Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island

Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Other author/creator	Abadie, Alfred C. (Alfred Camille), 1878-1950, camera operator.
Other author/creator	Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Format	Electronic and Video (Streaming)
Publication Info	United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
Description	1 online resource (2 min.).
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;782508
Subject(s)	Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) Docks--New York (State) --New York. Emigration and immigration. Ferries--New York (State) --New York. Harbors--New York (State) --New York. Immigrants--New York (State) --New York. Islands--New York (State) --New York. Ports of entry--New York (State) --New York. Rivers--New York (State) --New York.

Variant title	Emigrants landing at Ellis Island
Variant title	Immigrants landing at Ellis Island
Series	New York at the turn of the century
Abstract	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 scene.
Abstract	The 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.
General note	Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24July1903; H33775.
General note	Original duration: 2:20 at 15 fps.
General note	Previously published as DVD.

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