C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Evangelicals in Politics
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U.S. Army Women Telephone Operators in World War I
50 minutesHistorian and author Elizabeth Cobbs talks about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. She also explores how their service impacted the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., and she discusses the six decade fight by these women to be recognized as military veterans. The National Archives in Washington, DC hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Operation Castle" 1954
22 minutesU.S. Air Force film documenting a series of six nuclear tests at the Atomic Energy Commission's Pacific Proving Grounds in 1954. One of the tests was 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, and remains the most powerful atmospheric nuclear test ever conducted by the United States. Exceeding expectations, the explosion's radiation encompassed 5,000 square miles of the area, leading to many cases of radiation sickness in civilians & military personnel. This film is hosted by Joint Task Force 7 Supreme Commander Major General Percy Clarkson and was shown in 1954 to U.S. congressional oversight committees. The Energy Department made the film public in the 1990s.
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Reel America: "Military Effects Studies on Operation Castle" - 1954
43 minutes"Military Effects Studies on Operation Castle" is a report detailing the aftermath of six powerful nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. The film shows the effects of radiation on civilians and American military personnel. Using maps, graphs, animation and films of the explosions and damage, the report outlines the military advances in nuclear weapons since 1945 and the possible effects of atomic bombs and fallout on American cities. The previously classified film was made public by the Energy Department in the 1990s.
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President Washington's Farewell Address
1 hour, 0 minuteJohn Avlon, Editor in Chief of The Daily Beast discusses his book: "Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father'sWarning to Future Generations." In a conversation with the National Constitution Center's scholar in residence, Michael Gerhardt, John Avlon argues that Washington warned future generations about the dangers of hyper-partisanship, excessive debt, and foreign wars.
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American Artifacts: Hoover Library and Museum Presidential Exhibit
45 minutesOn American Artifacts, we tour the "American Presidents: Life Portraits" exhibit at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. North Carolina painter and sculptor Chas Fagan (CHAZ FAY-gun) created the portraits for C-SPAN in 1999 and recently added President Trump's portrait. The traveling exhibit, created in conjunction with the White House Historical Association, was brought to the Hoover Library by C-SPAN, in partnership with Mediacom. Curator Marcus Eckhard shows us the additional objects the museum borrowed to accompany each of the 44 portraits.
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Harry Truman and the Rich & Famous
50 minutesArchivist David Clark talks about former President Harry S. Truman's relationships with celebrity athletes, politicians and entertainers using letters, photos and old film footage. The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri hosted this 45-minute event.
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Landmark Cases: Landmark Cases Series - Miranda v. Arizona
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John Paul II and Ronald Reagan
1 hour, 15 minutesGrove City College professor Paul Kengor discusses the Cold War relationship between President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. Mr. Kengor is the author of "A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century." The Institute of World Politics hosted this event.
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Four Generations of the Adams Family
1 hour, 30 minutesThe Boston Athenaeum and Boston's Poets' Theatre present a staged reading program in honor of the literary legacy of four generations of the Adams family. Based on the writings of founding father John Adams, his son John Quincy, grandson Charles Francis, great-grandson Henry Adams, and their wives and family members, this reading by three actors follows the family's evolving concerns from the late 18th to the late 19th century.
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History Bookshelf: James Hornfischer, "Neptune's Inferno"
55 minutesJames Hornfischer discussed his book, Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. He used maps during his presentation, and responded to questions from members of the audience. This talk was part of the 2012 Colby Military Writers' Symposium, held annually at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont.
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Holocaust Survivor Estelle Laughlin
1 hour, 5 minutesHolocaust survivor Estelle Laughlin recalls how she survived in her book "Transcending Darkness: A Girl's Journey Out of the Holocaust." She was 10-years-old when Nazi forces invaded her home of Warsaw Poland. Ms. Laughlin's family was forced into a ghetto, and later in concentration camps where they were rescued. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Union Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs
55 minutesAuthor Robert O'Harrow discusses his book on Montgomery Meigs, Union quartermaster general during the Civil War. Meigs was responsible for supplying Union armies in the field but also developed Washington, D.C.'s infrastructure and built or expanded several national buildings and sites, such as the U.S. Capitol dome and Arlington National Cemetery.
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The Civil War: Civil War Ships in Hampton Roads
57 minutesLaura Lawfer Orr of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum discusses Civil War shipwrecks in Hampton Roads, