Ontario History does not usually review films, but staff at the Ontario Historical Society saw this film and asked to have it reviewed, as it deals with post-World War II Canadian history. The Saturnia was an elderly ocean liner that brought some 260,000 people to North America, mainly tourists and immigrants. Most of the immigrants were Italian and Portuguese, but his film deals just with Italian tourists and immigrants. Unlike book reviews, which are based on how accurate the book is and how complete an account the book provides, a review of a documentary film is about impressions. How well did it tell the story? As a result, there are two reviews, one by a member of a Portuguese immigrant family (who did not arrive on the Saturnia), and one by a specialist in the history of immigration to Canada.