Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island /
From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: EMIGRANTS LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND. Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y.A most interesting and typical scene.
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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United States :
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.,
1903.
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| Series: | American history in video.
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| Summary: | From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: EMIGRANTS LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND. Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y.A most interesting and typical scene. The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (2 min.). |