The Polio Crusade
7.9
“A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease”
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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Sarah Colt Director · Stephen McCarthy Cinematographer Randall MacLowry Editor
United States release April 7, 2009 · Produced in United States · Production Sarah Colt Productions
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GBH
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Sarah Colt Productions
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United States · February 2, 2009
TV · PBS "American Experience"
United States · April 7, 2009
Physical · DVD
United States
March 31, 2020 · TV
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