16 filming day scheduled from April 8, 1980 to October 11, 1980, entirely shot on location in Newark New Jersey.
26,925 feet of 16mm film stock was used (7247), entailing 67 full 400' magazine changes.
Entire documentary film shot with an Eclair NPR 16mm camera, personally owned by DP Phil Gries.
PBS telecast, September 27, 1981, ran 87 minutes, edited down from original 116 minute release.
Complete original 116 minute version of NEWARK IT'S MY HOME plus original outtakes housed by the Newark Public Library digitized from a 16mm answer print on to VHS. The PBS version (only the first 63 minutes) was recorded off the air by DP Phil Gries at the time of its only televised showing (Sept. 27, 1981) on to U-Matic 3/4" video tape and is the best quality version extant, currently available.