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American Experience: Influenza 1918 DVD

Name: American Experience: Influenza 1918 DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL SCREEN ARTS
SKU: XD7752DV
Price: 17.99 USD
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Rating: 4.78571 (14 reviews)

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In September 1918, soldiers at an army base near Boston suddenly began to die. The cause of death was influenza, but it was unlike any strain ever seen. As the virus spread across the US, hospitals overfilled, death carts roamed the streets and helpless city officials dug mass graves. It was the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 -- ... More

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Production Year: 1998
Copyright Year: 1998
Rating: TV-PG
Narrator: David McCullough, Linda Hunt
Writers: Ken Chowder
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 60 minutes
Language Track: English
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 4x3 Full Screen

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4.7 14 Reviews

14 Reviews

Oral C.

05/16/23

Excellent Documentary on flu of 1918

As always, no one does historical documentaries like PBS, American Experience, from the music, narrator. This DVD is another, though very sad, about the 1918 Influenza, but informative and important that we never forget it.

Dianne

08/13/22

History

In view of what we're going thru now, this should be very informative and informative

Tommie

12/02/21

Stunning

The photography was amazing, jaw dropping.

Peter

09/16/21

Pictures were a bit fuzzy;

Pictures were a bit fuzzy; commentary was brief; I suppose it was hard to get enough material.

Gorgiana

04/07/21

I remembered the program when

I remembered the program when it first aired. Ive been using it as a teaching tool for the obvious reason. :-)

Kelly H.

04/07/21

Great video

I love that this was made long before our current pandemic of 2019-2021. I watched this with my students, and they were able to draw the parallels themselves. I prefer this over having them drawn for them. Great documentary!

Deborah

03/15/21

pandemic history

Interesting to compare this pandemic with Covid-19

Hubert

02/16/21

Fantastic DVD and comes close

Fantastic DVD and comes close to the current pandemic

Arlen

01/26/21

well done video..........sad that we

well done video..........sad that we didnt learn anything and had to repeat

Steven

01/25/21

learned a lot

Joseph

01/13/21

Great

Was a great resource for information that happened in American history.

Philip H.

12/30/20

A tragic sad period in US history

Nice DVD for educating grandkids about what my father lived through (and saw his older brother die from after his service in WWI in France.

Joseph

12/30/20

Influenza 1918

Very informative DVD

Carol

12/30/20

Descriptive title

Plan on sharing this dvd with family members.

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Carol reviewed American Experience: Influenza 1918 DVD

Descriptive title

Plan on sharing this dvd with family members.

Joseph reviewed American Experience: Influenza 1918 DVD

Influenza 1918

Very informative DVD

Philip H. reviewed American Experience: Influenza 1918 DVD

A tragic sad period in US history

Nice DVD for educating grandkids about what my father lived through (and saw his older brother die from after his service in WWI in France.