The Cummington story
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Series: American Scene Series no 14
Duration: 22
Year Published: 1945
Creator: U.S. Office of War Information, Overseas 2, 41 Branch
Format: 16mm
Color: B&W
Sound: sound
Description: The story of a group of immigrants settling in a small New England town features the participants re-enacting their experiences. Although cultural assimilation is difficult, the community gradually accepts the newcomers who become involved in work, church and town meetings.
Complete Record: The story of the arrival in Cummington, USA, of a group of refugees from Europe and the manner in which they were accepted by the community. They are greeted by the minister of the local church, who has assumed the responsibility for their adjustment to a strange country, and has found a place for them to live. Then began the process of gradually breaking down the barriers between the new arrivals and the townspeople. Strangeness falls away, the minister implies, when people live and work and meet together. The story of this exercise in human relations is told with sympathy, understanding, and humour.
Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74hUjq4aYbQ
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