Top News Stories Of 1955 - Victory Over Polio

Clip: 353808_1_1

Year Shot: 1955 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1612

Original Film: 028-738-01

HD: N/A

Location: United States

Timecode: 00:48:40 - 00:49:34

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Victory Over Polio The Salk vaccine gave promise of the conquest of dread polio. Millions of hopeful parents shepherded their children to hastily set up inoculation centers all over the nation. Establishing shot - Polio vaccine bottles line shelves. MCUS - Dr. Jonas Salk and two other men. CUS - Dr. Jonas Salk. MCUS - Boxed of the vaccine being shipped out. MLS - Parents and children queue in line for the Polio Shots. CUS - Nurses inoculating little children MCUS - A little boy getting injected with the vaccine and as he gets injected he looks up at the ceiling and rolls his eyes. Closing shot.