Refugees arrive at Ellis Island

Identifier
irn1001472
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.184.1
  • RG-60.0351
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • David Haspel & Associates

Scope and Content

Women showing tattoos. Two men, twins, pose for camera. People getting on/off boat to Ellis Island with luggage. Relatives waiting/waving on ship. Sonia Weissman appears briefly at 05:01:51.

Note(s)

  • For additional film like this (outtakes) of the refugees arriving in NY but not used in the newsreel release, see Stories 24, 352, and 354. For the newsreel, see Stories 17, 357, and 2260.

Subjects

  • UNITED STATES
  • CHILDREN
  • REFUGEES
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • CROWDS
  • ELLIS ISLAND
  • TATTOOS
  • WOMEN
  • BOATS
  • LUGGAGE

Places

  • New York, NY, United States

Genre

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