The President: August 1966
This film is a record of the activities of President Johnson throughout the month of August 1966. The Naval…
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Miracle in Tonga
2020-12-05T22:48:40-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/034/20201205225207003_hd.jpgThis film tells the story of a group of CDC doctors who traveled to the island nation of Tonga to immunize the population against smallpox using a new jet injection gun. The population of approximately 70,000 had no experience with smallpox epidemics, but in the 1960s, it was feared that increased world travel and tourism put the population at risk. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, this film comes to us courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
This film tells the story of a group of CDC doctors who traveled to the island nation of Tonga to immunize the population against smallpox…
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This film tells the story of a group of CDC doctors who traveled to the island nation of Tonga to immunize the population against smallpox using a new jet injection gun. The population of approximately 70,000 had no experience with smallpox epidemics, but in the 1960s, it was feared that increased world travel and tourism put the population at risk. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, this film comes to us courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. close
This film tells the story of a group of CDC doctors who traveled to the island nation of Tonga to immunize the population against smallpox… read more
This film tells the story of a group of CDC doctors who traveled to the island nation of Tonga to immunize the population against smallpox using a new jet injection gun. The population of approximately 70,000 had no experience with smallpox epidemics, but in the 1960s, it was feared that increased world travel and tourism put the population at risk. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, this film comes to us courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. close
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