Helping Hands – the Lives of Atomic Bomb Orphans (September 21)
Some 6,500 children are believed to have lost their parents when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, Many wandered the streets. Some died of hunger and disease, but others were able to survive thanks to helping hands. A number of Americans backed a movement to support the orphans. In South Korea, poor people helped a parentless child with love, as if they were all family. The programme shows the good will that war could not destroy.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
Future Princes of Ballet (Part I September 20; Part II September 21)
A teenage boy of Japanese descent is working to make his mark at one of the world’s top ballet schools. Aaron Osawa-Horowitz is studying with legendary dancer Nikolay Tsiskaridze, the rector of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Tsiskaridze is known for his strictness, and Osawa-Horowitz hope to rise to the challenge. Tune in to see how he and his classmates cooperate and compete at the graduation performance at Mariinsky Theatre.
(Source: NHK World TV)