Hull - Polio City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1690
Date Released
23 Oct 1961
Date submitted
19 Oct 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hull - Polio City. DESCRIPTION: Almost over night, the people of Hull found themselves facing one of the worst polio outbreaks ever known in Britain. But for a great step forward in anti-polio research, they’d be in a grave situation. This step forward is the production of a live vaccine taken by mouth. Developed by Dr Sabin of America and now being produced in Britain, it has many advantages over injections. SHOTLIST: MS people waiting for vaccination. MCU sign. MS people waiting for vaccinations. MS ditto. MS ditto. MCU sign Polio Vaccination. CU man. CU ditto. CU vaccine. CU ditto. CU air pump. CU vaccination. MS scientists testing vaccine. MS ditto. MS scientist filling bottle. MCU ditto. MS bottle. MS man packing. CU ditto. MCU ditto. MCU ditto. MCU man dropping vaccine on sugar. MS ditto. MS people taking sugar. MS baby taking vaccine in syrup. MS another. GV pan people outside store. GV people inside store. MS mayor. GV people taking sugar.
Keywords
Health and medicine
Locations
Kingston-upon-Hull
Card file number
83344
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
James Humphries
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Hull - Polio City', British Movietone News Issue No. 1690, 23 Oct 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24323 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)