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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

It's very much about inspiration, and about how we translate that inspiration into...

It's very much about inspiration, and about how we translate that inspiration into pictures of specific things

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It's very much about inspiration,
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and about how we translate that inspiration
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into pictures of specific things.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:35
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.
So what you see around you, all these files, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
So what you see around you, all these files,
This wall, famous people, A to Z by last name. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
This wall, famous people, A to Z by last name.
They have their own because they're exclusive - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
They have their own because they're exclusive
And then there's everything else, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And then there's everything else,
And the things that we have here, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And the things that we have here,
Because it's not like we started a year ago - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Because it's not like we started a year ago
We have been clipping the pictures - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We have been clipping the pictures
So there's not only the interest - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
So there's not only the interest
So you get to see the typefaces they used, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
So you get to see the typefaces they used,
You can see the look of different things - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
You can see the look of different things
So, it really is like looking back in time. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
So, it really is like looking back in time.
A lot of the '50s and '60s stuff here - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
A lot of the '50s and '60s stuff here
I'm going to give you time to go around - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
I'm going to give you time to go around
And if you want to share the folder, that's fine, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And if you want to share the folder, that's fine,
So, you have your own inspiration, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So, you have your own inspiration,
My grandparents were all second-generation New York Jews. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
My grandparents were all second-generation New York Jews.
They were not immigrants, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
They were not immigrants,
And I was very interested in the journey - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And I was very interested in the journey
I mean, we talk a lot about the immigrant journey - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I mean, we talk a lot about the immigrant journey
But we don't think as much - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
But we don't think as much