File:Ellis Island video.ogv
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Ellis_Island_video.ogv (Ogg Theora video file, length 2 min 23 s, 320 × 240 pixels, 814 kbps, file size: 13.85 MB)
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"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. 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." Duration: 2:20 at 15 fps. |
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| Source | Library of Congress[1] |
| Author | Edison Studios (Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.) |
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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| current | 02:36, 15 February 2009 | 2 min 23 s, 320 × 240 (13.85 MB) | Durova | {{Information |Description="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 |
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