The Making of an American (1920)
14m
Running Time
March 8, 1920Release Date
The Making of an American (1920)
14m
Running Time
March 8, 1920Release Date
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Plot.
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.
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Details.
Release DateMarch 8, 1920
StatusReleased
Running Time14m
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Wiki.
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.