Island of Hope, Island of Tears
The National Park Service and Charles Guggenheim
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National Park Service
Island of Hope, Island of Tears AVA15996VNB1, 1992 (1989)
From 1892-1954, Ellis Island was the port of entry for millions of European immigrants. Fascinating archival footage tells the moving story of families with dreams of opportunity, leaving their homes with what they could carry.
CINE - Golden Eagle Award 1990 Columbus International Film and Video Festival - Chris Award 1990 Earthwatch Institute Film Award - 1991 National Educational Film & Video Festival - Bronze Apple 1991
Presented by the National Park Service Narration by Gene Hackman A Film By Charles Guggenheim
There are 4 versions of this video. The one named HD.theater.splice comes from the uncompressed .avi highdef master from the National Archives. The one named 79-hfc-287-r1-3c is the National Archives reference print. The one with the file named "Island of Hope" is from the DVD. The one named ava15996vnb1 is the original NTIS video digitized by Public Resource.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in FedFlix: US government films
- Licence or status
- Public domain (Creative Commons dedication), as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- The National Park Service and Charles Guggenheim
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- English
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed