The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children
Director: Kathleen O'Brien
This 1967 documentary tells the story of 734 Polish children who were adopted by New Zealand in 1944 as WWII refugees. Moving interviews, filmed 20 years later, document their harrowing exodus from Poland: via Siberian labour camps, malnutrition and death, to being greeted by PM Peter Fraser on arrival in NZ. From traumatic beginnings the film chronicles new lives (as builders, doctors, educators, and mothers) and ends with a family beach picnic. Made for television, this was one of the last productions directed by pioneering woman filmmaker Kathleen O'Brien.
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The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children (1967) is a documentary film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 18min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children runs 18 minutes (18min).
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The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children was released in 1967.
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