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Refugees arrive at Ellis Island

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.252.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0017 | Film ID: 3

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    Refugees arrive at Ellis Island

    Overview

    Description
    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 19, No. 504, Part 1. Release date, 05/20/1946.
    Refugees arriving at Ellis Island on board the "Marine Flasher". LS, boat lined with passengers. View from boat, silhouetted FG men with hats, crowd waving. MS family waving, standing at edge, packed crowd behind fence/barrier of Ellis Island. Dark interior. Slow pan people on boat; happy. CU old woman with flowered hat and younger woman yelling at guard. 02:35:32 MS, young women, Sonia Weissman (survivor of Warsaw Ghetto), running to hug and kiss. Crying women embracing. Similar shots, including hugs, tears, man kissing woman, man crying, woman wiping his face, man hugging younger man, wailing woman. Young women and men sitting together, arms around each other. Woman and little boy standing together, show camera tattoos; pan to CU on arms. VCU two other women with tattoos. Weber family with tags standing together (top row: Gertrude, Senta, Ruth, Alfons; bottom row: Renee, Judith, Bela). Crowd, mothers with babies. More shots of crowd.

    Newsreel footage also includes the following parts:
    02:36:24 "America's Pledge of Allegiance"
    02:37:15 "Flying Tigers Come Clean"
    02:38:06 "Chinese Get US Navy Vessels"
    02:39:08 "Miner Hits Jackpot"
    02:40:02 "King Cotton Holds Court"
    02:41:06 "Sand Sailors Show Speed"
    02:42:24 "Plane Hits Wall Street Skyscraper"
    Duration
    00:01:24
    Date
    Event:  1946 May 20
    Locale
    New York, NY, United States
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: Universal News
    Camera Operator: Maria Kauderova-Fordham
    Camera Operator: Markmann

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    02:35:00:00 to 02:36:24:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
    Note
    For a duplicate copy of this newsreel, see RG-60.2260 and RG-60.0357. For additional film (outtakes) of the refugees arriving in NY but not used in the newsreel release, see Stories 24, 351, 352, and 354.

    See textual records in USHMM files that include related newspaper articles, press releases, and cameraman's dope sheets.
    Copied From
    35mm print
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 109
    Source Archive Number: 200 UN 19-504-1
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:20
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