Buffalo's Immigrants : the American Dream

Title

Buffalo's Immigrants : the American Dream

Description

A 5-part series hosted by Rich Newberg that traces the lives of European immigrants who passed through Ellis Island in the early 1900s, settling in Buffalo. Common themes of sacrifice and love of country are reflected by local family members of Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and Jewish descent.
Originally aired on WIVB-TV.

Date

1984-11

Source

Rich Newberg Reports Collection

Publisher

WIVB (Television Station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (publisher of digital)

Rights

Copyright held by WIVB-TV. Access to this digital version provided by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Videos or images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of WIVB-TV and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.

Relation

Digital Collections of the B&ECPL

Type

Moving Image

Format

video/mp4

Language

Citation

Newberg, Rich (Producer, Writer, Reporter) and Mombrea, Mike Sr. (Photographer, Editor), “Buffalo's Immigrants : the American Dream,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/1815.