# Education For All; The City College of New York

Education For All; The City College of New York Description DOCUMENTARY: On City College of New York which offers tuition-free education. R.1: Illustrates the history of City College from its inception as the Free Academy in 1847 under Townsend Harris, to its name change in 1866, and to the present. Shows how people from all walks of life can get college education, regardless of ability to pay. Classroom and outdoor campus activity. R.2: President Harry N. Wright and Dean John G. Peatman meet with students on student affairs. Professors and students conduct open meetings on community affairs. Classroom and field study groups include engineering, sociology and child psychology. Dates , The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups, between ca. 1930–ca. 1953. General Notes , Credits: Photog. Leopold Steiner; Writ. Evelyn S. Brown; Narr. Ben Grauer, Class of 1930. Contributor: Producer, Harmon Foundation/Faculty Centennial Executive Committee of the City College. Sound , Audiovisual record(s) in this item have sound. Access: Unrestricted , Use: Possibly Restricted , Use of these archival materials may be restricted for the following reason: Copyright , Although all rights were conveyed to the U.S. Government on July 26, 1967, proprietary rights or existing copyright in footage obtained from other sources by the Harmon Foundation may…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1940
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/h-hf-87-r1)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/h-hf-87-r1?play=1)