# The Battle Of Newburgh, 1963

Episode of NBC White Paper. Soundtrack starts about a minute and a half into the episode. "TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Examines the tightened welfare code Proposed for Newburgh, N. Y. by its city manager, Joseph Mitchell. R. 1: Chet HultIey presents background on the city and its people and explains why a conflict has arisen over the public welfare program. Housewives describe what it means to live on welfare budgets. Mitchell speaks of improvements in zoning codes, urban renewal, and housing inspection, R. 2: Shows how welfare funds are spent, and explains how Mitchell has attacked the program and taken steps to restrict eligibility and payment. A man, who was denied city aid, describes the situation facing his family. Ministers in a church, businessmen in a tavern and other townspeople give their views. Outlines the code and its relation to taxation, housing, employment and business growth." National Archives Identifier: 72831

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1963
- Runtime: 57 min
- By: United States. Office of Economic Opportunity
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheBattleOfNewburgh1963)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.