Synopsis
This 1964 black and white film "The Inheritance" celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America by outlining the improvements the union has won for clothing workers over its five decades. It visits early America and the immigrants who arrived to Ellis Island in NYC and who toiled in the garment and steel factories of the United States. It is a story of the birth of organized labor and the Amalgamated Union. At the time the film was released, the Amalgamated had 385,000 members working in the apparel and related industries, and in laundries, cleaning and dyeing plants and retail stores. The union operated in 42 states, four Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico. The film opens with a ship sailing in front of the Statue of Liberty in a deep fog. The Inheritance – Part 1. Ellis Island 1:40. Narrated by Robert Ryan. Written by Millard Lampell. Directed by Harold Mayer. An abandoned room at Ellis Island with an empty crib 2:20. Photos of immigrants arriving in the US in the early 1900’s 2:30. Immigrants meet immigration officers at Ellis Island 4:30. Children are checked for tuberculosis 4:35. Families seeing New York for the first time 5:32. People mill about downtown Manhattan 5:35. Very old film of people dancing in a ballroom 6:00. The wealthy flaunt their wares 6:30. The tenements of New York City 6:45. A fire hydrant is opened to cool off the children 7:00. Photos from the year 1905. People living in horrid conditions in the tenements on…
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Details
- Running time
- 28 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
- Internet Archive item
- 18184-the-inheritance-vwr
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- Stock Footage