VIDEOS
Dutch New York with Historian Barry Lewis,
aired September 10th, 2009
Channel Thirteen (WNET) Production
Executive Producer: John De Natale
Producer: James Nicoloro
Director of Photography: Mead Hunt
The complete video is available for streaming at www.thirteen.org/dutchny.
The Dutch made us different. Produced to honor the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River, and the Dutch colony that resulted from his voyage, this hour long documentary tells the story of Dutch New Amsterdam, the city that became New York, and the Hudson River Valley colony of New Netherland. The 40 or so years of Dutch settlement made the future New York different from the other original thirteen colonies. “Boston and Philadelphia…..they were English. We were New Amsterdam; we were Dutch”.
Scholars interviewed include Eric Sanderson (“Manahatta”), Joyce Goodfriend, Dr. Charles Gehring and Wm. T. Chip Reynolds, Captain of the newly re-built Half-Moon.
The 2 following video clips are also available on YouTube: