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Forgotten Ellis Island : the extraordinary story of America's immigrant hospital Cover Image DVD DVD

Forgotten Ellis Island : the extraordinary story of America's immigrant hospital

Conway, Lorie 1954- (Author). Gould, Elliott. (Added Author). WGBH Educational Foundation. (Added Author). PBS Home Video. (Added Author).

Summary: In the era before antibiotics, tens of thousands of immigrant patients were separated from family, detained in the hospital on Ellis Island, and healed from illness before becoming citizens. 350 babies were born, and ten times that many immigrants died on Ellis Island and were buried in pauper's graves around New York City.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780793670246
  • ISBN: 0793670241
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    1 videodisc (approximately 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Documentary.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Ken Willinger ; editor, William A. Anderson ; composer, Gil Talmi.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Elliott Gould.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally broadcast on television in 2008.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (enhanced); Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
Information Relating to Copyright Status:
Boston Film & Video Productions Research date: 02/24/2012 Source: Item.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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