Title
The orphan trains [videorecording] / a production of WGBH ; produced and directed by Janet Graham and Edward Gray ; written by Edward Gray.
Published
[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, c1995.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: The American experience.
Closed-captioned.
Summary
An examination of the results of the Children's Aid Society in New York which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
Variant and related titles
American experience (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Performers
Narrator: Stacy Keach.
Videorecording number
AMEX-804 PBS Video
Also listed under
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Video.