DVD

Influenza, 1918 [videorecording] / a Robert Kenner Films production for American Experience ; produced and directed by Robert Kenner ; written by Ken Chowder.

Kenner, Robert, 1950- (Producer, Director). Chowder, Ken. (Screenwriter). Hunt, Linda, 1945- (Narrator). Ellwood, Alison. (Editor of moving image work). Adler, Mark. (Composer). Lenzer, Don. (Cinematographer). Robert Kenner Films. (Production company). PBS Home Video. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author).

Summary:

In the spring of 1918, an army private reported to a hospital in Kansas. He was diagnosed with the flu, an illness that doctors knew little about. By the end of WWI, America was ravaged by a flu epidemic that killed 675,000 people.

Record details

ISBN: 0793691370
ISBN: 9780793691371
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Arlington, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally broadcast on the television series American experience in 1998. Teacher's guide included on disc as a PDF file or via American experience website.
Formatted Contents Note:	Sickness at Camp Devens -- A national epidemic -- The death toll rises -- Searching for a cure -- A forgotten horror.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, Alison Ellwood; music, Mark Adler; cinematography, Don Lenzer ... [et al.].
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Linda Hunt.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation; stereo.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.