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Arrival of emigrants [i.e. immigrants], Ellis Island / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.


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Arrival of immigrants, Ellis Island

Arrival of emigrants, Ellis Island

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1906.

SUMMARY
Depicts scenes at the Immigration Depot and a nearby dock on Ellis Island. Appears to show, first, a group of immigrants lined up to board a vessel leaving the island, then another group arriving at the island and being directed off of the dock and into the Depot by a uniformed official.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 9May1906; H77049.

Duration: 3:27 at 15 fps.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Photographed April 27, 1906.

Received: 5/9/06; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref print; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Immigrants--New York (State)--New York.
Harbors--New York (State)--New York.
Islands--New York (State)--New York.
Docks--New York (State)--New York.
Emigration and immigration.
Ports of entry--New York (State)--New York.
Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 roll (218 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
LC 1946 (paper pos)
FEB 9481 (ref print)
FPE 5517 (dupe neg)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
lcmp002 m2a13402 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a13402

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