# Old world, new world \[motion picture\]

An introductory overview to a history of European immigration alternates formal narrative and historical film with interviews and color footage of present-day descendants of the groups studied. One man who arrived at age eighteen and eventually became an immigration inspector, determining who should enter after him, is interviewed in the deserted Ellis Island facilities, which closed in 1954

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1976
- Runtime: 54 min
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/oldworldnewworld)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/oldworldnewworld?play=1)