13 West Street (1962)

FAMILY LEGACY
THIS FILM BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES SHARED BY MY PARENTS ON THEIR VOYAGE FROM RUSSIA TO AMERICA IN THE 1900'S. THEY WERE PART OF THE IMMIGRANTS WHO LANDED IN GALVESTON, TX AND SETTLED IN HOUSTON,TX. SINCE THE MAJORITY OF EUROPEAN REFUGEES LANDED IN ELLIS ISLAND, I REALIZED HOW FORTUNATE MY PARENTS WERE TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO AMERICA VIA GALVESTON, SINCE THE TIME FRAME FOR THOSE ARRIVALS WAS SO LIMITED.THE FILM PRESENTED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE DURING THAT ERA IN REGARD TO IMMIGRATION.