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I am trying to locate a documentary film made in the late 1960’s.

In the late 1960’s I was involved in a cross cultural exchange program between teenagers from Vermont and New York City. The program was called The Vermont New York Youth Project. I distinctly remember a documentary being made about the program and the filming of the daily interactions of the teens from Vermont and New York City. I was one of the teenagers involved in the program and the Vermont New York Youth Project had a major impact on my life. I have never seen the documentary and I am attempting to find it. I remember that the narrator of the documentary was the legendary Lorne Green. I have asked many people how I should go about trying to locate this documentary and the consensus opinion is that IMDb is definitely where I should begin my search. Does IMDb have this film in its database? Thank you for any assistance or suggestions you can provide me. Sincerely, Michael Brown

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11 days ago

Michael: That must be The First Step (1969) (TV) at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5676504/ which is about the Vermont-New York Youth Project and was narrated by Lorne Greene. In terms of being able to find the documentary to watch it, IMDb may not be able to help with that. However, I see that this film was produced by Vermont Public Television (see https://www.vermontpublic.org/ ). You may want to contact them to inquire first. Good luck!

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According to this entry at the Vermont International Film Festival, the doc has been digitized. https://vamp.vtiff.org/film/798/the-first-step

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9 days ago

Please use the advanced search at https://www.imdb.com/search/title/ where the proper set of options does the magic: 1) Set the 'Genre' to "Documentary"; 2) Set the 'Page topics Plot' to "Vermont"; 3) Set the 'Cast or crew' to "Lorne Greene"; 4) Click [See results] at the top; 5) Enjoy the Advanced search. The result: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?genres=documentary&plot=vermont&role=nm0001296 After the IMDb search, you have the exact name of the movie that is further searchable on streaming platforms. Here is the one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzRB7GKgrMw

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