The forgotten plague [videorecording] / American Experience Films, PBS presents.

American experience (Television program)

Subtitle on container: Tuberculosis in America

9781627893091
1627893091

[Arlington, VA] : PBS, c2015.

English

In English ; closed-captioned ; subtitled in English.

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

841887024389

RC310 .F674 2015

616.99/5

FPLG601

By the dawn of the nineteenth century, tuberculosis had killed one in seven of all the people who had ever lived. The disease struck America with a vengeance, ravaging communities and touching the lives of almost every family. The battle against the deadly bacteria had a profound and lasting impact on the country, It shaped medical and scientific pursuits, social habits, economic development, western expansion, and government policy. The story is told through the remembrances of those who lived - and were cured - at tuberculosis sanatoriums, along with historians and scientists.

Originally produced as an episode of the PBS show, American Experience.
Based in part on the book "Living in the shadow of death" by Sheila Rothman.
Narrator, Michael Murphy.

Writer, producer, director, Chana Gazat ; co-producer, Kristina Cafarella, Kathryn Lord.

Not rated

DVD, Region 1, NTSC ; widescreen, 5.1 surround.

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