Accession Number: 2014.27.1
Summary/Description: A documentary exploring the history of the U.S. Army's Avon-Old Farms Convalescent Hospital established in 1944 to rehabilitate soldiers with eye injuries. Edited by Alejandro Arias-Camison. Narrated by Mark Nolan and Barbara Zuras. Uses music and an opening video scene from the 1998 Dreamworks/Paramount picture "Saving Private Ryan." Includes black and white still photography with one video interview of veteran Nicholas Palermo. A student project of students at Avon (CT) High School. The writer was a member of the Avon Board of Education.
Author: Zuras, Barbara
Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives
Credit Line: Gift of Dona Sauerburger, 2014.27.
Publish Date: ca. 2011
Subjects: Orientation and mobility Rehabilitation Veterans World War II
Physical Description: 1 DVD
