Wait for Me
Introduction; dreamlike narrative about Paul, an ex-sports champion and survivor of the Allied battles in Europe, who wakes up in the hospital an amputee and faces difficult re-entry into civilian life. Paul meets a young man named David, a displaced person (DP) living in a war orphans home, the two become good friends. The boy asks Paul to teach him to be a star runner. Though pained by his permanent disability, Paul agrees to train him. Upon his departure from the hospital Paul's doctors secretly arrange for him to become David's foster father. Closing: Miss M. Ingabord Olson speaks about the plight of refugee children. Presented on behalf of the Committee for European Children.
Refugees. United Service for New Americans (USNA). John Howard - narrator, Michael Artist - child, Jack Lazar, Page Boyer, Jason Windgreen, Rose Gates, Miss M. Ingabord Olson-Excutive Director of the Committee for European Children
Milton Robertson, writer; Al Arkus, Music; Alexander Marshak, director; Dick Jamansky, sound. Drama
WNYC archives id: 53738
