Episode 4: off to America
Manuscript by my Nannu Paul J Sorrentino “why did they ever leave?” Telling the honest earnest story of Sicilian immigrants, our family, coming to America.
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Page: My footage.com on YouTube
Video: 1900’s railroad construction
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page: “Ship history” on YouTube
Video: “SHIPS Italian immigration to US in the early twentieth century”
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Page: “guy jones” on YouTube
Video: “July 23, 1903 New York – immigrants arriving at Ellis island (restored with added sound)”
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Page: “St. Constantine” on YouTube
Video: “the Italian Americans – la famiglia”