The Polio Crusade 2009
7.9 / 10
The Polio Crusade
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.
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.
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LB
Larry Becker... Self
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BCB
Betty Cook Brown... Self
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JMJ
John M. Johnson... Self
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Release Date:
Feb 02, 2009
Run Time:
55`
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Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
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The Polio Crusade
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Sarah Colt... Director
Cast
... Narrator
LB
Larry Becker... Self
... Self
BCB
Betty Cook Brown... Self
... Self
JMJ
John M. Johnson... Self
SLK
Samuel L. Katz... Self
PAO
Paul A. Offit... Self
... Self
ES
Eleanor Sage... Self
PLS
Peter L. Salk... Self
JT
John Troan... Self
EFW
Eugene F. Warren... Self
... Self
... Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
... Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
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