American Experience: The Polio Crusade
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: American Experience
- Grade Level: General-Adult
- Subjects: History, Government
- Produced By: PBS Distribution
- Year: 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 60m
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Based in part on David Oshinsky's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Polio: An American Story, this one-hour film chronicles a decades-long crusade, fueled by the bold leadership of a single philanthropy and its innovative public relations campaign, and features a bitter battle between two scientists and the breakthrough of a forgotten woman researcher.