| Home For Polio Victim | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1581 |
| Catalog #: | 352408 | |
| Clip Number: | 352408-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 026-435-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:03:27 - 00:04:19 | |
| Location: | Park Ridge, Illinois | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Diseases HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Equipment LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Illinois OCCUPATIONS: Medical, Nurses | |
| Description: | Dull in imagery and contrast DOS The city of park ridge, Illinois rallies to the aid of Mrs. Mary Kitsmiller, stricken with polio and evicted from her home. By public subscription a new modern home is built for her. Footage shows her in an iron lung, people conducting fund raising activities, including a good shot of a large stack of money that a man is handing over to someone in first a wide shot and then CU of hands lifting stacks of money, final somewhat strange shot of Mary in the iron lung and someone places her young son on top of the machine so it looks like he is riding the iron lung while he looks down at his mom. CUS - Nurse opens the iron lung that Mary Kitsmiller is in and folds her arms. MLS - City of Park Ridge, City Hall. MLS - CUS - The new home of Mary Kitsmillers's built by donations. CUS - Mary's son is placed on top of the iron lung so he can see the face of his mother. | |
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