Synopsis
Dan Snow looks at 19th century New York when migrants arrived in a city consumed by squalor, stench and soot.
- Programme: Filthy Cities
- Episode: 3: Industrial New York
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2011
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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