The orphan trains [videorecording] / a production of Edward Gray Films, Inc. ; WGBH ; produced and directed by Janet Graham and Edward Gray ; written by Edward Gray.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: AMEX6804 | PBS Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: [Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS Home Video, [2006]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0793691508
- 9780793691500
- American experience (Television program)
- Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890
- Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.)
- Adopted children -- United States -- History
- Adoption -- United States -- History
- Orphan trains
- Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Orphans -- United States -- History
- Street children -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Editors, Josh Waletzky, Kenneth Levis ; music, Michael Bacon.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Minister Charles Loring Brace wanted to help the high number of homeless and mistreated children he was witness to throughout New York City. His remedy: relocate these children to developing rural areas in the United States in need of labor. From 1853 to 1927 under the auspices of the Children's Aid Society, over 100,000 were shipped to Texas and the Midwest, where, though sent under good intentions, were often treated as slave labor, abused, and bounced around from farm to farm. With interviews with now-grown orphans and testimony from foster parents, their stories of triumph and heartache come to light, enhanced with photographs and personal journals detailing their experience. ~ Brooke Hodess, Rovi
Documentary.
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience in 1995.
Orphans in New York -- An ambitious plan -- Journey to a new life -- The kindness of strangers -- The drifters -- Bad blood -- Success stories -- Mothers and fathers -- The end of orphan trains.
Editors, Josh Waletzky, Kenneth Levis ; music, Michael Bacon.
Host, David McCullough; narrator, Stacy Keach.
Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated.
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; full screen presentation; stereo.
Closed-captioned in English.