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The Threshold (The Immigrant Meets the School) - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB526209
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Guy Glover
Directors: George Bloomfield
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Character Education, Diversity, Documentary, Education, Family Studies/Home Economics, Social Issues, Social Studies, Special Education
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1959
Running Time: 22:53
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The Threshold (The Immigrant Meets the School) - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB526209
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Guy Glover
Directors: George Bloomfield
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Character Education, Diversity, Documentary, Education, Family Studies/Home Economics, Social Issues, Social Studies, Special Education
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1959
Running Time: 22:53
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In its portrayal of the adjustments--sometimes easy, sometimes difficult--faced by every immigrant family upon first contact with the Canadian educational system, the film endeavors to anticipate for them some of the problems they are likely to meet. It also suggests that voluntary organizations such as Home and School Associations can help them.