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The Shot Felt 'Round the World. The images and memories are still familiar to those of a certain age - children in braces or iron lungs; the terrifying fear that washed over America each summer - a fear that out of nowhere a seemingly healthy child would catch polio and be crippled or killed.
23 mar 2020 · This is the story of how Dr. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh, pulled together with a city and the country to conquer the most fear disease...
31 mar 2020 · Watch trailer. Genres: Documentary. Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes. Availability: Worldwide. A horror movie could not be more dramatic: A disease seeks out mainly children and terrorizes them and their parents each summer.
The Shot Felt 'Round the World: How the Polio Vaccine Saved the World is presented by your local public television station. Distributed nationally by American Public Television. More Science...
In a film that challenges us to re-think our approach to contemporary problems, 'The Shot Felt 'Round the World' tells the dramatic tale of an unconventional thinker, Dr. Jonas Salk, who pulled together with a community and a country to defeat polio, the.
'The Shot Felt 'Round The World' is the dramatic story of how a community and a nation, boldly led by a young Dr. Jonas Salk and his research team at the University of Pittsburgh, came together in the early 1950's to defeat polio, the most feared disease.
The Shot Felt 'Round the World. Polio held 20th century Europe and America in a state of terror — a virus that sought out mainly children each summer season. Pools and movie theaters became arenas of fear that this crippling and fatal disease would leave many in a dreaded "iron lung."
