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Strangers at the Door /

It had been a hard journey for immigrants Jan Laluckey and his family. But on arrival in Québec, the New World, all their hopes for a new and better life were dampened when immigration officials refused to allow Kasia, Jan's daughter, to remain. During a routine medical examination it was foun...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Film Board of Canada
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 1977.
Series:NFB.ca.
Subjects:
Canada > Emigration and immigration > History.
Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism.
Law and Crime.
Families.
History - Canada - 1867-1919.
Canada > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
Emigration and immigration
Canada
Canada > Officers > Immigrant families > Medical assessment > Canada. Immigration Division > Dramatizations
Internet videos.
Internet videos
Nonfiction films
History
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:It had been a hard journey for immigrants Jan Laluckey and his family. But on arrival in Québec, the New World, all their hopes for a new and better life were dampened when immigration officials refused to allow Kasia, Jan's daughter, to remain. During a routine medical examination it was found that Kasia had contracted an infectious eye disease. In the end she was separated from her family and sent back to Europe alone.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file (28 min.)).
Production Credits:Director/photography, Hector Lemieux ; producer/script, Rex Tasker ; sound, Claude Pelletier ; editing, John Spotton ; sound editing, Victor Merrill ; re-recording, Ron Alexander, Roger Lamoureux.