"Seldom has
society come full circle in the cycle of disease---from illness, to epidemic, to cure. Polio is the 20th century's most
notable exception. Those long polio
summers served as a test of all of society's will to live, to
transcend pain and fear, and to
coalesce its
energies to conquer a virus. Every baby boomer remembers collecting dimes in their dime cards, hearing the announcement of the success of the Salk shot, and lining up for the oral vaccine taken in a sugar cube. But few know the story of how polio came to America in 1916 and grew into the frightening epidemics of the 1940's and 50's when the disease crippled tens of thousands of children every summer. Led by a President crippled by the virus himself, the battle against polio was the first, and perhaps America's most successful, grassroots fights against a disease. This compelling story is rendered through an archive of 3000 films and 5000 photographs that brings to life an America that was both brave and innocent---when people believed in scientists, gobernment, and the power of every indivicual in the fight to protect the children." "Directed and written by Nina Gilden Seavey. Produced by Paul Wagner and Nina Gilden Seavey. Edited by Catherine Shields. Cinematography by Allen Moore and Reuben Aaronson. Narration by Stephan Chodorov. Origina score by Paul Christianson. C 1998 Nina Gilden Seavey, Paul Wagner and the George Whshington University. Distributed by PBS Home Video." [from case].
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