C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Campaign 2024: Gov. DeSantis Meets With Veterans in South Carolina
1 hour, 38 minutes2024 Republican presidential candidate Governor Ron DeSantis (FL) delivered remarks at Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 10420 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. He said that helping veterans would be one of his top priorities if elected president, in addition to being tough on crime and bolstering security at the southern border, declaring he would "authorize the use of deadly force" against drug cartels. Mr. DeSantis also discussed his achievements as Florida's governor, including a host of educational policies like eliminating critical race theory and LGBTQ subjects from K-12 schools. After his remarks, he answered audience members' questions and held a news conference.
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Federal Reserve Board Governor Discusses Digital Payment Systems
34 minutesFederal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller discussed financial systems and digital currency at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution. Topics included commercial banking competitiveness, risks and benefits of stablecoin, and options for instant payment services.
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Lectures in History: The Woodworking Industry in South Carolina
1 hour, 0 minuteThe woodworking industry in early 20th century South Carolina is the subject of a class co-taught by University of South Carolina professor Jessica Elfenbein and former museum executive director Lynn Robertson. The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia.
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Reel America: "A Special Report on Polio" - 1955
14 minutesThis June 1955 broadcast by the radio and television networks in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service hoped to dispel fears about the safety of the new Salk vaccine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby - who resigned a month later - introduces Surgeon General Leonard Scheele, who details efforts to insure the vaccine's safety. In May of 1955, the Surgeon General of the United States temporarily shut down the distribution of the Salk vaccine. In what is known as the "Cutter Incident," about 200,000 children had received a defective vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories resulting in 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children with paralysis and 10 deaths. The problem led to congressional hearings, reforms, and the resignations of the National Institutes of Health director and Secretary Hobby. This film is part of the Library of Congress motion picture collections.
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Reel America: Dental Hygiene - 1941
14 minutesThis Works Progress Administration film showed nation-wide projects such as sewer construction, medical services for the poor, education programs and nursery schools. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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A Friendship of Rivals - Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter
1 hour, 11 minutesRepublican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter -- political rivals in the 1976 presidential campaign -- became lifelong friends who found common cause in the decades after they left the White House. What gave that friendship staying power - even as the country became more partisan? The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation & the Carter Center hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Telegram for America" - 1956
21 minutesThis 1956 Western Union Telegraph Company film featured the history of the telegram, current use, and developing communication technology. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Lectures in History: The Woodworking Industry in South Carolina
1 hour, 0 minuteThe woodworking industry in early 20th century South Carolina is the subject of a class co-taught by University of South Carolina professor Jessica Elfenbein and former museum executive director Lynn Robertson. The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia.
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Reel America: "A Special Report on Polio" - 1955
14 minutesThis June 1955 broadcast by the radio and television networks in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service hoped to dispel fears about the safety of the new Salk vaccine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby - who resigned a month later - introduces Surgeon General Leonard Scheele, who details efforts to insure the vaccine's safety. In May of 1955, the Surgeon General of the United States temporarily shut down the distribution of the Salk vaccine. In what is known as the "Cutter Incident," about 200,000 children had received a defective vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories resulting in 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children with paralysis and 10 deaths. The problem led to congressional hearings, reforms, and the resignations of the National Institutes of Health director and Secretary Hobby. This film is part of the Library of Congress motion picture collections.
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Reel America: Dental Hygiene - 1941
15 minutesThis Works Progress Administration film showed nation-wide projects such as sewer construction, medical services for the poor, education programs and nursery schools. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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A Friendship of Rivals - Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter
1 hour, 10 minutesRepublican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter -- political rivals in the 1976 presidential campaign -- became lifelong friends who found common cause in the decades after they left the White House. What gave that friendship staying power - even as the country became more partisan? The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation & the Carter Center hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Telegram for America" - 1956
20 minutesThis 1956 Western Union Telegraph Company film featured the history of the telegram, current use, and developing communication technology. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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The Civil War: Battles of 1863
59 minutesHistorians discussed Civil War battles of 1863. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Building the Statue of Liberty
51 minutesAuthor Elizabeth Mitchell discussed her book, Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty, in which she looks at the challenges faced by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in bringing his design for the Statue of Liberty to fruition.
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Peter Cozzens, "A Brutal Reckoning"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Peter Cozzens talked about the 1813 Creek War, Andrew Jackson's role in this conflict and the subsequent removal of Native Americans on the Trail of Tears. The Army & Navy Club in Washington, DC, hosted this program.
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Benjamin Carp, "The Great New York Fire of 1776"
1 hour, 10 minutesBrooklyn College professor Benjamin Carp talked about the 1776 fire that burned down much of New York City shortly after the British took the city during the Revolutionary War. The Fraunces Tavern Museum and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society hosted this program in New York City.
