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A vaccine heist in 1959 set off a frantic search to recover the serum before it spoiled
By Dustin Waters
November 14, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. EST
Montreal had reached the height of a polio outbreak when a group of masked gunmen entered the citys Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene on the last day of August in 1959. Their target: 75,000 doses of Salk vaccine necessary for inoculating children at risk for the disease.
Entering the laboratories at the University of Montreal around 3 a.m., the gunmen seized diminutive, 54-year-old night watchman Arpolis Beland, who assured his assailants that no money was stored in the lab.
Dont worry. We know why were here, and now show us where the monkey department is, a gunman said before locking Beland in a cage alongside the labs test animals.
Newly delivered to the facility was $50,000 worth of polio vaccine set to be distributed across the province of Quebec, including Montreal, where more than 500 polio cases were under treatment. ... The polio vaccine was just as precious then as a coronavirus vaccine will be when it is approved for use in the coming months.
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A vaccine heist in 1959 set off a frantic search to recover the serum before it spoiled
By Dustin Waters
November 14, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. EST
Montreal had reached the height of a polio outbreak when a group of masked gunmen entered the citys Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene on the last day of August in 1959. Their target: 75,000 doses of Salk vaccine necessary for inoculating children at risk for the disease.
Entering the laboratories at the University of Montreal around 3 a.m., the gunmen seized diminutive, 54-year-old night watchman Arpolis Beland, who assured his assailants that no money was stored in the lab.
Dont worry. We know why were here, and now show us where the monkey department is, a gunman said before locking Beland in a cage alongside the labs test animals.
Newly delivered to the facility was $50,000 worth of polio vaccine set to be distributed across the province of Quebec, including Montreal, where more than 500 polio cases were under treatment. ... The polio vaccine was just as precious then as a coronavirus vaccine will be when it is approved for use in the coming months.
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A vaccine heist in 1959 set off a frantic search to recover the serum before it spoiled (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2020
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Karadeniz
(22,267 posts)1. Good grief... Some people!
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,887 posts)2. Gee. This reminds me of a movie.
A movie that come out well before 1959.
A great movie.
A FANTASTIC movie.
Movies don't get any better than this.
THE THIRD MAN - Official Trailer - Directed by Carol Reed
22,874 viewsAug 6, 2019
StudiocanalUK
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Back in cinemas September 29th with a special event Q&A screening September 1st.
THE THIRD MAN stars Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane) as Holly Martins, a naïve writer of pulp westerns, who arrives in a bombed-out, post-war Vienna to meet his childhood friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only to find that Lime has apparently been killed in a suspicious accident. Martins, too curious for his own good, hears contradictory stories about the circumstances of Limes death, and as witnesses begin to disappear he soon finds himself chased by unknown assailants. Complicating matters are the sardonic Major Calloway (Trevor Howard, Brief Encounter), head of the British forces, and Limes stage actress mistress, Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli). Will Martins curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that hed rather not know?
Directed by Carol Reed (The Fallen Idol, Oliver!) from an original script by Graham Greene, THE THIRD MAN won both the Grand Prix at Cannes and the BAFTA for Best British Film upon its release, and is beloved by filmmakers the world over, from Martin Scorsese to Ben Wheatley. Featuring Robert Kraskers Oscar-winning cinematography showcasing the shadowy underbelly of a bombed-out Vienna, an endlessly quotable performance by Orson Welles and an iconic soundtrack from zither player Anton Karas, a Viennese busker plucked from obscurity by Reed, THE THIRD MAN remains one of the most memorable thrillers of all time.
Orson Welles appears in The Third Man HD
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The famous scene where Orson Welles as Harry Lime appears for the first time in Carol Reed's The Third Man. In HD.
103,122 viewsJul 17, 2011
Pippin76
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The famous scene where Orson Welles as Harry Lime appears for the first time in Carol Reed's The Third Man. In HD.