Title:
The orphan trains
ISBN:
9780793691500
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS Home Video, c2006.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Documentary.
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience in 1995.
Contents:
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.
Personal Subject:
Corporate Subject:
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
Summary:
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.
System Details:
DVD; NTSC, REGION 1; FULL SCREEN PRESENTATION; STEREO.
Language Note:
CLOSED-CAPTIONED IN ENGLISH.
