Migration Films
To complement our Education Resources we worked with local filmmakers Doherty Associates and City Eye to create a set of films exploring Southampton’s history as a city of migration and refuge. In partnership with locally-based historians, Professor Tony Kushner, Dr Nazneen Ahmed and Don John we have eight films exploring 14 stories which cover significant moments in Southampton’s role as a Gateway City. This does not cover all the aspects of migration that have occurred through the centuries, nor cover every people group, but the common themes of finding refuge and a new home in Southampton are explored in depth through the education resources.
Medieval Merchant’s House
Discover more about the Medieval Merchants House and the road on which it sits, French Street.
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Jewish Cemetery
Discover some of the notable Jewish migrants buried in Southampton cemetery.
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D-Day Wall
Discover more about the wall where American soldiers inscribed their names ahead of the D-Day landing.
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Belgian Refugees
Discover the story of the Belgian Refugees who came to Southampton in the First World War.
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Union Castle House
Discover the story of Union Castle House, the headquarters of the Union Castle Line, who specialised in trips from Southampton to South Africa.
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Volga Germans
Discover the story of the Volga Germans and their time in Southampton in the late 1800s.
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Atlantic Park
Discover more about Atlantic Park, the transmigrant camp set up in the 1920s when many found themselves unable to continue to their favoured destination, or return to where they had come from.
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South Asian Southampton
Discover the story of South Asian seafarers in Southampton at the end of the 19th Century.
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Southampton: The Blackness
Discover some of the notable Black stories in Southampton: Muhammed Ali’s visit, the Patterson family, Joe Harriot, the Royal Oak Pub, the SS Mendi.
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