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WWII - 1942 ca, USA Homefront: Youngest Refugees Find Haven in US

Reel Number: 221054-17

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1942,1940s

Country: Portugal,USA

Location: Lisbon,New York City,NYC

TC Begins: 07:01:33

TC Ends: 07:02:35

Duration: 00:01:02

WWII - 1942 ca, USA Homefront: Youngest Refugees Find Haven in US Jewish child refugees arrive by boat in America on the Portuguese liner Serpa Pinto - refugees are from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Spain and Germany. Children brought to US under auspices of United States Committee for the Care of European Children. Shows children disembarking - posing for cameras - Red Cross feeding children. Children in group waving. WW2; 1940s; Military Newsreel; NOTE: Portuguese liner Serpa Pinto made a number of crossings between Lisbon & Philadelphia & New York City carrying refugees. It arrived 23Jun41 in Staten Island & refugees aboard included Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson who became head o Chabad aka Lubavitc.

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