A horror movie could not be more dramatic: a mysterious disease seeks out children and terrorises them and their parents each summer. They no longer go to pools or movie theaters for fear they might contract the potentially fatal disease that often cripples its victims, leaving many in a dreaded iron lung.

A beloved, polio-afflicted U.S. President inspires the public to send in their dimes to fund research - some of which would go to an ambitious, 33 year old scientist who, working from a basement lab, would go on to change the course of medical history.

The Shot Felt ‘Round The World uses first-hand interviews and world-renowned experts, to tell the story of Dr. Jonas Salk who, together with a community and a nation, conquered Polio, the most-feared disease of the 20th century.

*Available in HD

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