American Experience · SEASON 34

Plague at the Golden Gate

Episode 4 · 2022-05-24

★ 2.8
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Season 34Episode 4★ 2.8/10
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Episode overview

Discover how an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. This new documentary tells the gripping story of the race against time by health officials to save the city from the deadly disease.

113 minutes

Season 34 episodes

1. Riveted: The History of Jeans2022-02-07 2. The American Diplomat2022-02-15 3. Flood in the Desert2022-05-03 4. Plague at the Golden Gate2022-05-24 5. Taken Hostage (1)2022-11-14 6. Taken Hostage (2)2022-11-15