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Early USA 220279-10.mp4 | Footage Farm

1,980 views · Published 16 November 2011 · 7:00 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: footagefarm · 2011 · Film & Animation

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The Melting Pot [Partial?]
Title missing. Compilation film on immigrants and how they integrate - uses footage from c 1910s - 1930s. Zoom in on Statue of Liberty w/ vars CUs from different angles. Immigrants on boat. PoV arrival at Ellis Island. Immigrants off. Eating in large canteen. 1910s? Mothers putting kids to bed in dormitory [1930s?]. Immigrant women pose for camera w/ children; CUs faces. Men queue for work? Immigrants carry belongings onto ferry. New York City skyline. Crowds under elevated railroad. Immigrant man finds work on construction site. Immigrants learning English in classroom - woman teacher. Train along El. - sign '8th Ave. Subway 1 Block'.
NYC street scenes - traffic & pedestrians. Pan along street market. People bartering. Vendor next to wagon. Tenements w/ washing hanging on lines. Four kids in a bed. Immigrant woman does washing up as kid plays by open window of apartment. Street sign 'Pell St.'. Cards advertising job vacancies - 'Painter at once - $6 per day' etc.
Rows of men working at sewing machines [?]. Women in sewing factory. Men sorting mail. Men down steps w/ military equipment?
Good shots boys jumping off pier in NYC harbour, followed by a dog - swimming. Crowds of kids playing the street - up lamppost, getting soaked under fire hydrant - CUs wet little girls. Boys playing in derelict site. Ice cream vendor w/ cart. Women buying groceries in store [ends abruptly].
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Early USA 220279-10.mp4 | Footage Farm

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