# Extraordinary People

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."

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1989
- By: WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video., Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ExtraordinaryPeople)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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