- Title: V-1508
- Summary: MOT IMMIGRANTS:
- Description:01:01:07 - AMERICANS ALL. ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS: STREET SCENE LOWER MANHATTAN, CHINATOWN. CHINESE WALKING DOWN AND ALONG NARROW STREETS. RESTAURANT NEON SIGNS AND STOREFRONTS. SIGNS IN ENGLISH & CHINESE. NEW YORK CITY. DAILY STREET LIFE, STOREFRONTS, RESTAURANTS 01:01:46 - CHINESE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON WALL, PASSERSBY STOP TO READ. POSTERS PLASTERED TO WALL, ALL IN CHINESE CHARACTERS. 01:02:51 - CHINESE MERCHANT IN FRONT OF STORE WITH LARGE FABRIC SACK 01:03:10 - CHINATOWN TENEMENT STOREFRONTS & CITY BUILDINGS. FIRE ESCAPE. CHINESE RESTAURANTS. CHOP SUEY NEON SIGN. GOOD SHOT. CLOSE SHOTS OF STOREFRONT SIGNS, BAR SIGN 01:03:45 - LOWER EAST SIDE JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD OR GHETTO STREET SCENES. NYC. STOREFRONT WINDOW. FINKELSTEIN MACHINERY CO. STOREFRONT MACHINE SHOP ON JEWISH LOWER EAST SIDE 01:03:56 - HEBREW SIGN CU. IN HEBREW CHARACTERS. KOSHER RESTAURANT, ORTHODOX BAKERY SIGN IN ENGLISH & HEBREW 01:04:12 - GROUP OF BOY SCOUTS RAISE HANDS IN PLEDGE. BOY SCOUT PLEDGE AND SALUTE. 01:05:31 - ENTRANCE OF SYNAGOGUE-TEMPLE-CHURCH. WORSHIPPERS EXIT 01:05:57 - TOP OF TEMPLE. STAR OF DAVID, JEWISH STAR & HOLY QUOTE CARVED IN STONE. 01:06:06 - JEWISH SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP SCHEDULE DISPLAY SIGN 01:06:14 - CU CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE CORNER STONE. LETTERS CARVED IN STONE. 01:06:22 - LOWER EAST SIDE STREET SCENE. STREET VENDORS, BUSTLING WITH ENERGY, VENDOR CARTS IN BACKGROUND. PUSHCARTS. LAUNDRY HANGS FROM WASHLINES ON FIRE ESCAPES. 01:06:35 - CU PUSHCART AND MERCHANTS, CROWDS PASS BY ON STREET. SHOPPERS LOOK AT PUSHCART DISPLAYS. STREET MARKET 01:07:26 - LONG SHOT LOOKING UP TENEMENT STREET ON JEWISH LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN. PUSHCARTS, UMBRELLAS, SHOPPERS. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET LIFE. 01:07:57 - CU HEBREW STOREFRONT GLASS WINDOW. VARIOUS OTHER STORE'S SIGNS. PRINT SHOP SIGN, DRY GOODS, HOSIERY STORE 01:09:12 - ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOOD. LITTLE ITALY, PROBABLY MULBERRY STREET. VARIOUS STOREFRONTS IN ITALIAN 'HOOD. JERRY AND FRANKS MEAT MARKET STOREFRONT. NEAPOLITAN MACARONI CO. STOREFRONT SHOP. CU RUSSO PASTILLERIA SHOP SIGN. 01:10:02 - SIGN ON STOREFRONT IN RUSSIAN 01:10:12 - LOWER EAST SIDE STREET SCENE, BUSTLING ACTIVITY, TENEMENTS IN B/G, SHOPS, PUSH CARTS, TRAFFIC ON CONGESTED STREETS 01:10:47 - GROUP OF OLD LADIES, SHOPPERS TALK ON STREET 01:11:01 - ITALIAN VEGETABLE PUSHCART VENDOR 01:11:47 - MORE SIGNS IN ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOOD 01:12:31 - REFUGEES TO ISRAEL. JEWS RETURN TO ISRAEL. 1125 REEL V 01:12:49 - LARGE MILITARY TROOP SHIP LOADED WITH PEOPLE 01:12:50 - CIVILIANS ON DECK OF SHIP WAVE BON VOYAGE TO PEOPLE ON SHORE. WAVING HANDKERCHIEFS. 01:13:03 - YOUNG PEOPLE HANG OVER RAILING OF SHIP 01:13:16 - AMBULANCE WITH JEWISH STAR ON IT, PULL NEXT TO SHIP ON DOCK 01:13:31 - OFFICIAL CHECKS REFUGEE'S PAPERS. 01:13:59 - GROUP OF PEOPLE WALK OFF GANGPLANK OF SHIP TO SHORE. CIRCA 1948. JEWS RETURNING TO ISRAEL. IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE, WALK DOWN GANGPLANK OF SHIP TO NEW LAND 01:14:35 - LOADING CARGO & BAGGAGE ONTO TRUCK ON DOCK 01:14:53 - MORE REFUGEES GETTING OFF SHIP, DOWN GANGPLANK. 01:15:14 - HELPING WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR OFF SHIP 01:15:35 - ON BOARD THE SHIP, PEOPLE WAITING TO GET OFF. 01:15:48 - PEOPLE BEING LET OFF, CHECKING PAPERS, ETC. 01:16:33 - TRUCK WITH LUGGAGE DRIVES OFF 01:16:43 - JEWISH REFUGEES DANCE FOLK DANCE ABOARD MILITARY SHIP. HOLDING HANDS, DANCING IN A CIRCLE.GUN BARREL OF CANNON IN BACKGROUND 01:16:55 - JEWS WITH LUGGAGE LEAD TO TRAIN 01:17:30 - LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN ARRIVES. PULLS BOXCARS OF JEWISH REFUGEES. PASSENGERS WAVE FROM TRAIN. BOXCAR DOORS ARE OPEN. RAILROAD BOXCARS FILLED WITH JEWISH REFUGEES ARRIVING IN ISRAEL. PEOPLE HANGING OUT OF TRAIN CARS. 01:18:23 - REFUGEES GREETED BY FAMILY IN ISRAEL. LOTS OF HUGS & KISSES. HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN A LONG TIME 01:18:35 - HELPING MAN CLIMB OUT OF BOXCAR 01:18:37 - PEOPLE BEING LEAD TO PROCESSING CENTER, GETTING OFF TRAIN, GETTING ORGANIZED 01:19:24 - PEOPLE ON STRETCHERS LOADED INTO JEWISH AMBULANCE 01:19:45 - LARGE GROUP OF REFUGEES. PEOPLE WALK TOGETHER ACROSS FIELDS TO REFUGEE CAMP. LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE WALKING UP PATH. 01:20:21 - CU WOMEN REFUGEES LEAD INTO REFUGEE CAMP THROUGH WIRE GATE. 01:20:44 - MEN LEAD INTO CAMP. 01:21:15 - CHILDREN ARE STRIPPED FOR PHYSICAL EXAM. YOUNG GIRLS WITH DOCTOR AND NURSE. TAKE OFF THEIR CLOTHES. PUT CLOTHES INTO SACK. 01:22:07 - NURSES BATHE CHILDREN, WASH THEIR HAIR IN BUCKET. RINSED IN SHOWER STALL. 01:23:14 - SHIRTLESS BOYS LEAD INTO HALL 01:23:26 - REFUGEE CHILDREN EXAMINED BY DOCTORS. LOOK IN THEIR EARS, MOUTH. STETHOSCOPE 01:24:02 - SOUP LINE IN REFUGEE CAMP
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-1508