Trailer | Influenza 1918 | American Experience
Clip: Season 10 Episode 5 | 30s
It was the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 — until it disappeared as mysteriously as it had begun.
Aired: 03/02/10
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The Chinese Six Companies
On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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