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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic
In 1918, more than fifty million people died in an outbreak of flu which spread all over the world. We hear eye-witness accounts of the worst pandemic of the twentieth century.
In 1918, more than fifty million people died in an outbreak of flu, which spread all over the world in the wake of the first World War. We hear eye-witness accounts of the worst pandemic of the twentieth century.
PICTURE: An American policeman wearing a mask to protect himself from the outbreak of Spanish flu. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
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07:50GMT
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