Describes European immigration to America from 1880 to 1914. Elderly European immigrants recall their experiences to interviewers in 1975. Still photo montage scenes circa 1900: Immigration officer with a woman. Large number of immigrants wait for immigration check at Ellis Island. Children lined up. Immigrants at port and going through health examinations. During physical examination, immigrants with disease of Trachoma marked and segregated. In 1975 an old lady describes her experience of being misdiagnosed with Trachoma and almost sent back to Russia. She was reexamined and allowed to remain in America.
Various sites in Granada, Spain. Panoramic view of the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain (C. Real de la Alhambra, s/n, 18009 Granada, Spain). The Alhambra fortress shows its Spanish Medieval Islamic architectural style. Views of the city of Granada in Spain. View of the Court of the Myrtles, the central part of the Comares Palace, and the Court of the Lions inside the Alhambra complex.
Whaler "Herman" at Herschel Island, Canada during a cruise. A view of a harbor at Herschel Island. Boats in the harbor. Huts at the harbor and civilians milling about in the foreground. Royal Northwest Mounted Policemen at the harbor. A ship in the background.
The Spanish civil war ends in Madrid, Spain. Aerial view of the houses in the city. A wrecked building. Damaged window panes of a building. A bombed out building. People on street. Captured ammunition being kept on ground. People carry a basket of bread. Civilian refugees of war in a chow line. A child eats food while wrapped in a blanket. A man eats sitting on a bench. Nationalist Cavalry troops march. Nationalist Head of State of Spain Francisco Franco disembarks from a car. People salute to Francisco Franco. He waves to people from a balcony of a building in Madrid. People gather. Next scene shows a railroad train station in Paris France, as Dolores Ibárruri (Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez or also called "La Pasionaria"), a Communist Party, Spanish Republican heroine, exits the train station to a waiting car. She is in exile from Spain, and on her way to Russia.
Castles in Spain. A castle on hilltop and amidst trees. View of the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain (C. Real de la Alhambra, s/n, 18009 Granada, Spain). Court of lions in the Alhambra palace with fountain in the center of the court. Beautifully engraved walls, with wooden doors and windows. Islamic inscriptions on the walls of the palace.
A boat from the Whaler "Herman" delivers supplies for explorer Stefansson at his camp on Banks Island, Canada. His power Schooner "Mary Sachs" hauled up on the beach. Supply crates piled up on the beach.
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