American Experience: The Polio Crusade
Summary:
Documentary filmmaker Sarah Colt draws on personal accounts of polio survivors to trace the story of the tireless crusader who rallied a nation against a little known virus that spread terror through the town of Wytheville, Virginia back in the summer of 1950. It was an epidemic the likes of which Wytheville had never seen: Parents kept their kids locked safely indoors as movie the... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Julius Younger
Linda Hunt - (Narrator)
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