| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
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Originally broadcast on PBS television in 1995. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Introduced by David McCullough. |
| Credits |
Narrator, Stacy Keach. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Young minister Charles Loring Brace founded the Chidlren's Aid Society, sending orphans west to begin new lives with farm families. Until 1929, Brace's Society and other charities sent more than 150,000 neglected children by train to 47 states. |
| Subject |
Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890.
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Orphan trains -- Videodiscs.
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Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Documentary films Videodiscs.
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Historical films Videodiscs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
McCullough, David G.
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Keach, Stacy.
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Graham, Janet.
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Gray, Edward.
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program) Orphan trains.
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| ISBN |
0793691508 |
| Standard No. |
841887006514 |
| Music No. |
AMEX6804 PBS Home Video |
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