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| View Larger Image | American Experience - Influenza 1918 | DVDStarring: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Joe Morton, Liev Schreiber, Linda Hunt
Also With: Katy Mostoller (Producer), Michael Rossi (Producer), Rocky Collins (Producer), Rocky Collins (Writer), Tracy Heather Strain (Producer), Henry Hampton (Writer)
| List Price: | $24.98 | | Price: | $19.99 | | You Save: | $4.99 (20%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 60 minutes | | Format: | Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | PBS (Direct) | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | June 06, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 25,681th |
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Description
As the nation mobilized for war in the spring of 1918, ailing Private Albert Gitchell reported to an army hospital in Kansas. He was diagnosed with the flu, a disease about which doctors knew little. Before the year was out, America would be ravaged by a flu epidemic that killed 675,000 people--more than died in all the wars of this century combined--before disappearing as mysteriously as it began. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 7 reviews)
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Influenza 1918 by M. Lemma  5 Stars
June 13, 2009
Excellent film. Real history of those terrible days both overseas and here at home. This was personal for me because my father was in World War 1 at this time and got the flu in France. He was shipped back home and recuperated in a hospital in New York.
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Wow! by Austin Robertson (Idaho) 5 Stars
April 08, 2009
I just previewed this short film and was really taken back at how fascinating the story is behind the Spanish Influenza. I was never taught about it in school or college and I'm a history major, it truly is a forgotten and often overlooked topic. This movie would be great for showing students and is in parts a tear-jerker. Powerful images, poignant music, and a great overview of this influenza. It makes you think about if we are prepared should a new strain arise. Great movie!
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Great, interesting DVD--American Experience quality! by Lanita Harris 5 Stars
June 18, 2008
This is a great DVD for history buffs. American Experience always produces quality programs, and this is no exception. Fascinating story of the pandemic with focus on small-town USA. Good footage and interviews!
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Influenza epidemic / tragedy by Busy mom (Knoxville, TN) 5 Stars
February 28, 2008
As a nurse, I was facinated by this incredible event that many of us have perhaps never heard about. It is interesting to me how far we have come both in medicine and nursing care, yet we still don't have all the answers. It was a well put together documentary with footage of the times as well as the interviews that gave a first hand look at how people were affected. One interviewee states, "In the middle of a crisis, you need to do something even if its wrong." This is useful for teaching both history and science and is appropriate for middle and high school students. Teachers will appreciate that it has a teacher guide in Adobe PDF format.
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My Favorite PBS Documentary by Wendy 5 Stars
February 13, 2008
This was my favorite American Experience documentary. I saw it years ago and never forgot it, so I bought it recently from Amazon to see if it still had the same effect on me. It did. A haunting and poignantportrait of our innocence in that era. The filmmakers paid great attention to detail and successfully captured the mood.This is such an engrossing film I had to give it five stars.
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