1918: How The Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million People

During the final year of WW1, a "horror from nature" arose that would kill more people worldwide than the entirety of the Great War: the Spanish Flu. This documentary uncovers personal testimonies, fateful decisions, and reveals how a mutated bird flu virus swept across the globe. This is the...

49 min - Health & the Body - Timeline - World History Documentaries

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