West by Orphan Train

It seems incomprehensible that there was a time in America's not-so-distant past when nearly a quarter of a million children from East Coast orphanages were loaded on trains and sent west, where they were presented "for the picking." These children were taken from a sometimes-rough existence to unfamiliar rural settings during an era that lasted from 1854 to 1929.

IMDb 7.457min2014

X-Ray13+

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Content advisory: Foul language

Audio languages: English

Subtitles: English [CC]

Directors: Colleen Bradford Krantz

Producers: Colleen Bradford Krantz Clark Kidder

Starring: Kailey Johnson Brandon Miller Nathan Miller

Studio: All Channel Films

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