| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, NTSC ; widescreen, 5.1 surround. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Michael Murphy. |
| Credits |
Edited by Adam Zucker ; music by Mark Suozzo ; director of photography, Stephen McCarthy. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an episode of the PBS show, American experience. |
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Based in part on the book "Living in the shadow of death" by Sheila Rothman. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Audience |
Not rated |
| 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. |
| Language |
In English ; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Tuberculosis.
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Lungs -- Diseases.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Television adaptations.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Gazit, Chana, film producer, film director, screenwriter.
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Cafarella, Kristina, film producer.
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Lord, Kathryn, film producer.
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Murphy, Michael, 1938- narrator.
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Zucker, Adam, film editor.
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Suozzo, Mark, composer.
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McCarthy, Stephen (Cinematographer), cinematographer.
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Rothman, Sheila M.
Living in the shadow of death.
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American Experience Films.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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| Note |
Subtitle on container: Tuberculosis in America |
| Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781627893091 |
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1627893091 |
| Standard No. |
841887024389 |
| Music No. |
FPLG601 PBS |
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