| The American Experience: The Orphan Trains |
| Producer: PBS Home Video |
In 1853, Charles Loring Brace, a young minister, was distressed by the huge numbers of homeless, ragged, hungry children prowling the streets of New York City. Through his newly-formed Children's Aid Society, he organized an ambitious rescue effort that, during a span of 75 years, sent over 150,000 orphans by trains to Christian homes in the country. Through poignant interviews with elderly survivors, period photos and century-old letters from children, this remarkable documentary tells of the successes and failures of a little-known resettlement program.
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