This 1956 promotional video is a time capsule of New Jersey when my parents were kids.
"This Technicolor color film was produced in 1956 for the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, and based on a 1953 John T. Cunningham book This is New Jersey."
It’s surprisingly light on corporate propaganda. However, the mention that one third of the state was below the Mason-Dixon Line was a little too… wistful, especially given the paucity of people of color in the film. https://youtu.be/pF6TPvxs95w
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