Red Star Line
Red Star Line
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Red Star Line

2013
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

The Belgian shipping company Red Star Line carried more than 2 million migrants from Antwerp to New York between 1873 and 1934. Most of them were Eastern Europeans who had left their homes and their families due to war and poverty. Through taped interviews, more than 2000 Red Star Line passengers relate the most important journey of their life.

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Seasons

  • Departure

    1.Departure

    01-10-201350m

    Many Americans have tried to reconstruct the puzzle of their ancestors' lives. Descendants of the immigrants whose astonishing migration story is registered on the Oral History Pro...

  • The Crossing

    2.The Crossing

    08-10-201350m

    Eastern European migrants flood into Antwerp, a city they barely know, to await departure for America - exhausted and with no money with which to buy anything. Once at sea they fac...

  • America

    3.America

    22-10-201350m

    As the Statue of Liberty came into view, the 'American Dream' suddenly seemed to become reality - but more trials remained. Migrants would undergo medical examination on Ellis Isla...

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