C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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"The President's Responsibility is Inescapable"
50 minutesPresidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower both presided over the early years of the Cold War. This selection of their speeches included Mr. Truman's 1949 inaugural address, and Ike's 1957 and 1961 speeches -- on school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the growing "military-industrial complex."
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"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You"
45 minutesJohn Kennedy was in the White House for just over 1,000 days, from his 1961 inauguration to his 1963 assassination on the streets of Dallas. This selection of speeches included his 1961 inaugural address, 1962 "go to the moon" challenge, and his 1963 "Ich bin ein Berliner" declaration.
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"The Great Silent Majority"
1 hour, 24 minutesIn 1964 and 1965, President Lyndon Johnson called on Americans' "better angels" with speeches on the "Great Society" and immigration. His successor, Richard Nixon, asked for support in 1969 from the "great silent majority" on his Vietnam War policies. And in 1974, he spoke to the nation from the Oval Office to resign amid the Watergate scandal.
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"Government is the Problem"
39 minutesPresident Ronald Reagan delivered his 1981 inaugural address from the U.S. Capitol West Front -- a first. He vowed to turn around the economic crisis and said, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." He went to France mid-way through his presidency, in 1984, for the D-Day 40th anniversary and spoke of "the boys of Pointe du Hoc."
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Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" Speech
1 hour, 9 minutesPresident Reagan implored the Soviets in a June 12, 1987, Berlin speech to "Tear down this wall." The Hoover Institution and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute hosted a look back at the evolution of that speech and its importance more than three decades later. Speakers included speech author Peter Robinson and Jamie Fly, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty president.
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Reel America: "The Wall" - 1962
12 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film produced by Hearst Metrotone News showed the situation before the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 and the changes in the year following. Scenes showed families attempting to communicate across the wall and many successful and unsuccessful escape attempts, including 18-year-old Peter Fechter, who was shot and left to die beside the wall on August 17, 1962. Scenes were also shown of the August 13, 1962, commemoration in West Berlin of the first anniversary of the wall.
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"A New World Order"
1 hour, 34 minutesWe heard first from President George H.W. Bush in his 1991 State of the Union Address -- 12 days after leading coalition forces in war against Iraq. He was followed by his successor, Bill Clinton, with a 1995 speech on race relations. An "opportunity" had presented itself, he said, "and we dare not let it pass us by."
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First Ladies' Speeches
1 hour, 3 minutesWhat's the impact of a first lady's words? Scholars considered the speeches of Barbara Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama. The First Ladies Association for Research & Education hosted this virtual event.
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"The Great Silent Majority"
1 hour, 25 minutesIn 1964 and 1965, President Lyndon Johnson called on Americans' "better angels" with speeches on the "Great Society" and immigration. His successor, Richard Nixon, asked for support in 1969 from the "great silent majority" on his Vietnam War policies. And in 1974, he spoke to the nation from the Oval Office to resign amid the Watergate scandal.
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"Government is the Problem"
39 minutesPresident Ronald Reagan delivered his 1981 inaugural address from the U.S. Capitol West Front -- a first. He vowed to turn around the economic crisis and said, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." He went to France mid-way through his presidency, in 1984, for the D-Day 40th anniversary and spoke of "the boys of Pointe du Hoc."
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Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" Speech
1 hour, 9 minutesPresident Reagan implored the Soviets in a June 12, 1987, Berlin speech to "Tear down this wall." The Hoover Institution and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute hosted a look back at the evolution of that speech and its importance more than three decades later. Speakers included speech author Peter Robinson and Jamie Fly, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty president.
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Reel America: "The Wall" - 1962
11 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film produced by Hearst Metrotone News showed the situation before the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 and the changes in the year following. Scenes showed families attempting to communicate across the wall and many successful and unsuccessful escape attempts, including 18-year-old Peter Fechter, who was shot and left to die beside the wall on August 17, 1962. Scenes were also shown of the August 13, 1962, commemoration in West Berlin of the first anniversary of the wall.
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"A New World Order"
1 hour, 35 minutesWe heard first from President George H.W. Bush in his 1991 State of the Union Address -- 12 days after leading coalition forces in war against Iraq. He was followed by his successor, Bill Clinton, with a 1995 speech on race relations. An "opportunity" had presented itself, he said, "and we dare not let it pass us by."
