The polio crusade / a Sarah Colt Productions film for American Experience ; written, produced and directed by Sarah Colt.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Colt, Sarah, television director, television producer, screenwriter.

Hunt, Linda, 1945- narrator.

Youngner, Julius, on-screen participant.

McCarthy, Stephen (Cinematographer), director of photography.

MacLowry, Randall, editor of moving image work.

Kusiak, John, composer (expression).

Willis, P. Andrew, composer (expression).

Sarah Colt Productions, production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster.

PBS Home Video, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poliomyelitis--Virginia--Wytheville--History.

Poliomyelitis.

Poliomyelitis vaccine.

History.

Wytheville (Va.)--History.

Wytheville (Va.).

Virginia--Wytheville.

Genre:

Television programs for the hearing impaired.

Documentary television programs.

History.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Television programs for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Widescreen format.

Place of Publication:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Home Video, [2009]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 5.1 surround.

System requirements to access teacher's guide: Computer with Adobe Acrobat Reader; DVD-ROM drive.

digital optical surround

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

This film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf. Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.

Participant:

Narrator: Linda Hunt.

Credits:

Cinematography by Stephen McCarthy ; edited by Randall MacLowry ; music by John Kusiak, P. Andrew Willis.

Notes:

Wide screen; enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions.

Based in part on the book "Polio: an American Story" by David Oshinsky.

Originally broadcast Feb. 2, 2009 as an episode of the television series American Experience on PBS.

Special feature: Teacher's guide (PDF).

Related Work:

Based on: Oshinsky, David M., 1944- Polio: an American Story.

ISBN:

0793670381

9780793670383

9780793658565

079365856X

OCLC:

302001441

Publisher Number:

841887010399

AMX61080 PBS Home Video