Sunday, February 23, 2020

The Orphan Trains (1995)



PBS documentary “American Experience s8e4
Year: 1995
Year in film: 1850s-1929
Country: USA
Who in bibs: boys ~8-13
Available on DVD: yes
I own: no
Bib occurrence: low- ?
Rating: 4/10 ?
Rating: ****
Comment: Some boys in bibs. I found this some time ago. During research for Great Depression, Iowa, One-room schoolhouse and Dust Bowl movies. (Blog search PBS).

One other good scene of an older boy kneeing on the ground. Obviously taken from this film

/2018/12/15/the-wheat-farmer/

The other scene pictured looks also familiar to me. Obviously a playground in front of a one-room schoolhouse. I think, I found pics or clips on loc.gov and might have this on my Google Photos/previously Picasa albums (blogroll). Pics are obviously later than 1850s, where the Orphan train movement started. No or no notable bibs scenes in other documentaries about this subject.

Another episode in this series is

/2018/06/03/lyndon-johnson-1987/

/2018/11/19/list-62-lca-eb-and-similar-educational-films/

/2017/10/25/list-56-one-room-schoolhouse-and-overalls-in-movies/

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