West by Orphan Train

Documentary Film. Description: Between 1854 and 1929, nearly a quarter of a million East Coast orphans and abandoned children were loaded on trains and sent west "for the picking" by strangers and would-be guardians. Winner of regional Emmy award for documentary. As seen on Prime, the PBS system and Tubi.

West by Orphan Train, winner of a regional Emmy award for documentary, has streamed on Prime and been broadcast via PBS. Now on Tubi.
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A childhood photo of Stanley Cornell, who we interview for this documentary (and sadly, he has since passed away). His little brother, Victor, is with him here.
Clark Kidder and Colleen Bradford Krantz, who together wrote and produced West by Orphan Train, receiving an award at the Julien Dubuque Film Festival.
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