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Arrival / directed by: Donald Ginsberg ; produced by: David Bairstow, Blanche Markle ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).

Ginsberg, Donald, (film director.). Bairstow, David, (film producer.). Markle, Blanche, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary:

A discerning study of an immigrant family and the mingled feelings of hope and despair with which they begin life in a strange land. The film pictures the arrival of an Italian wife to rejoin her husband in a large Canadian city. After two years in Canada the husband feels his dream of a better life is close to realization, but his wife, far from her familiar village, feels that differences of language and custom are insuperable. How such feelings are dispelled by simple gestures of friendship from Canadian-born neighbours gives a heartening conclusion to the film.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (30 min., 00 sec.) : sound, black and white
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.
Copyright: ♭1957

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Donald Ginsberg ; producer, David Bairstow ; associate producer, Blanche Markle ; script, Charles E. Israel ; photography, John Gunn ; sound, Frank Orban ; editing, Martin Defalco ; sound editing, Bernard Bordeleau.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Gerry Sarracini, Hildegarde Rossi.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1957.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).