| Description |
4 videodiscs (225 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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4 3/4 in. |
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DVD video |
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Television program lcsh |
| Series |
NOVA: RX for survival : a global health challenge |
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Rx for survival (Television program)
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; letterboxed presentation; Dolby Digital; full screen. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned; described video for the visually impaired. |
| Performer |
Narrators: Stacy Keach (disc 1); Edward Herrmann (disc 2); Brad Pitt (disc 3); Richard Donat (disc 4). |
| Credits |
Directors of photography/camera, Don Purser, Robert Achs, Mark Knobil, Boyd Estus ; editors, Steve Weslak, Caren Myers, Stephanie Munroe ; music, Aaron Davis, Michael Whalen, Sheldon Mirowitz, Claudio Ragazzi. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the book Typhoid Mary: captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt. |
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Originally produced for NOVA in association with WGBH Boston in 2004. Appeared as Rx for survival, a six-hour PBS television series premiering November 1-3, 2005. |
| Contents |
disc. 1. Ebola: the plague fighters / direted by Ric Esther Bienstock ; written by Elliott Halpern, Simcha Jacobovici -- disc. 2. Surviving AIDS / written, produced and directed by Elizabeth Arledge -- disc. 3. Bird flu: how safe are we? / director, John Bair -- disc. 4. Typhoid Mary: the most dangerous woman in America / directored and written by Nancy Porter. |
| Summary |
Disc 1. Enter the "hot zone" of one of the most frightful diseases on the planet--Ebola--as a dreaded outbreak of the deadly virus sweeps through a remote region of Zaire in May 1995. |
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Disc 2. Since 1978, when he first became infected with HIV, Bob Massie's immune system has kept him completely healthy--without the help of drugs. His survival is sparking a whole new approach to surviving AIDS. |
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Disc 3. In the last few decades, 40 new infectious diseases have emerged, and they travel the globe with unprecedented rapidity. Older killers that once seemed controllable are roaring back with a vengence. NOVA examines the most critical threats we face today and the pressing need to strengthen global public health systems. |
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Disc 4. In 1906 in America it was first discovered that humans could transmit typhoid fever. This is a dramatization of the outbreak and a profile of Irish cook Mary Mallon, known as 'Typhoid Mary'. Quarantined against her will, the story reveals the newfound power of health officials to protect the masses, often at the expense of personal liberties. |
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Not rated. |
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Typhoid Mary, 1869-1938.
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Epidemics.
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Quarantine -- History.
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Typhoid Mary, 1869-1938. (OCoLC)fst01861752
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Typhoid fever -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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AIDS (Disease)
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Avian influenza.
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Ebola virus disease.
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AIDS (Disease) (OCoLC)fst00793808
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Avian influenza. (OCoLC)fst00824344
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Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst00832147
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Ebola virus disease. (OCoLC)fst00901253
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Epidemics. (OCoLC)fst00914079
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Historical television programs. (OCoLC)fst00958214
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Quarantine. (OCoLC)fst01085153
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Typhoid fever. (OCoLC)fst01160038
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01710451
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726117
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Historical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726125
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographical television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Educational television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Added Author |
Bienstock, Ric Esther, director.
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Arledge, Elizabeth, director, producer, screenwriter.
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Bair, John, director.
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Porter, Nancy W., director, screenwriter.
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Halpern, Elliott, screenwriter.
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Jacobovici, Simcha, screenwriter.
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Purser, Don, director of photography.
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Achs, Robert, 1950-2005, director of photography.
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Knobil, Mark, director of photography.
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Estus, Boyd, director of photography.
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Davis, Aaron, composer (expression)
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Whalen, Michael, 1965- composer (expression)
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Mirowitz, Sheldon, composer (expression)
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Ragazzi, Claudio, composer (expression)
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Weslak, Steve, 1957- film editor.
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Myers, Caren, film editor.
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Munroe, Stephanie, film editor.
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Keach, Stacy, narrator.
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Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014, narrator.
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Pitt, Brad, 1963- narrator.
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Donat, Richard, narrator.
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Associated Producers Inc, production company
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), broadcaster, production company.
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WGBH Educational Foundation. film distributor.
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Ebola |
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AIDS |
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Bird flu |
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Typhoid |
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Rx for survival (Television program)
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Nova (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781593757397 (set) |
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1593757395 (set) |
| Standard No. |
783421418394 |
| Music No. |
WG26839SL WGBH (Disc 1) |
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WG28409SL WGBH (Disc 2) |
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WG40999SL WGBH (Disc 3) |
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WG38049SL WGBH (Disc 4) |
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WG41839 WGBH (set) |
