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The Polio Crusade

A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

02 Feb 2009
55 mins
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  • Documentary
  • History
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The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.
  • Linda Hunt

    as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Larry Becker

    as Self
  • Kathryn Black

    as Self
  • Betty Cook Brown

    as Self
  • Anne B. Crockett-Stark

    as Self
  • John M. Johnson

    as Self
  • Samuel L. Katz

    as Self
  • Paul A. Offit

    as Self
  • David M. Oshinsky

    as Self
  • Eleanor Sage

    as Self
  • Peter L. Salk

    as Self
  • John Troan

    as Self

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