Invisible enemies. Part 2, Invisible armies.
- Date:
- 1992
- Videos
About this work
Description
Written and presented by Dr. Norman Swan, the series traces the worldwide history and geography of epidemic diseases past and present. "Part Two: Invisible Armies" On the transmission of disease around the world and from animals to humans; how dysentery, smallpox, malaria and yellow fever were carried by the slave trade into new territory; destruction of American Indians by white settlers' diseases; decimation of Hawaiians by venereal disease imported by Captain Cook's expedition; and the imminent disappearance of Amazonian Indian cultural identity.
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : Film Australia and Channel 4 TV, 1992.
Physical description
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
Notes
Supporting paperwork available in the department.
Two programmes on the same videocassette. First: Invisible Enemies. Second: Heroes (Antenna)
Creator/production credits
Goldwyn Associates for Channel 4 TV
Dr. Norman Swan
Copyright note
Channel 4 TV
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
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