Produced by
Jim Brennan
Hosted by
Bill Baker
Associate Producer
Jennifer Hallam
Director of Photography
Marc Kroll
Audio
JT Takagi
Paul Cote
Editor
Michael Weingrad
Gaffers
Brian Hwang
Damon Bundschuh
Kevin Hunt
Michael Pruitt-Bruun
Additional Photography
Brian Hwang
Evan Eames
Ari Haberberg
Additional Aerial photography courtesy WLIW
Additional Audio
Michael Karas
Bradley Schirmer
Production Assistants
Fabian D Freire
Leandro Goicuria
Joshua Cohen
Benjamin Schaeffer
Mark Kachelries
Production Interns
Demi Ray
Erin McElhinney
Nicole Pagano
Transcribers
Sherry Alwell
Erin Chapman
Aubrey Strickland
Stephanie Carter
Translators
Caroline Hahn
Laura Ricciardi
Special Thanks
Maria Burks
Commissioner, National Parks of NY Harbor
Cynthia Garrett
Superintendent, Statue of Liberty NM & Ellis Island
Tara Morrison
Superintendent, African Burial Ground NM
Linda Neal
Superintendent, Governors Island NM
Barry Sullivan
Superintendent, Gateway NRA
Darren Boch
National Parks of NY Harbor
Brian Feeney
Gateway NRA
Special Thanks
Lisa Eckert
Superintendent, Jamaica Bay Unit, GNRA
Marge Fallon
Sandy Hook Unit, GNRA
Pete McCarthy
Assistant Superintendent, Jamaica Bay Unit, GNRA
Shirley McKinney
Deputy Superintendent, Manhattan Sites
Frank Mills
Deputy Superintendent, Statue of Liberty NM & Ellis Island
John Zuzworsky & Kim Tripp
Jamaica Bay Institute
Marie Salerno
President & CEO, National Parks of NY Harbor Conservancy
Bob Zahn
Broadcast Video Rentals
Blimp ride courtesy of Airship Management Services Inc.
Christian & Steve Stathis
Boarders Surf Shop
Derf McTighe & Chris Triplett
Island Style Surf Shop
Fran O’Neill & David Cohen
New York Studio School
Archival Footage
National Park Service
Bill Crowley
footage from “The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery”
courtesy of Christoper Moore & US General Services Administration
Archival Stills
Library of Congress
Gateway NRA Archive, Fort Wadsworth
Tamra Walker
Richard Schmeelk
Sung Won Kim
Theodore Roosevelt Collection -Harvard College Library
Additional Editing
Mary Ann Toman
Assistant Editor
Cynthia Lovett
Graphics
David Chomowicz
Michiel Pilgram
Online Editor
Kerry Soloway
Sound Re-Recording
Richard Fairbanks
Sound Editing
Rob Daly
Supervising Producer
James Nicoloro
Executive Producer
John DeNatale
© Educational Broadcasting Corporation 2007
