Focuses on the problems and dreams of new immigrants in America by telling about an uprooted Polish family. Shows how they lived at the beginning of the 20th century and includes interviews with the grandfather today as he reveals his contentment with improved opportunities for his grandchildren.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321573
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Emigration and immigration - Psychological aspects
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Family - United States
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Immigrants - United States
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cultural relativism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social integration - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social structure - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Emigration and immigration
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)