# Journey to America

A tribute to the over 12 million men, women and children who made the torturous journey from the old world to the new between 1890 and 1920. From the time these pilgrims left their homeland, they were beset by thieves, extortionists, and stopped by authorities at border crossings. At sea, they suffered from bad food, overcrowding, pestilence, and fire. At Ellis Island they faced the dreadful possibility of being turned back. An immigrant could be rejected for any of a dozen reasons--communicable disease, illiteracy, no visible means of support or the very suspicion of immortality. And, once in the United States, they were moved into urban ghettos or out into rural areas. Producer Charles Guggenheim weaves rare archival material with letters, diaries and oral interviews to depict the largest single human migration in recorded history. 1 videocassette (59 min.) : 1/2 in VHS David McCullough, host Originally broadcast as part of the PBS series The American experience Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired Edited by Catherine Shields ; original score, Michael Bacon ; original photography, Tom Ackerman

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1989
- By: Charles Guggenheim, David G McCullough, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), KCET (Television station : Los…
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/JourneytoAmerica)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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