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English: "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. Length 140 feet"-Edison films catalog.
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.
Español: Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island (en español: Emigrantes (i.e., inmigrantes) desembarcando en la isla Ellis), cortometraje documental estadounidense de 1903 de Thomas A. Edison, Inc. filmado por Alfred C. Abadie.
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Source Library of Congress
Author Alfred C. Abadie
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The author died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.


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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