Post-WWII - 1948, USA: Displaced Persons First Quota Of Displaced Persons Arrives In NYC 30Oct48

Post-WWII - 1948, USA: Displaced Persons First Quota Of Displaced Persons Arrives In NYC 30Oct48 Slate: D.P’s 30/10/48 Roll 1, Cameraman: Morang. 10:12:38 LS Military transport SS General W.M. Black (AP-135) entering New York harbor. MSs & CUs decks lined w/ first Displaced Persons / DPs allowed into US under new quota legislation; passengers waving. Additional shots as ship prepares to dock. 10:15:23 Flash slate: Smith #1 D.P. 10-30. MS U.S. Attorney General Tom C. Clark on dock w/ others, walking; boards tugboat, into harbor to greet new arrivals. 10:16:20 Flash slate: same, #2. Tug pushing ship; gangway lifted & attached to ship, VIPs / customs officials onto ship; immigrants wait on deck to disembark. 10:17:54 Slate: Sgt. Hurst Roll #1. LS Statue of Liberty seen thru hazy light of harbor, spray from fireboats w/ freight barges passing in FG. General Black approaching docks, NYC skyline / skyscrapers in background. Refugees; Immigration; Foreigners; Post-WW2; 1940s;