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LOST CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE
(1989)
- Copyright date
- 1989
- Production start date
- 1988
- Production end date
- Not available
Production countries
- Great Britain
- Notes
- Not available
NFA Catalogue
A report on 150,000 children who were shipped this century from Britain to distant parts of the Empire. The last boat left in 1967. Aged between 5 and 15 the children came from orphanages and institutions often sent without their parents' knowledge or permission. In the new countries the children were exploited as cheap labour. In this programme surviving...
Top five credits
- Director
- MACK, Joanna
- Production Company
- Domino Films