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The Making of an American(Movie, 1920)

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The Making of an AmericanRating: 2.1/5 (with 55 votes)
The Making of an American is a 1920 short silent film used as an educational tool in the governmental Americanization initiatives to assimilate immigrants into mainstream culture, especially by encouraging them to learn the English language. It was produced for the State of Connecticut Department of Americanization by the Worcester Film Corp., a company founded in 1918 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The film was rediscovered and preserved by Northeast Historic Film (NHF) a regional moving image archive in New England. ()
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About The Making of an American

Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/08/1920
Director: Guy Hedlund
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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