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The Polio Crusade

Directed by Sarah Colt
2009    55m
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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Cast of The Polio Crusade
  • Linda HuntNarrator
  • Larry BeckerSelf
  • Kathryn BlackSelf
  • Betty Cook BrownSelf
  • Anne B. Crockett-StarkSelf
  • John M. JohnsonSelf
  • Samuel L. KatzSelf
  • Paul A. OffitSelf
  • David M. OshinskySelf
  • Eleanor SageSelf
  • Peter L. SalkSelf
  • John TroanSelf
  • Eugene F. WarrenSelf
  • Julius YoungnerSelf
  • Judy GarlandArchive Footage (from March of Dimes)
  • Mickey RooneyArchive Footage (from March of Dimes)

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