A Force In American Culture

Traces the immigrant cultural contribution in music and food. Explains that the Germans introduced the pipe organs in churches, formed orchestras, and held songfests, that the Irish folk tunes influenced Western music, and that the Italians brought opera to New Orleans.

More in In OUR NATION'S ROOTS

  1. BLOOD, SWEAT, AND COAL MINES
  2. BUILDING AN AGRICULTURAL EMPIRE
  3. BY THE GRACE OF GOD
  4. CASTLE GARDEN
  5. IMMIGRANT AND AMERICAN SCIENCE
  6. IMMIGRANT AS A POLITICAL LEADER
  7. IMMIGRANT CRAFTSMEN
  8. IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN AMERICAN LIFE
  9. IMMIGRANT SERVES HIS COUNTRY: THE CIVIL WAR
  10. IMMIGRANTS AND POLITICAL MACHINES
  11. LABOR MOVEMENT
  12. LIFE IN THE CITY
  13. LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE OF OUR IMMIGRANT KINFOLK
  14. MAN OF THE SOIL
  15. RECOLLECTING OUR NATION'S ROOTS
  16. THE GREAT OUTDOORS. 1923
  17. A Force In American Culture 1957
  18. Growth Of The City 1957
  19. The Crossing 1957
  20. The First Generation 1957
  21. The New Immigrant 1957
  22. The Seeds Of Nativism 1957
  23. To Link A Nation 1957
  24. Triumph Of Mass Production 1957

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, catalog record