+"Lourdes France" +1939 stock footage and images

An infantile paralysis victim, Fred Snite, arrives in his mechanical respirator to attend a church mass in Lourdes, France.

Fred Snite Junior, infantile paralysis victim attends mass in Lourdes, France. He arrives in his mechanical respirator (also called "iron lung") to renew his faith and physical strength at the grotto shrine at Lourdes. Fred Snite Junior, suffering from polio, is taken out from an ambulance. A priest prepares for a ceremony in the church.