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  St. Louis in the Spanish Flu Pandemic...

  St. Louis in the Spanish Flu Pandemic...

  This program explores the groundbreaking way that St. Louis fought the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918, saving thousands of lives. St. Louis is a textbook case of how shutting down public activity for brief periods and wearing masks reduced the number of dead here compared to many East Coast c...

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  How the 4th of July was Celebrated in...

  How the 4th of July was Celebrated in...

  Join The Henry Ford to learn about 4th of July celebrations as America celebrated it's centennial.

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  The River

  The River

  Depression-era documentary which chronicles the exploration and exploitation of the Mississippi River from the Civil War through the 1920s. From soil erosion - logging - floods this important film