrew National... ♪
Duration
29 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:05
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
My mother sold records - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
My mother sold records
He had a certain charm, and he could sing, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
He had a certain charm, and he could sing,
And the year after I was born, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And the year after I was born,
Do you want... Do you want to see, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Do you want... Do you want to see,
Well, there's a little story behind this - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Well, there's a little story behind this
You've got to understand, the bands of the 1950s - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
You've got to understand, the bands of the 1950s
When beat music and rock 'n' roll came in, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
When beat music and rock 'n' roll came in,
While the singers could be quite adaptable, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
While the singers could be quite adaptable,
I think Greil Marcus, beautifully in an interview, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
I think Greil Marcus, beautifully in an interview,
He says, "Elvis Costello was someone - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He says, "Elvis Costello was someone
"He was someone who was, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
"He was someone who was,
"and I really do believe this is the key to his career... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
"and I really do believe this is the key to his...
"he said the only emotions he understood - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
"he said the only emotions he understood
"Whether or not he's recording with the Brodsky Quartet, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:31
"Whether or not he's recording with the Brodsky...
Yeah, I think he gives me way too much credit. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Yeah, I think he gives me way too much credit.
Professor Marcus, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Professor Marcus, you know,
He writes very, very long and intricate books - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:26
He writes very, very long and intricate books
And there was any number of people in my, to myself... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And there was any number of people in my, to myself...
I know it's very convenient - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
I know it's very convenient
But each song has a different occasion for me, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
But each song has a different occasion for me,