The flu that killed 50 million /

It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu. Using dramatic reconstruction and eyewitness testimony from doctors, soldiers, civili...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Thompson, Andrew (Television producer and director) (Director, Producer), Eccleston, Christopher (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2018.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. Influenza. Public health. Epidemics. Communicable diseases. Épidémie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919. Grippe. Santé publique. Maladies infectieuses. Épidémies. Communicable diseases Epidemics Influenza Public health 1918-1919 documentary film. Documentary films Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu. Using dramatic reconstruction and eyewitness testimony from doctors, soldiers, civilians and politicians, this one-off special brings to life the onslaught of the disease, the horrors of those who lived through it and the efforts of the pioneering scientists desperately looking for the cure. Narrated by Christopher Eccleston, the film also asks whether, a century later, the lessons learnt in 1918 might help us fight a future global flu pandemic.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed February 16, 2021). Originally produced in 2018.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (49 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:48:51
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Tom Hayward.