第一次世界大戦の兵士の体に乗って、世界中に広がり、４千万を超える死者を出した「スペインかぜ」。５千万を越す労働者が職を失い自由主義経済に富の再分配を迫る転機となった「世界恐慌」。米ソの現場の軍人が核弾頭発射命令を拒否し、全面核戦争が回避された「キューバ危機」。８０万もの作業員が放射能の中で巨大な石棺を作り被害拡大を食い止めた「チェルノブイリ原発事故」。未曽有の危機に立ち向かった人々の物語である。
This documentary takes a look behind the scenes at the crises that humanity faced in the 20th century and shook the world. The Spanish flu, the Great Depression, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Chernobyl nuclear accident, and the stories of people who confronted unprecedented crises.
The Spanish Flu, which spread around the world on the backs of World War I soldiers and killed more than 40 million people; the Great Depression, which left more than 50 million workers jobless and forced the liberal economy to redistribute wealth; the Cuban Missile Crisis, which averted all-out nuclear war when U.S. and Soviet military personnel on the ground refused orders to launch nuclear warheads; the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, in which 800,000 workers built a huge sarcophagus in the midst of radiation to stop the spread of damage. This is a story of people who stood up to an unprecedented crisis.
