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The orphan trains

Title
  1. The orphan trains [videorecording] / a production of WGBH ; produced and directed by Janet Graham and Edward Gray ; written by Edward Gray.
Published by
  1. [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, c1995.

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Additional authors
  1. Graham, Janet.
  2. Gray, Edward (Edward S.)
  3. Keach, Stacy.
  4. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  5. PBS Video.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Between 1854 and 1929 the Children's Aid Society in New York and other East Coast charities organized an ambitious rescue effort to send hundreds of thousands of homeless children to foster homes in farming communities. The video explores the successes and failures of this resettlement movement. Interviews with elderly survivors and century-old letters from children are included.
Series statement
  1. The American experience
Uniform title
  1. American experience (Television program)
Subject
  1. Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  2. Orphan trains
  3. Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.)
  4. Adopted children > United States > History
Call number
  1. *UGS-878
Note
  1. On cassette label: AMEI804.
  2. "Vol. 1."--Cassette label.
System details (note)
  1. VHS.
Language (note)
  1. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Title
  1. The orphan trains [videorecording] / a production of WGBH ; produced and directed by Janet Graham and Edward Gray ; written by Edward Gray.
Imprint
  1. [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, c1995.
Series
  1. The American experience
System details
  1. VHS.
Performer
  1. Narrator: Stacy Keach.
Language
  1. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Added author
  1. Graham, Janet.
  2. Gray, Edward (Edward S.)
  3. Keach, Stacy.
  4. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  5. PBS Video.
Added title
  1. American experience (Television program)
Publisher no.
  1. AMEX-804 PBS Video
Research call number
  1. *UGS-878 [Video]
  2. *UGS-878+
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