Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography ~ 1899-1973

[Canadian notebook] 

Producing Agency:   National Film Board of Canada

Production Date:   1953

Format:   35 mm, b&w

Synopsis – new families to Canada disembark from a passenger ship, enter an immigration office and receive their travelling papers. A following shot shows immigrants, identified by lapel tags, seated on either side of the train aisle. Other scenes are apparently taken on a Maritime farm.

Repository:   National Film Board of Canada, Stock Shot Library

Subjects:
[Canadian notebook]
Emigration and Immigration

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