Digital Transgender Archive

"G.I." Christine Returns Home

Newsreel of Christine Jorgensen's Return to the United States

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A 1953 video of a press conference featuring Christine Jorgensen upon her arrival to the United States following her surgery in Denmark

Item Information:

Identifier
bz60cw36j
Collection
Christine Jorgensen Collection
Institution
Transas City
Creator(s)
Coronation News
Publisher
British Pathé
Date Created
Feb. 12, 1953
Genre
Motion Pictures
Subject(s)
Christine Jorgensen
Places
New York
New York > Queens > John F. Kennedy International Airport
Topic(s)
Gender realignment surgery
LGBTQ+ press
Military
Trans women
Transgender people
Veterans
Videos
Resource Type
Moving image
Analog Format
Black and White
Digital Format
MP4 movie, 8.9 MB, 1280 x 720, 40 sec.
Language
English
Related URL
http://transascity.org/history/jorgensen-christine/
Rights
Copyright undetermined
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