Shows that a major city is composed of an extraordinary diversity of individuals, many of whom came to the city to fulfil a private dream of success. Demonstrates that as immigrants came to the city, they changed and built it to fit their demands and desires, and that as they build the city, the city environment also changed them. Points out that those problems that confronted the city in the past are still major problems facing urban centres today.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322691
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - United States
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → City and town life
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Immigrants - United States
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Urbanization
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Urbanization
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Urban renewal
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cities and towns - Growth - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → City and town life
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social integration - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social problems
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social structure - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sociology, Urban
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Urban renewal
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Urbanization
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)