The Polio Crusade

"A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease"

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.

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Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics

Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics

2022

New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors

New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors

2013

Mindful Movements: Gentle, Contemplative Exercises with the Monks and Nuns of Plum Village

1998

How to Live Forever

How to Live Forever

2011

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

2002

The Conspirator

The Conspirator

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American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)

American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)

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OGM - Mensonges et Vérités

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The Creeping Garden

The Creeping Garden

2014

Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

2009

D-Day: The Untold Stories

D-Day: The Untold Stories

2019

The Lost World of the Seventies

2012

Led Zeppelin Played Here

Led Zeppelin Played Here

2014

Unseen Enemy

Unseen Enemy

2017

The Spectre of Marxism

The Spectre of Marxism

1983

The 50 Year Argument

The 50 Year Argument

2014

The Hidden History of Egypt

The Hidden History of Egypt

2002

The Hidden History of Rome

The Hidden History of Rome

2002