A View From the Stoop: A Bronx Retrospective 1940-1970 [Educational Version/Classroom Length]

[This DVD is classroom length - a special 60-minute cut, with public performance rights] Take a trip through decades past with this documentary and experience what life was like in the Bronx from 1940 through 1970. Home is where the heart is ... and it's never too late to go home. Produced by Stephen M. Samtur and narrated by Marvin Scott, Broadcast Journalist & Bronx native, this program is the product of thousands of hours of research, and a diverse collection of transport tapes, home movies, film clips, and archival photo gallery from New York's Municipal Archives. You will see the splendid 1940s trolleys; the 3rd Avenue El that in the summertime rumbled past apartment buildings and kitchen windows; you will practically taste the many different ethnic dishes being prepared for the traditional family meal; the shopping bastions of Alexanders, Loehmanns, Hearns, Johns Bargain Store, and Thom McCan; the restaurants and theatres of Fordham Road; the unforgettable ice cream parlors of Krum s and Jahns, with its legendary Kitchen Sink; our beautiful beaches and clubs; and so much more.