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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0841887006385 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: PBS (Direct) Languages: Manufacturer: PBS (Direct) MPN: 605 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: PBS (Direct) Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 06, 2006 Running Time: 60 minutes Studio: PBS (Direct) Theatrical Release Date: April 18, 2005 Related Items:
Editorial Review: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great, interesting DVD--American Experience quality!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! Rating: - Influenza epidemic / tragedyAs 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 ... Read More Rating: - My Favorite PBS DocumentaryThis 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. Rating:  - Started my interest in pandemic influenzaWhen this film was originally broadcast on PBS in 1998, I had not heard of the 1918 Spanish Influenza. I was shocked that I had never heard of the 1918 pandemic, given the impact it had on the 20th century. I've now read every book I coould find that chronicles the outbreak. Some of the historical facts in the film may be disputed in other histories, but it's a solid documentary and I highly recommend it. It is a rivoting film. Rating: - a forgotten tragedyI did relatively well in high school American history and yet I never heard of this national crisis. I guess World War I wasn't the only big deal of the 1910s. I am glad to see that the American Experience series not only covers great names, wars, and transportational feats, but also health concerns. I recall that Charlie Chaplin's sweetheart died in a flu epidemic in Britain, but I didn't know the problem started in the United States. (If our revolution and our stock market crash ... Read More 
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