Witness History: Witness Archive 2016 - The Spanish Influenza Pandemic

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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)

Published on Tuesday, 11th October 2016.

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