Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island, Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Type
Label
Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island, Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Language
eng
Characteristic
motion picture
Main title
Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island
Medium
electronic resource
Oclc number
701797904
Responsibility statement
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Runtime
2
Series statement
New York at the turn of the centuryAmerican history in video
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 sceneThe 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
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Emigrants landing at Ellis IslandImmigrants landing at Ellis Island
Subject
- Ports of entry -- New York (State) -- New York
- Docks -- New York (State) -- New York
- Ferries -- New York (State) -- New York
- Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York
- Rivers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Emigration and immigration
- Islands -- New York (State) -- New York
- Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York
Other version
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor2
- Subject9
- Ports of entry -- New York (State) -- New York
- Docks -- New York (State) -- New York
- Ferries -- New York (State) -- New York
- Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York
- Rivers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Emigration and immigration
- Islands -- New York (State) -- New York
- Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York
- camera1
- Other version2
- Mapped to1