Rumor of Blue Sky

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Released April 23, 2009

Overview

Through compelling remembrances of twenty-five elderly survivors of the 1948 smog disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania, Rumor of blue sky recounts one of the worst environmental tragedies in U.S. history and the town's dramatic contribution to clean air legislation. The disaster sickened over half of the town's population, killed 20 people and hundreds of animals.