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Film, Video A special report on polio

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Title

  • A special report on polio

Summary

  • United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby and Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele give a nationwide combined television and radio report about the Salk polio vaccine to restore public confidence in its safety after vaccine from Cutter Laboratories was withdrawn following some cases of polio in Cutter-vaccinated children in April 1955. Secretary Hobby and Surgeon General Scheele give highlights from a final report to be released June 8, 1955, by the Public Health Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with findings from the agency's extensive testing of the Salk polio vaccine. Secretary Hobby and Surgeon General Scheele emphasize their confidence in the Salk polio vaccine's safety and effectiveness.

Names

  • Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995, speaker
  • Scheele, Leonard Andrew, 1907-1993, speaker
  • United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, presenter
  • CBS Television Network, broadcaster
  • Du Mont Television Network, broadcaster
  • NBC Television Network, broadcaster

Created / Published

  • United States : CBS Television Network : DuMont Television Network : NBC Television Network, 1955-06-07.

Headings

  • -  Poliomyelitis--Vaccination
  • -  Poliomyelitis vaccine
  • -  Vaccination of children

Genre

  • Public service television programs
  • Nonfiction television programs

Notes

  • -  Speakers: United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby, United States Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele.
  • -  Secondary sources indicate this was broadcast live simultaneously on CBS Television Network and DuMont Television Network and on Mutual Broadcasting System and National Broadcasting Company radio; the recording was rebroadcast several hours later on NBC Television Network and CBS Radio.
  • -  Broadcast live on June 7, 1955, from Washington, D.C.
  • -  Parts of summary from Witchita beacon, Times-news, Daily news, and Lawton morning press newspaper articles.
  • -  Sources used: Witchita beacon, June 7, 1955, p. 1, viewed August 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com; Times-news (Twin Falls, Idaho), June 7, 1955, p. 1, viewed August 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com; Daily news (New York, New York), June 7, 1955, p. 10, viewed September 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com; Indianapolis star, June 7, 1955, p. 3, viewed August 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com; Lawton morning press (Lawton, Oklahoma), June 7, 1955, p. 1, viewed August 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com; Sacramento bee, June 7, 1955, p. 28, viewed September 14, 2023 via Newspapers.com.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (15 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • NBC Television Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023600419

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Hobby, Oveta Culp, Speaker, Leonard Andrew Scheele, Education United States Department Of Health, Broadcaster Cbs Television Network, Broadcaster Du Mont Television Network, and Broadcaster Nbc Television Network. A Special Report on Polio. United States: CBS Television Network: DuMont Television Network: NBC Television Network, -06-07, 1955. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600419/.

APA citation style:

Hobby, O. C., Scheele, L. A., United States Department Of Health, E., Cbs Television Network, B., Du Mont Television Network, B. & Nbc Television Network, B. (1955) A Special Report on Polio. United States: CBS Television Network: DuMont Television Network: NBC Television Network, -06-07. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600419/.

MLA citation style:

Hobby, Oveta Culp, Speaker, et al. A Special Report on Polio. United States: CBS Television Network: DuMont Television Network: NBC Television Network, -06-07, 1955. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023600419/>.