Forgotten Ellis Island : the extraordinary story of America's immigrant hospital / a film by Lorie Conway ; Boston Film & Video Productions LLC ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced, written & directed by Lorie Conway.
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 gra...
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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[Alexandria, Va.] :
Distributed by PBS Home Video,
[2009]
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| 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. |
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| Note: | Documentary. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | CT3 D0109099 VideoDVD |
| Audience: |
Not rated. |
| ISBN: | 9780793670246 0793670241 |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Ken Willinger ; editor, William A. Anderson ; composer, Gil Talmi. |
| System Details: | DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (enhanced); Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC. |
| Participant or Performer: |
Narrator, Elliott Gould. |
| Event Details: |
Originally broadcast on television in 2008. |
| Copyright Information: |
Boston Film & Video Productions Research date: 02/24/2012 Source: Item. |