The Polio Crusade
2009 · 55 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · DIR. Sarah Colt
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 768 lines
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00:00:17 NARRATOR: The summer of 1950 started like most summers
00:02:10 One would come into the clinic with a suspected case
00:04:36 SAMUEL L. KATZ: It was very reliable.
00:06:45 To keep the fight against polio alive,
00:08:54 Infants in clean environments
00:10:31 Can I put a dime in your envelope?
00:13:02 I was 13, and I was just starting to lean out
00:15:44 O'Connor shifted tactics.
00:17:56 OSHINSKY: What the March of Dimes did
00:20:21 NARRATOR: In 1949, O'Connor took the campaign against polio
00:22:40 She disappeared overnight.
00:25:07 NARRATOR: Jonas Salk disagreed.
00:27:02 until his vaccine was ready.
00:29:24 that any of the other researchers had.
00:31:32 Then he administered the vaccine to his family
00:34:05 It saved plenty of lives.
00:36:33 and they wanted it over.
00:38:38 to line up their kids for a vaccine
00:41:36 Guys were jumping over desks.
00:43:49 I remember hearing about Dr. Salk, Dr. Salk,
00:46:04 that not only was the Salk vaccine not effective
00:48:02 the number of polio cases in the United States
00:50:23 When I graduated from college,
00:52:11 with PBS Passport and on Amazon Prime Video.
Cast & Characters
Linda Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice)
Larry Becker
Self
Kathryn Black
Self
Betty Cook Brown
Self
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
Self
John M. Johnson
Self
Samuel L. Katz
Self
David M. Oshinsky
Self
Eleanor Sage
Self
Peter L. Salk
Self
John Troan
Self
Eugene F. Warren
Self
Julius Youngner
Self
Judy Garland
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
Mickey Rooney
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
Paul Offit
Self (as Paul A. Offit)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed768
Dialogue density14.0 lines / min
First line00:00:17
Final line00:52:11
Production Record
DirectorSarah Colt
LanguageEnglish
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