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People In The News (1949 Displaced Persons In USA)

Reel Number: 221458-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1949

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 04:07:17

TC Ends: 04:08:59

Duration: 00:01:42

Title: People In The News (1949 Displaced Persons In USA) 04:07:23 Man greets woman, two children & man, getting off Greyhound bus. Other foreigners follow. Girl w/ large pastry, breaks off piece & eats while smiling. Group at tables talking, gesturing. 04:08:01 Man interviewing man wearing ribbon ANCHA (SOF): “Mr. Mardiki, how is this lady? 99 years old. “Is she the oldest of this group?” “She is the oldest woman ever allowed to come to America; and, you know, we are so proud that Uncle Sam is the only person in this world that allows people at that age to enter this land of Freedom, and we should be very proud of that fact.” The youngest is to my right etc. “...one month old, just too soon to be a native born american citizen.” The End. Post-WWII Refugees; IRO; International Relief Organization; Propaganda; Patriotism;

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