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Poster for Destination America: City of the Big Shoulders (1976)

Destination America: City of the Big Shoulders (1976)

1976 · Television · 29 min

Synopsis

The essence of the Polish immigration experience is captured in interviews with stockyard and steel mill workers in Chicago, a city of 800,000 Poles, more than in any other metropolitan area. Shows Chicago's annual folk fair, which draws 80 different nationalities, and closes with a retired milkman, now a guide at the Polish museum, playing Paderewski's music on Paderewski's piano

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Running time
29 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Educational Films, Ephemeral Films

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