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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

You might be able to then go back to Ancestry or Ellis Island... the same lists

You might be able to then go back to Ancestry or Ellis Island... the same lists

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You might be able to then go back to Ancestry
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or Ellis Island... the same lists...
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:23
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.
Check the dates of the ships coming in - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Check the dates of the ships coming in
No, because hopefully he's remembered - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
No, because hopefully he's remembered
This is the right year, because you know, the census, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is the right year, because you know, the census,
But I'm, I'm hoping in the naturalization record, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
But I'm, I'm hoping in the naturalization record,
In the naturalization papers, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
In the naturalization papers,
I can't see naturalization papers on line, though, right? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I can't see naturalization papers on line, though,...
And see if you can pull something up. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And see if you can pull something up.
It was Andrew Carnegie - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
It was Andrew Carnegie
Indeed, this institution, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Indeed, this institution,
Literally half the funding of the New York Public Library - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
Literally half the funding of the New York Public Library
And it's private philanthropy - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
And it's private philanthropy
And what's been fascinating to watch - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And what's been fascinating to watch
Those private investments have now inspired the city, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
Those private investments have now inspired the city,
So, and, and one of the things that you're going to see is, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
So, and, and one of the things that you're going to see...
A second example is on the issue of internet connectivity. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
A second example is on the issue of internet connectivity.
Three million New Yorkers are not connected at home. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Three million New Yorkers are not connected at home.
We could have all the content in the world, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
We could have all the content in the world,
And this is how people are learning and engaging - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And this is how people are learning and engaging
So again, we went, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So again, we went,
We started a 10,000-household lend of internet - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:26
We started a 10,000-household lend of internet