USS General Langfitt arrives in New York, carrying first shipload of European refugees under U.S. Refugee Relief Program

Title: "Refugees Arrive - They Want To Live in Freedom" superimposed over immigrants on transport looking towards New York skyline / WS USS General W. C. Langfitt, transport ship, up harbor / CU US flag flying from mast / VS refugees waving from ship / CU PAN immigrants on deck looking toward land / VS CU immigrants, including many children, on deck looking toward land, and pointing / MS refugees on deck looking shoreward happily / CU woman kissing child / MS Eduard Zimmer, European refugee among 30,000 to be admitted to US under 1953 refugee act, looks shoreward with his family / CU father, mother, and child / CU mother and child looking toward shore from deck / CU young boy, tilt up to mother and child / CU elderly lady / MS people looking shoreward woman looking thru binoculars / CU woman looking thru binoculars / high angle shot immigrants waving, pan to shot of Statue of Liberty in bg / CU button on man's chest reading "United HIAS Service", tilt up to his face as he smiles and then makes a fist; he is Abraham Rosenberg, European refugee, heavyweight champion from Frankfurt, Germany / PAN from people waving to Statue of Liberty with immigrants waving in foreground / M, immigrants waving, Statue of Liberty in background / CU mother and child watching / CU woman snapping picture / LS people waving from deck, Statue of Liberty in background / MS people waving from deck, Statue of Liberty in background

Title: "Refugees Arrive - They Want To Live in Freedom" superimposed over immigrants on transport looking towards New York skyline / WS USS General W. C. Langfitt, transport ship, up harbor / CU US flag flying from mast / VS refugees waving from ship / CU PAN immigrants on deck looking toward land / VS CU immigrants, including many children, on deck looking toward land, and pointing / MS refugees on deck looking shoreward happily / CU woman kissing child / MS Eduard Zimmer, European refugee among 30,000 to be admitted to US under 1953 refugee act, looks shoreward with his family / CU father, mother, and child / CU mother and child looking toward shore from deck / CU young boy, tilt up to mother and child / CU elderly lady / MS people looking shoreward woman looking thru binoculars / CU woman looking thru binoculars / high angle shot immigrants waving, pan to shot of Statue of Liberty in bg / CU button on man's chest reading "United HIAS Service", tilt up to his face as he smiles and then makes a fist; he is Abraham Rosenberg, European refugee, heavyweight champion from Frankfurt, Germany / PAN from people waving to Statue of Liberty with immigrants waving in foreground / M, immigrants waving, Statue of Liberty in background / CU mother and child watching / CU woman snapping picture / LS people waving from deck, Statue of Liberty in background / MS people waving from deck, Statue of Liberty in background
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Editorial #:
1424059451
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
July 12, 1955
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:00:07
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005217_01_04