A Spoonful of Sugar

A Spoonful of Sugar

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Location

Northern Ireland

Year

1965

Date

Production 14/09/1965

Length

37sec

Audio

silent

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Wee ones receiving their polio vaccinations on sugar lumps. Polio was a major cause of death in children in the early to mid-20th century. In the 1950s, outbreaks of the disease killed or paralysed millions of children and adults. At the time of this film, two vaccines had been created. One was administered by injection, but the other, developed by Albert Sabin, was orally ingested via a sugar cube 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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