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Robert Watson, "When Washington Burned"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Robert Watson talked about the War of 1812, detailing the British military campaign and American resistance on August 24, 1814, the day the British burned the Capitol. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted this event.
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Douglas Brunt, "The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel"
50 minutesDouglas Brunt recounted the life of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine, and his disappearance in the lead up to World War I. Corner Bookstore in New York City hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: The Woodworking Industry in South Carolina
1 hour, 0 minuteThe woodworking industry in early 20th century South Carolina is the subject of a class co-taught by University of South Carolina professor Jessica Elfenbein and former museum executive director Lynn Robertson. The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia.
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Reel America: "A Special Report on Polio" - 1955
15 minutesThis June 1955 broadcast by the radio and television networks in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service hoped to dispel fears about the safety of the new Salk vaccine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby - who resigned a month later - introduces Surgeon General Leonard Scheele, who details efforts to insure the vaccine's safety. In May of 1955, the Surgeon General of the United States temporarily shut down the distribution of the Salk vaccine. In what is known as the "Cutter Incident," about 200,000 children had received a defective vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories resulting in 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children with paralysis and 10 deaths. The problem led to congressional hearings, reforms, and the resignations of the National Institutes of Health director and Secretary Hobby. This film is part of the Library of Congress motion picture collections.
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Reel America: Dental Hygiene - 1941
15 minutesThis Works Progress Administration film showed nation-wide projects such as sewer construction, medical services for the poor, education programs and nursery schools. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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A Friendship of Rivals - Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter
1 hour, 10 minutesRepublican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter -- political rivals in the 1976 presidential campaign -- became lifelong friends who found common cause in the decades after they left the White House. What gave that friendship staying power - even as the country became more partisan? The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation & the Carter Center hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Telegram for America" - 1956
20 minutesThis 1956 Western Union Telegraph Company film featured the history of the telegram, current use, and developing communication technology. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Lectures in History: The Woodworking Industry in South Carolina
1 hour, 0 minuteThe woodworking industry in early 20th century South Carolina is the subject of a class co-taught by University of South Carolina professor Jessica Elfenbein and former museum executive director Lynn Robertson. The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia.
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Reel America: "A Special Report on Polio" - 1955
15 minutesThis June 1955 broadcast by the radio and television networks in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service hoped to dispel fears about the safety of the new Salk vaccine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby - who resigned a month later - introduces Surgeon General Leonard Scheele, who details efforts to insure the vaccine's safety. In May of 1955, the Surgeon General of the United States temporarily shut down the distribution of the Salk vaccine. In what is known as the "Cutter Incident," about 200,000 children had received a defective vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories resulting in 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children with paralysis and 10 deaths. The problem led to congressional hearings, reforms, and the resignations of the National Institutes of Health director and Secretary Hobby. This film is part of the Library of Congress motion picture collections.
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Reel America: Dental Hygiene - 1941
15 minutesThis Works Progress Administration film showed nation-wide projects such as sewer construction, medical services for the poor, education programs and nursery schools. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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A Friendship of Rivals - Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter
1 hour, 10 minutesRepublican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter -- political rivals in the 1976 presidential campaign -- became lifelong friends who found common cause in the decades after they left the White House. What gave that friendship staying power - even as the country became more partisan? The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation & the Carter Center hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Telegram for America" - 1956
20 minutesThis 1956 Western Union Telegraph Company film featured the history of the telegram, current use, and developing communication technology. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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The Civil War: Battles of 1863
1 hour, 0 minuteHistorians discussed Civil War battles of 1863. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Building the Statue of Liberty
50 minutesAuthor Elizabeth Mitchell discussed her book, Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty, in which she looks at the challenges faced by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in bringing his design for the Statue of Liberty to fruition.
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Peter Cozzens, "A Brutal Reckoning"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Peter Cozzens talked about the 1813 Creek War, Andrew Jackson's role in this conflict and the subsequent removal of Native Americans on the Trail of Tears. The Army & Navy Club in Washington, DC, hosted this program.
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Benjamin Carp, "The Great New York Fire of 1776"
1 hour, 10 minutesBrooklyn College professor Benjamin Carp talked about the 1776 fire that burned down much of New York City shortly after the British took the city during the Revolutionary War. The Fraunces Tavern Museum and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society hosted this program in New York City.
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Robert Watson, "When Washington Burned"
1 hour, 2 minutesAuthor Robert Watson talked about the War of 1812, detailing the British military campaign and American resistance on August 24, 1814, the day the British burned the Capitol. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted this event.