Plague fighters / [presented by] WGBH ; a Nova production by Associated Producers Inc. in association with WGBH/Boston, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Channel Four ; directed by Ric Esther Bienstock ; produced by Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern and Ric Esther Bienstock ; written by Elliott Halpern and Simcha Jacobovici.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bienstock, Ric Esther, director, producer.

Jacobovici, Simcha, screenwriter, producer.

Halpern, Elliott, screenwriter, producer.

Keach, Stacy, narrator.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.

Associated Producers (Toronto, Ont.), producer.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, producer.

Channel Four (Great Britain), producer.

WGBH Educational Foundation, distributor.

WGBH Video (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ebola virus disease--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kikwit.

Ebola virus disease.

Epidemics--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kikwit.

Epidemics.

Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kikwit.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Television programs.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Edition:

Letterboxed.

Other Title:

Title on container and DVD label: Ebola the plague fighters

Place of Publication:

[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation : WGBH Boston Video, [2007]

Language Note:

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital.

Enhanced DVD.

System requirements to access DVD-ROM features: computer capable of playing DVD movies; Windows 95 or higher (or a Mac with 0S 9.0 or higher). Will not work in a CD-ROM drive.

digital

optical

Dolby

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

When a dreaded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus swept through a remote region of Zaire in May 1995, Nova was the only film crew premitted to cover the outbreak. The Ebola plague kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in Kikwit), often by dissolving their internal organs and connective tissue. Learn how disease specialists traced the origins of the outbreak.

Participant:

Narrated by Stacy Keach.

Credits:

Director of photography, Don Purser; editors, Steve Weslak, Ion Webster; music, Aaron Davis, John Lang.

Notes:

Videodisc release of one episode of the television program Nova, originally broadcast in 1996.

Special features: printable materials for educators; DVD-ROM access to the Nova web site.

ISBN:

9781593757458

159375745X

OCLC:

85871312

Publisher Number:

783421268395

WG26839 WGBH Boston Video