Videos -
The Orphan Trains - narrated by Stacy Keach and part of the PBS Home Video series "American Experience"
(1995)
60 minutes
This video explores the successes and failures of this little known, but highly influential resettlement
movement known as the Orphan Train Movement. The video includes interviews with Orphan Train Riders
and historians.
Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America - Produced by Smokey HIlls Public Television, Kansas (2007)
This documentary examines the history of the Orphan Trains through interviews with scholars, Orphan Train
Riders and descendants. This compelling video gives a balanced view of the experiences of these children,
as well as a look at the National Orphan Train Museum and Research Center.