CSPAN3 Reel America A Thousand Cranes - The Children Of Hiroshima - 1962 July 12, 2024
Learning cancer from radiation was continuing to affect atomic bomb survivors and their children. Narrated by ms. Lifton the Film Documents the origins of hiroshimas peace park and tells the story of how hand made paper cranes became a symbol of peace and remembrance for victims of the august 6th, 1945 atomic bombing of the city. In japan there is an old belief that a crane can live for a thousand years. If you fold a thousand paper cranes, they will protect you from illness. After the bomb fell on hiroshima, august 6th, 1945, the people folded paper cranes. Today in hiroshima men, women, and ...