File:Ellis Island video.ogv

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Ellis_Island_video.ogv ‎(Ogg Theora video file, length 2 min 23 s, 320 × 240 pixels, 814 kbps, file size: 13.85 MB)

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"The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera.

From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: EMIGRANTS LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND. Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y." Duration: 2:20 at 15 fps.
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Source Library of Congress[1]
Author Edison Studios (Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.)

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VP9 240P 280 kbps Completed 18:19, 25 August 2018 2 min 12 s
Streaming 240p (VP9) 281 kbps Completed 19:02, 18 December 2023 1.0 s
WebM 360P 401 kbps Completed 07:41, 30 November 2023 17 s
Streaming 144p (MJPEG) 1.01 Mbps Completed 23:48, 9 November 2023 4.0 s

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