Vaccine Conquers Polio (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1955)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. VACCINE CONQUERS POLIO - "The vaccine works." – Dramatic words that sum up the results of tests of Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine. The culmination of 8 years of research, the vaccine is a medical milestone which will link Dr. Salk's name with those of Pasteur, Jenner and Banting. Even as the official announcement is made at the University of Michigan, vaccine is rolling out of drug houses all over the country for almost immediate use on millions of children. In sight is final conquest of the dread crippling disease. 2. THE CITADEL HONORS IKE: CHARLESTON, SC - President Eisenhower receives an honorary degree from an old friend and comrade in arms, Gen. Mark Clark, now president of South Carolina's military college, The Citadel. An impressive review of the corps of cadets concludes the ceremony. 3A/B. "ATHLETICS" IN KANSAS CITY - The "Athletics" open the first season of major league baseball in Kansas City. Uproarious civic enthusiasm greets the team on arrival. Former President Harry S. Truman throws out the first ball, as Connie Mack, inseparably associated with the team's name looks on, and Kansas City makes its first entry in the record books an auspicious one, beating Detroit, 6-2. / CHAMPION GYMNASTICS: GERMANY - Top stars from 19 nations including Russia and the Iron Curtain countries vie for the European Gymnastic Championships. An impressive display of iron muscular control and precision.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library