Reel

Polio shots

Clip#:
Audio:
Location:
355267_1_1
Yes
Protection, Kansas
Year Shot:
Video:
Timecode:
1957  (Actual Year)
B/W
00:23:18 - 00:23:46
Tape Master:
Original Film:
HD:
1641
030-099-05
N/A
In Protection, Kansas, protection from polio is in the air. The town completes 100% Salk Shot Coverage, and launches hundreds of balloons to alert the nation in the same cause. Establishing shot - Three tables lined up in a row in a school gym where doctor's and nurse's are giving shots to young adults up to 40 yrs old and children. MS - People are holding up these large balloons "Were All Polio - Protected. Are You>". MCUS - A young woman dressed in Western attire lets go of the balloons. LL - A crowd of people let loose of the huge balloons in assorted colors.