Into the arms of strangers [videorecording] : stories of the Kindertransport /
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 18872 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2001.Edition: Standard versionDescription: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 079075309X
- 9780790753096
- Stories of the Kindertransport
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations) -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jewish children in the Holocaust
- Jewish children -- England -- Biography
- Jews, German -- England -- Biography
- Jews -- United States -- Biography
- Jewish refugees -- Great Britain
- Jewish refugees -- England -- Biography
- United States
- Edited by Kate Amend ; director of photography, Don Lenzer ; music by Lee Holdridge.
- Academy Award, 2001: Best Documentary, Features (Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer) ; American Cinema Editors, 2001: Best Edited Documentary Film (Kate Amend).
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Video Recording | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | DVD 0138 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 16050089949 |
Originally produced or released in 2001.
Run time: approx. 118 min.
This film was produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
Special features: Cast & crew [text feature]; Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and writer/director Mark Jonathan Harris commentary; Editor Kate Amend, sound designer Gary Rydstrom, archival researcher Corrinne Collett and composer Lee Holdridge commentary; Lord Richard Attenborough interview; Additional interviews; Photo gallery; The kinder [text feature]; The parents [text feature]; The rescuers [text feature]; Awards [text feature]; Premiere footage (10 min.); Historical artifacts (5 min.) [film and slide show feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 min.); DVD-ROM features: links to original theatrical website and chat rooms; downloadable study guide for viewers and educators via the website.
Prologue -- Pride and joy -- Life under Hitler -- Invasion of Austria -- Where to flee -- Ninth of November -- Birth of the Kindertransport -- The Kinder -- Preparing to leave -- Last goodbyes -- The journey -- Arrival in England -- Kurt and Mariam -- Hostels and manors -- Dear parents -- On the shoulders of children -- War -- Somewhere to belong -- The Dunera -- Deportation to the camps -- The Coventry blitz -- Work of importance -- Family reunion -- War's end -- Survival is an accident -- Another set of parents -- Living with the past -- Coda and end credits.
MPAA rating: Rated PG.
DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; original presentation aspect ratio (1.37:1).
Closed-captioned. In English or French, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.
Academy Award, 2001: Best Documentary, Features (Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer) ; American Cinema Editors, 2001: Best Edited Documentary Film (Kate Amend).
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