Sherman Grinberg Film Library
In 1956, 21 iron lungs are loaded on a plane in Boston, Massachusetts, headed for Buenos Aires to assist with polio outbreak
Title: "Mercy Mission to Argentina" superimposed over iron lungs outside Air Force Globemaster airplane / forklift unloads iron lung from truck / forklift drives carrying iron lung / several iron lungs outside Globemaster airplane at...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Franklin Roosevelt carves Thanksgiving turkey at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt confers with aide, then takes seat at banquet table next to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, who chats with a boy seated next to him during Thanksgiving dinner at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation / the...
Press Association
Polio virus detected in UK
People are being urged to ensure their polio vaccines are up to date after an outbreak of the virus was detected in UK sewage samples.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
At the White House in Washington, DC, President Dwight Eisenhower honors Dr. Jonas Salk for his development of anti-polio vaccine
Title "Nation honors Dr Salk, receives citation from President" superimposed over Pres. Dwight Eisenhower handing citation to Dr. Jonas Salk / Eisenhower coming down steps with Secretary of Heath, Education and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower meets Debby Dains, poster boy, who inaugurates the 1954 March of Dimes Campaign for polio
Title: "Dimes March on - President Greets Poster Boy" superimposed over President Dwight Eisenhower with Delbert "Debby" Dains, March of Dimes poster boy for 1954 / MS Debby walking with crutches, Eisenhower walks towards him and kneels...
British Movietone
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS FOR THE INFIRM
At St. Dunstan's Sir Ian Fraser receives a parcel from Mr Mighell, Australian acting High Commissioner. Through the generosity of cinema-goers in Australia, there were Christmas parcels for 25,000 blinded ex-servicemen and women. At...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt hosts Thanksgiving dinner at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
US President Franklin Roosevelt, seated at banquet table with wife Eleanor and a boy; slight pan to Roosevelt with the Thanksgiving turkey as African-American waiters in white jackets and black bow ties work in attendance; Roosevelt...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New York students in polio vaccine trial
Title: "New York" superimposed over aerials of city skyline / elementary school classroom with teacher and students / children with sleeves rolled up to be vaccinated against polio / sign for polio vaccine trials / children in queue in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Children receive polio vaccines and "dummy shots" as research continues into a preventative for the disease
LS a woman carrying a box-shaped case walks up steps to a building entrance; tilt up to inscription above door "Public School" / [unid location] MS a man in a bow tie administers a vaccine to a young boy; a seated woman looks on and an...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Balloons to be sold as fundraiser for 1956 March of Dimes Polio Campaign
Title "March of Dimes - Sec'y Dulles Helps Open '56 Campaign" superimposed over Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sitting with 6 yr old Marie Pamela Hunt, both with balloons marked "Polio Fighter" / over tall doorway sign "Secretary...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Polio victim Earl Bailly paints boats on water with brush in mouth
Title "Portrait of Courage" superimposed over framed painting / paintings on easels and floor in studio / CU painting with sailboats / closer shot painting details / CU painting / CU paintbrush signing painting "Earl Bailly" / rear shot...
Getty Images
The Armless Carpenter
(EXCLUSIVE) WELETE SUK, ETHIOPIA - UNDATED: Carpenter Sintayehu Tishale, 42, hammers in a nail using his feet in his workshop in Welete Suk, on the edge of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.A man who lost the use of his arms after being born with...
British Movietone
HIGH SEAS RENDEZVOUS TO SAVE PARALYSIS VICTIM
21 year old Sydney Mooney went down with infantile paralysis when the British ship ""Parthia"" was two days out of Liverpool bound for America. A US Coast Guard cutter meets the British liner with a doctor and an iron lung. Disclaimer:...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Funeral for 7 Pakistani policemen shot dead guarding polio team
CLEAN : Funeral for 7 Pakistani policemen shot dead guarding polio team
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Gunmen kill seven police guarding polio team in Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles on Wednesday shot dead seven policemen guarding a polio vaccination team in Pakistans southern port city Karachi officials said a brazen attack in the countrys economic hub
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Children enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Three children, seated in wheelchairs at banquet table, pose for photos as they enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation; two boys wear party hats and one speaks as the other boy and a girl look on; a roasted...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Charitable organization Variety Club International holds convention in Dallas at which it gives out awards
Title "For underprivileged children . . . Variety Clubs reports on humane projects" superimposed over poster on wall of building of carnival barker / crowd of guests entering building / two shots of crowd of guests inside building /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A look at the science behind Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine
Title card: "Paramount News Presents A Public Service Report" / title card: "Salk Polio Vaccine" superimposed over a doctor administering a vaccine to a young girl, then ZI to ECU a bottle of the vaccine / ECU a pile of dimes / VS male...