American Experience
Season 2 Episode 13 - Orphans of the Storm
In the summer of 1940, as the German Luftwaffe began its assault on England, 10,000 British children were sent on a perilous sea voyage to safe havens in the United States. There, they forged life-long relationships with their "adopted" families, relationships that changes lives and attitudes on both sides of the Atlantic.
Episodes in Season 2
The Great Air Race of 1924
55 min
Demon Rum
55 min
A Family Gathering
55 min
The Great War: 1918
55 min
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
55 min
Forever Baseball
55 min
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
55 min
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
55 min
Adam Clayton Powell
55 min
Journey to America
55 min
Ballad of a Mountain Man
55 min
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
55 min
Orphans of the Storm
55 min
Forbidden City, USA
55 min
Battle for Wilderness
55 min
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
55 min