Victory over polio

United States, 1959

Film
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Episode of Series “The Twentieth century”.
The history of polio and its treatment and the discovery of the Salk vaccine. Old newsreels show the late President Roosevelt in the early stages of treatment at the Georgia Retreat, and Sister Kenny at work. Some of the medical men who have worked on the disease and the final triumph by Dr. Jonas E. Salk.

Credits

production company

McGraw-Hill Films

Columbia Broadcasting System

Language

English

Duration

00:25:12:00

Colour

Black and White

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