Paper clips [videorecording] /
- 2-disc special ed.
- New York : Toronto : Hart Sharp Video ; Distributed in Canada by Alliance Atlantis, [2006]
- 2 videodiscs (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Documentary. Originally released in 2004. Widescreen presentation. Special features: Interviews with Holocaust survivors; The rail car journey; The students' visit to the NY Metropolitan area; audio commentary; additional interviews.
Editor, Julia Dixon Eddy ; music, Charlie Barnett ; director of photography, Michael Marton. Editor, Julia Dixon Eddy ; music, Charlie Barnett ; director of photography, Michael Marton.
Linda Hooper, Sandra Roberts, Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand, Peter Schroeder, David Smith.
Struggling to grasp the concept of 6 million Holocaust victims, the students at Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee decide to collect 6 million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. Because Norwegians invented the paper clip and used it as a symbol of solidarity against the Nazis, students started collecting them to help visualize such vast numbers of victims. As word spread online and in the media, paper clips poured in from around the world, 11 million of which are enshrined in an authentic German railcar standing in the schoolyard.
MPAA rating: G.
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Whitwell Middle School (Whitwell, Tenn.)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany. Paper clips. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Tennessee--Whitwell. Holocaust memorials--Tennessee--Whitwell.