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First Ladies' Speeches
1 hour, 3 minutesWhat's the impact of a first lady's words? Scholars considered the speeches of Barbara Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama. The First Ladies Association for Research & Education hosted this virtual event.
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"The Great Silent Majority"
1 hour, 24 minutesIn 1964 and 1965, President Lyndon Johnson called on Americans' "better angels" with speeches on the "Great Society" and immigration. His successor, Richard Nixon, asked for support in 1969 from the "great silent majority" on his Vietnam War policies. And in 1974, he spoke to the nation from the Oval Office to resign amid the Watergate scandal.
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"Government is the Problem"
40 minutesPresident Ronald Reagan delivered his 1981 inaugural address from the U.S. Capitol West Front -- a first. He vowed to turn around the economic crisis and said, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." He went to France mid-way through his presidency, in 1984, for the D-Day 40th anniversary and spoke of "the boys of Pointe du Hoc."
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Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" Speech
1 hour, 8 minutesPresident Reagan implored the Soviets in a June 12, 1987, Berlin speech to "Tear down this wall." The Hoover Institution and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute hosted a look back at the evolution of that speech and its importance more than three decades later. Speakers included speech author Peter Robinson and Jamie Fly, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty president.
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Reel America: "The Wall" - 1962
11 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film produced by Hearst Metrotone News showed the situation before the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 and the changes in the year following. Scenes showed families attempting to communicate across the wall and many successful and unsuccessful escape attempts, including 18-year-old Peter Fechter, who was shot and left to die beside the wall on August 17, 1962. Scenes were also shown of the August 13, 1962, commemoration in West Berlin of the first anniversary of the wall.
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"A New World Order"
1 hour, 34 minutesWe heard first from President George H.W. Bush in his 1991 State of the Union Address -- 12 days after leading coalition forces in war against Iraq. He was followed by his successor, Bill Clinton, with a 1995 speech on race relations. An "opportunity" had presented itself, he said, "and we dare not let it pass us by."
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First Ladies' Speeches
1 hour, 2 minutesWhat's the impact of a first lady's words? Scholars considered the speeches of Barbara Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama. The First Ladies Association for Research & Education hosted this virtual event.
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"The Great Silent Majority"
1 hour, 23 minutesIn 1964 and 1965, President Lyndon Johnson called on Americans' "better angels" with speeches on the "Great Society" and immigration. His successor, Richard Nixon, asked for support in 1969 from the "great silent majority" on his Vietnam War policies. And in 1974, he spoke to the nation from the Oval Office to resign amid the Watergate scandal.
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"Government is the Problem"
39 minutesPresident Ronald Reagan delivered his 1981 inaugural address from the U.S. Capitol West Front -- a first. He vowed to turn around the economic crisis and said, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." He went to France mid-way through his presidency, in 1984, for the D-Day 40th anniversary and spoke of "the boys of Pointe du Hoc."
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Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" Speech
1 hour, 8 minutesPresident Reagan implored the Soviets in a June 12, 1987, Berlin speech to "Tear down this wall." The Hoover Institution and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute hosted a look back at the evolution of that speech and its importance more than three decades later. Speakers included speech author Peter Robinson and Jamie Fly, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty president.
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Reel America: "The Wall" - 1962
11 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film produced by Hearst Metrotone News showed the situation before the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 and the changes in the year following. Scenes showed families attempting to communicate across the wall and many successful and unsuccessful escape attempts, including 18-year-old Peter Fechter, who was shot and left to die beside the wall on August 17, 1962. Scenes were also shown of the August 13, 1962, commemoration in West Berlin of the first anniversary of the wall.
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"A New World Order"
1 hour, 33 minutesWe heard first from President George H.W. Bush in his 1991 State of the Union Address -- 12 days after leading coalition forces in war against Iraq. He was followed by his successor, Bill Clinton, with a 1995 speech on race relations. An "opportunity" had presented itself, he said, "and we dare not let it pass us by."
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First Ladies' Speeches
1 hour, 3 minutesWhat's the impact of a first lady's words? Scholars considered the speeches of Barbara Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama. The First Ladies Association for Research & Education hosted this virtual event.