- Title: V-1507
- Summary: AMERICANS ALL (MOT OUTS):
- Description:03:39:20 - PEOPLE WALK DOWN DOCK 03:39:46 - BON VOYAGE ON DOCK. WENDELL WILLKIE WAVES GOODBYE 03:40:01 - WATER PLANE TAKES OFF. AMPHIBIOUS AIRPLANE. FLIES OVERHEAD 03:40:52 - WATER PLANE TAXIS UP TO DOCK 03:41:47 - PEOPLE GET OFF PLANE. REPORTERS PRESENT 03:42:03 - IMMIGRANTS SWORN IN AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. HAND RAISED. INTERVIEW OF COUPLE. CIVIL MEETING, MEETING OF LOCAL TOWN POLITICIANS, TOWN CIVIL SERVANTS. IMMIGRANT OFFICE HEARING 03:44:56 - PANEL OF MILITARY OFFICIALS. INTERROGATION. 03:45:42 - OLD BUSINESSMAN ON OLD-FASHIONED PHONE. 03:46:23 - PHOTOGRAPHS ON WALL OF MANY DIFFERENT IMMIGRANTS AND FAMILIES. EUROPEAN AND ASIAN IMMIGRANTS 03:47:02 - CU SIGN "DEPORTING DIVISION". ARROW POINTS IMMIGRATION OFFICE, COURT BUILDING 03:47:11 - CU SIGN "SPECIAL INQUIRY APPEALS HEARINGS" 03:47:16 - CU SIGN "WITNESS ROOM" 03:47:22 - CU SIGN "RECEPTION HALL" 03:47:31 - FEMALE TEACHER INSTRUCTS YOUNG PUPILS AT FRONT OF CLASSROOM. FREE-STANDING BLACKBOARD. TEACHING ENGLISH TO IMMIGRANT CHILDREN. LANGUAGE CLASS AT IMMIGRATION TRAINING SCHOOL 03:47:48 - SHOTS CHILDREN PRACTICING ENGLISH LESSON. CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM RECITES TOGETHER OUT LOUD (MOS). PUPILS SIT IN OLD FASHIONED PUBLIC SCHOOL DESKS 03:48:57 - ASIAN BOYS IN CLASSROOM SITTING IN ROW OF DESKS 03:50:05 - SHOTS OF ASIAN TEEN BOYS IN REC ROOM. VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. PLAY PING PONG. 03:50:26 - OLDER ASIAN MEN READ NEWSPAPERS AND PLAY CARD GAMES. DEALING PLAYING CARDS. 03:50:44 - ASIAN MAN DOING CRAFT WITH YARN, LOOM, & KNITTING HOOK 03:50:55 - CHINESE TEENS PLAY DOMINO-TYPE GAME. MIX UP PLAYING PIECES ON TABLE 03:51:29 - LARGE IMMIGRATION HALL WITH AMERICAN FLAGS HANGING FROM ABOVE. LARGE HALL 03:51:52 - WAITING IMMIGRANT FAMILY, WOMAN KNITS. CHILD PLAYS CARD GAME, PLAYS WITH PLAYING CARDS. 03:52:12 - GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS ON BOAT WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS. NEW YORK HARBOR, NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE IN BACKGROUND. ON FERRY. ARRIVE IN NY WATERFRONT GREAT SHOT!! 03:52:30 - IMMIGRANTS ON BOAT LOOK OUT TO STATUE OF LIBERTY. COMING TO AMERICA 03:52:51 - IMMIGRANTS WAVE FLAGS AND SMILE FOR CAMERA. 03:53:10 - IMMIGRANTS ON BOAT LOOK OUT AT SKYLINE 03:53:59 - FRENCH MAN IN BERET, W/ CIGAR 03:54:18 - IMMIGRANTS DISEMBARK BOAT ON ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. HANDING TICKETS. NUN CARRIES BABY 03:55:11 - LS SHIP ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOR. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES. BOAT PULLS INTO DOCK 03:56:37 - GANG PLANK RAISED UP TO SHIP. 03:56:55 - PASSENGERS DISEMBARK OCEAN LINER, WALK DOWN GANGPLANK. IMMIGRANTS DISEMBARK 03:57:34 - BAGGAGE CLAIM AT DOCK, IN DARK AREA. CROWDED. SUITCASES. LUGGAGE 03:58:41 - TUGBOAT PULLS INTO DOCK IN NEW YORK HARBOR, STATUE OF LIBERTY IN BACKGROUND. 03:59:22 - WINTER. SNOW ON THE GROUND. IMMIGRANTS DISEMBARK TUGBOAT AT ELLIS ISLAND. 03:59:37 - HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF PEOPLE ON SIDEWALK, SNOW ON THE SIDES 04:00:04 - MISC SHOTS OF ELLIS ISLAND BUILDINGS. SCHOOL-LIKE BUILDING WITH AMERICAN FLAG OUT FRONT 04:00:08 - FAMOUS ORNATE ELLIS ISLAND BUILDING. PROCESSING BUILDING 04:00:23 - BOAT ARRIVES AT ELLIS ISLAND. IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE ON ELLIS ISLAND BY BOAT. PIER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-1507