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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:...
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CLEAN : Funeral for 7 Pakistani policemen shot dead guarding polio team
CLEAN : Funeral for 7 Pakistani policemen shot dead guarding polio team
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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
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CLEAN : Four polio vaccinators shot dead in SW Pakistan
CLEAN : Four polio vaccinators shot dead in SW Pakistan
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...
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CLEAN : Bodies arrive at morgue after Afghan polio vaccinators shot dead
The bodies of polio workers are transferred to a morgue after a series of attacks that left four vaccinators dead in Eastern Afghanistan (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dr. Jonas Salk announces results of polio vaccine tests at a University of Michigan press conference
Dr. Jonas Salk, standing at a podium at a press conference at the University of MI, SOT discusses the first phase of field tests and ongoing tests / cutaway audience / SOT head of the polio foundation Dr Basil O'Connor speaks at podium /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Reporters and others gather at the University of MI to hear the results of polio vaccine trials
WS EXT a two-story building on the campus of the University of MI / MS men enter the building / high angle VS group of journalists and scientists gathered for a press conference / VS journalists scramble for copies of a report being...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's role in the fight against polio
[Shaky footage throughout] VS Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt at desk at the White House / SOT from 1/29/1944 Roosevelt radio speech: "On behalf of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis I with to express heartfelt thanks to all of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower launches the 1955 March of Dimes campaign against polio with the help of poster girl Mary Kosloski
Title: "Portrait of Courage - March of Dimes Poster Girl" superimposed over Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and Mary Kosloski, 1955 March of Dimes poster girl / EXT Kosloski, a polio survivor wearing braces and using crutches, arrives at the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Parents of Dr. Jonas E. Salk developer of anti-polio vaccine, are named Jewish Parents of the Year in New York
Title: "New York - Honors For Parents Of Dr. Salk" superimposed over pose of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel (Dora) Salk, parents of Dr. Jonas E. Salk, discoverer of the anti-poliomyelitis vaccine / CU Daniel and Dora Salk / MS ceremony, UNID man...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dr. Jonas Salk receives Congressional Medal for anti-polio vaccine presented by Health Sec'y Marion Folsom
Title Card: "Dr. Jonas E. Salk - New Honors For Developer Of Polio Vaccine" / WS and CU L to R.: Dr. Jonas Edward Salk, Developer of polio vaccine; Rep. Irwin D. Davidson, D-NY; and Marion B. Folsom, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education...
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Polio Virus Spreading In U.K., Found In Sewage Samples
Scientists have found genetically linked samples suggesting the virus has mutated and has been spreading in Britain since February.
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CLEAN : Health minister hails polio-free India
India's health minister on Monday hailed the country's success in eradicating new cases of polio as a major milestone CLEAN : Health minister hails polio-free India on January 13, 2014 in New Delhi, India (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED: Il Palio: a year of preparation for a minute of emotion
VOICED: Il Palio: a year of preparation for a minute of emotion