Showing posts with label usa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label usa. Show all posts

August 27, 2012


This video reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. A dramatized scene in a European steamship office is used to show the economic, political and religious motives for immigration. Contains scenes of Ellis Island and New York City in the early 20th century.


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A 1960 documentary about Integration - Scary era to grow up in if you were black - 20 min. long


Documentary showing the civil rights movement in 1959 and 1960: sit-ins, marches, boycotts and rallies in Montgomery, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Directed by Madeline Anderson. This documentary is 20 minutes long. Growing up in that era must have been very scary if you were black.


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A 1940 film "Truth About Taxes" showing why every citizen had to pay taxes - Nothing has changed


Republican party campaign film on behalf of Wendell Willkie for U.S. president in the 1940 elections. A 1940 film "Truth About Taxes" showing why every citizen had to pay taxes.


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This 1939 silent film shows San Francisco California the way it looked back then


This 1939 silent film shows San Francisco California the way it looked back then.


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