The Shot Felt 'Round the World (2010)
An inspiring story about Jonas Salk and his team as they develop the first polio vaccine.
67 min
The story of how a community and a nation, boldly led by a young Dr. Jonas Salk and his research team at the University of Pittsburgh, came together in the early 1950's to defeat polio, the most feared disease of the 20th century. By highlighting the stories of the unsung heroes who waged war with Salk and his team against the 'summer plague,' the documentary does what no other film on the subject has - it reveals the story from the insiders' point of view and gives audiences hope that the spirit of cooperation which spurred the development of the Salk polio vaccine could be a model for solving contemporary problems.
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Alison Whiteacre
Cast
- Peter Salk as Self - Physician, Son of Dr. Jonas Salk
- Jonathan Salk as Self - Physician, Son of Dr. Jonas Salk
- David Oshinsky as Self - Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Julius Youngner as Self - Senior Scientist, Salk Lab
- John Troan as Self
- Ethel J. Bailey as Self - Lab Technician, University of Pittsburgh
- Raymond White as Self - CEO, The Watson Institute
- Donald Wegemer as Self
- Jeanne Beaumont Winner as Physical Therapist - The Watson Home
Crew
- Jonas Salk · Archive footage
- Tjardus Greidanus · Director
- Tjardus Greidanus · Writer
- Laura Davis · Producer
- Carl Kurlander · Producer
- Alison Whiteacre · Composer
- Tjardus Greidanus · Cinematographer
- Tjardus Greidanus · Editor