Riding the Rails

"Part of the American Experience series on PBS, Lexy Lovell's 1997 documentary Riding the Rails comes to DVD from WGBH Boston Video. Presented with a standard full-frame transfer and Dolby Digital Stereo soundtrack in English, the disc includes an interview with the filmmakers and an excerpt from the book Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression. Other special features include a slide show of Depression-era photos, closed captions, and web links."