# 1955 POLIO OUTBREAK AWARENESS FILM "REMEMBER ME" 88444

Made in the 1950s by the March of Dimes, REMEMBER ME is a poignant reminder of the polio crisis that gripped the United States in the 20th Century. Made just after the Salk vaccine had been developed, the film attempts to remind the audience of the suffering of infantile paralysis victims, and continue to fund the fight against the disease. It also encourages the audience to respect the abilities of these children and adults and not their disabilities. At 1;44, a man is seen typing with his toes. At 2:00, empty summer camps and swimming pools are seen in the wake of a 1955 outbreak. At 2:30 a shopping center is seen, its parking lot empty because of the outbreak. At 3:00, a polio victim arrives at a hospital. At 3:25, a hospital in Boston is seen, with young patients in the hospital. At 4:00, a hospital in Wisconsin is seen with many child patients. At 4:30, an extremely weak adult victim is shown, and at 5:20 the crutches and braces used for treating deformed victims are shown. At 5:50, a patient immobilized in a cast is seen. At 6:10 children are shown being treated in iron lungs with round-the-clock nursing care. The film ends with the reminder -- polio is not over. Two vaccines are used throughout the world to combat polio. The first was developed by Jonas Salk, first tested in 1952, and announced to the world by Salk on April 12, 1955. The Salk vaccine, or inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), consists of an injected dose of killed poliovirus. In 1954, the vaccine was…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/88444RememberMe)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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