Polio Vaccine - 1955 | Movietone Moment | 5 May 2023

On this day in 1955, over 500,000 people in the UK received the Salk polio vaccine. Here is a British Movietone report showing the exterior of clinics and vaccination. Exterior of clinic. Children arrive with mothers. Nurse and children. Woman enters. Doctor injecting. CU bottles. Small boy and girl getting injected. STORYLINE: The first distribution to health authorities of enough polio vaccine to inject 200,000 children. The first to receive their injections were between 2 and 9 years old. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of the Associated Press. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive - the story number is BM66887. #polio #poliovaccine #vaccination Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: