Extraordinary People

About

In the 1960s, thalidomide was a highly touted wonder drug prescribed as a sedative for pregnant women. This program tells the story of the devastating side effects of thalidomide by profiling the lives of three courageous Canadian men, former thalidomide babies, who have overcome tremendous physical limitations, emotional trauma and social repression.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in

VHS format

Segment of television program: Frontline

"Frontline is produced for the Documentary Consortium by WGBH-Boston."

Host, Judy Woodruff

Producer, Virginia Storring ; producer/writer, John Zaritsky

"FRON711K."

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Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

Licence or status

The Internet Archive states none for this item.

Credit

WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video., Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

Language

English

Subtitles

English (automatic)

Who can watch

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