ID #:
515
Film Type:
documentary
Release Date:
1998
Color or BW:
N/A
Description:
September of 1918, soldiers at an army base near Boston came down with a new strain of influenza. It would become the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000. Using remarkable archival photographs and film footage, and interviews with survivors and medical historians, this film tells the story of America's worst health crisis.
Keywords:
20th century, Boston, health care, Influenza of 1918, medical history, United States