- Title: V-1502
- Summary: ELLIS ISLAND: IMMIGRANTS IN THE YEARS OF 1900-1910
- Description:00:21:26 - ROBERT KENNEDY LOOKS OUT OVER ELLIS ISLAND. 00:21:31 - APPROACHING BY BOAT ELLIS ISLAND IN DISREPAIR 00:21:36 - OLD RUSTY FERRY, BROKEN BOARDS FLOATING IN WATER 00:21:43 - DECAYING BUILDING OVERGROWN WITH GRASS 00:21:50 - RFK WALKS BY ABANDONDED MAIN BUILDING ON ELLIS ISLAND 00:22:30 - IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ON BOARD BOAT 00:22:39 - CU LADY HOLDS CHUBBY, HAPPY BABY 00:22:44 - IMMIGRANTS LINE DECK OF SHIP. WAVE HATS AS THEY APPROACH AMERICA 00:22:47 - STATUE OF LIBERTY 00:22:50 - PEOPLE ON BOAT CHEER, WAVE, HOLD UP BABY 00:22:54 - FATHER HOLDS INFANT & WAVES SMALL AMERICAN FLAG 00:22:57 - BALDING FATHER HOLDS BABY IN EACH ARM & SMALL AMERICAN FLAG. HAPPILY LOOKS AT EACH BABY 00:22:59 - STATUE OF LIBERTY PAN OVER TO ELLIS ISLAND 00:23:12 - POV FROM BOAT ARRIVING AT ORNATE ELLIS ISLAND BUILDING 00:23:22 - FERRY BOAT OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVES 00:23:26 - SETTING UP GANGPLANK FROM BOAT TO DOCK 00:23:29 - MEN WITH BELONGINGS WAITING 00:23:31 - IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE & GET OFF BOAT 00:23:40 - ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF HUGE ORNATE IMMIGRATION BUILDING ON ELLIS ISLAND 00:23:43 - CROWDS OF NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS BEING HERDED ALONG FOR PROCESSING 00:23:50 - IMMIGRANTS BEING CHECKED IN BY OFFICIALS AT ELLIS ISLAND 00:23:54 - MEN IN CHOW LINE GET THEIR PLATES 00:23:57 - HUGE MAIN DINING ROOM OF ELLIS ISLAND FILLED WITH IMMIGRANTS EATING 00:25:46 - ROBERT KENNEDY SPEAKS FROM ELLIS ISLAND 00:26:39 - MARKET SCENES. PAN ALONG STREET LINED WITH PUSHCART SELLERS 00:26:54 - MONTAGE MARKET VENDORS SELLING POTS & PANS, FABRIC, CLOTHING 00:27:06 - GHETTO OF LOWER EAST SIDE OF NYC 00:27:10 - IMMIGRANT WOMAN ON FIRE ESCAPE TAKES IN WASHING FROM LAUNDRY LINE BETWEEN GHETTO BUILDINGS 00:27:21 - TENEMENT BUILDING 00:27:32 - SCENES OF ABANDONED, DECAYING APARTMENTS 00:28:48 - WOMEN WORKING IN SWEATSHOPS SEWING LACE 00:29:02 - BUSY NEW YORK CITY HARBOR 00:29:13 - GIRDER BEING RAISED AT CONSTRUCTION SITE 00:29:21 - CONTRUCTION WORKERS RIDE UP ROPE 00:29:27 - TEACHER IN ADULT CLASSROOM TEACHING IMMIGRANT CLASS ABOUT "STOP" & "GO" TRAFFIC SIGNALS 00:29:47 - KIDS PLAYING IN SPRINKLERS ON NEW YORK CITY STREETS 00:30:02 - GROUP OF KIDS SITTING ON STOOP AS MAN WALKS BY 00:30:09 - LITTLE BOY TURNING CRANK 00:30:12 - MAN LOADS KIDS INTO EARLY PORTABLE CAROUSEL. TURNS WHEEL AS KIDS RIDE MERRY-GO-ROUND 00:30:22 - ITALIAN SNOW-CONE CART. VENDOR MAKES SHAVED ICE TREATS. KIDS EATING 00:30:35 - LOWER EAST SIDE STREET WITH SIDEWALK MERCHANTS LINING STREET 00:30:45 - GROUP OF KIDS PLAYING ON LOWER EAST SIDE STREET 00:31:05 - PAN UP STATUE OF LIBERTY DURING CELEBRATION CEREMONY 00:31:19 - PULL OUT STATUE OF LIBERTY 00:31:27 - RFK STANDING ON ELLIS ISLAND WITH NYC SKYLINE IN BKGD
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1910
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: V-1502