Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The forgotten plague / American Experience Films, PBS presents ; written, produced and directed by Chana Gazit ; a Steward/Gazit Productions, Inc., film for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015]

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution.

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

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.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Tuberculosis -- United States -- History.

Lungs -- Diseases.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Historical television programs.

Science television programs.

Television adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.