A paralyzing fear : the story of polio in America / [presented by] The Center for History in the Media, George Washington University and Paul Wagner Productions] ; director/writer, Nina Gilden Seavey ; producers, Paul Wagner, Nina Gilden Seavey ; narration, Stephan Chodorov.
"The story of polio's rise to epidemic proportions in 1916 and its eventual eradication through vaccines in the 1950's. The documentary examines America's haunting fear of the disease it could not contain and tells the story of America's transcendence from that fear. The film crew traveled across Am...
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
George Washington University : Distributed by First Run Features,
[1998], ©1997.
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Story of polio in America. |
Format: | Video DVD |