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The Cummington story

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.
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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.

More in American Scene Series

  1. The Cowboy 1943
  2. Steel town 1944
  3. The Town 1944
  4. Valley of the Tennessee 1944
  5. The Cummington story 1945
  6. Steel Town 1949
  7. Tuesday in November 1949
  8. THE CUMMINGTON STORY 1979

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, format, color, sound, description
  2. usgov-av-1974 — title, year, creator, length, color, sound, description
  3. 3434 U.S. Government Films — title, year, creator, length, format, description, catalog record
  4. 16mm Filmography editors — catalog record, video

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