New Americans (1944)
Part of RKO's "This is America" series, this is an Oscar nominated short documentary from 1944 that follows the plight of European immigrants arriving in the USA looking for hope and safety.
- Date of release
- 1944-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Slavko Vorkapich
Casting
- Thomas Chalmers — Narrator
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
New Americans is a 1944 American short documentary film directed by Slavko Vorkapić. It was part of RKO Pictures's This Is America series and featured the National Refugee Service. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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