PBS (DIRECT)
American Experience: Polio Crusade DVD
- SKU:
- 14250330
- UPC:
- 841887010399
- MPN:
- 61080
- Condition:
- New
Description
Based in part on David Oshinsky's Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story this one-hour film chronicles a decades-long crusade fueled by the bold leadership of a single philanthropy and it's innovative public relations campaign and features a bitter battle between two scientists and the breakthrough of a forgotten woman researcher.
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