Shows the production of polio vaccine in a large pharmaceutical laboratory and describes the licensing procedures at the National Institute of Health. Features President Eisenhower and his grandchild, RAndy Kerr, the first child to receive the vaccine in 1954. Also features Dr Jonas Salk.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
29883
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical laws and legislation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Preventive
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poliomyelitis - History - 20th century
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poliomyelitis vaccine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Salk vaccine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Vaccination
History → History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Salk vaccine
People → Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
People → Salk, Jonas Edward, 1914-
Short films
Short films → Short films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)