Strangers for the Day

Name: Strangers for the Day
Director: Georges Dufaux
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1962-01-01
Duration: 27 min

196227m

★ 0.0

Documentary

This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow them on a snowy journey by train to Montreal.

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