Vietnamese refugees soon after arriving in the United States after the Vietnam War fall of Saigon. A Vietnamese girl seated next to a man using a radio to communicate. In the Refugee Center, a man writes names of refugees with their tent assignments. Air Force personnel and volunteers at work in the Center.
Mix of period footage circa 1910, retrospective interviews in 1975, and some still images. European immigration in bad travel conditions to America. View from rail on deck of a ship in heavy seas. An elderly European immigrant recalls his experiences of the journey on ship to America. Ship in Atlantic Ocean. Picture of European immigrants on ship deck. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Early 1900s period footage of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and disembarking from ship, then walking with luggage for processing at Ellis Island. Some immigrants peer across New York Harbor at the skyline of New York city. Scene change to 1975 and views of interiors of a no longer used building in Ellis Island. Names of persons carved on walls. A man shares his experience as an immigrant passing through Ellis Island, and then as an immigration inspector reviewing new immigrants as they arrived.
Check-in registration activities at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania during Operation New Life and Operation New Arrival for Vietnamese refugees, in Pennsylvania, United States. The interiors of a building at the fort. A Vietnamese refugee family looks over forms and forms are being processed by the military personnel. Meal identification cards on the desk. Soldiers making copies of the forms on the photocopy machine.
Receiving camp for Vietnamese refugees set up during Operation New Life, Operation New Arrival in the United States. Vietnamese refugees having just arrived at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Men and women serving food to the Vietnamese refugees. The refugees seated at a table, having their food. Children eating food.
Activities of newly arrived Vietnamese refugees during Operation New Life / New Arrival in the United States. Vietnamese refugees at Fort Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania, having arrived for initial processing. Men and women serving food to the refugees. The refugees walking towards their buses after having lunch. The refugees board the buses holding their personal gear.
Scenes of Vietnamese refugee arrival during Operation New Life / New Arrival in the United States. Vietnamese refugees boarding buses. The refugees sitting inside the bus. The refugees disembark from the buses at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsvlvania, and walk towards a building holding their personal gear. The interior of a building. The refugees being served lunch. Refugees seated at a table, having their food.
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