Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Starts part way through Mayor Dinkins' speech, includes the oath of office and invocation. Speakers include Harry Belafonte, Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman, Pastor Gardner Taylor, Judge Frtz W Alexander II, Reverend Desmond Tutu, Governor Mario Cuomo, Mayor Koch, Judge Milton Mollen, City Council president Andrew J Stein, Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman and Reverend Maria Lopez
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
The end of Mayor Dinkins inauguration ceremony, features some protestors with signs. Features a music video from the music group Public Enemy, almost definitely copyrighted.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Celia describes her childhood in WW1 era Poland, including abject poverty, sickness and antisemitism, comparing Imperial German and Russian rule.
Celia describes coming to America at the age of 25, fleeing antisemitism and an inability to find work in Poland or Germany. She describes staying with family, the pressures to get married and joining the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus (originally Freiheit Gezang Verein)
Celia describes why she joined the Chorus and its importance in the Jewish immigrant community. She also describes efforts to unionize garment industry workers and negotiating wage increases.
Date on tape does not match cover, April 3, 1985
Celia describes how and why the Co-ops were built and the feeling of seeing it completed. She then describes the slow downfall of the Co-ops as members stopped paying rent and misused utilities.
Celia discusses the McCarthy era and the impact of anti-Communist sentiment on the socialist and labor communities in the Co-ops and America at large. She also discusses the future of Judaism and Jewish culture in NYC, lamenting the decline of Chorus membership.
Series of still photographs of members of Celia's family the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus
Photographs from Celia's life
Celia goes through old photos, describing her family as she looks out the window of her apartment. Celia then walks around the complex of the Co-ops, retelling anecdotes of her life there.
Celia continues describing important parts of the Co-ops and how they fell into disrepair over time.
Mina describes growing up in the Co-ops, emphasizing its political mindedness, interracial culture and general sense of safety
Members of the Chorus rehearse their repertoire
Members of the Chorus rehearse their repertoire
Members of the Chorus rehearse their repertoire
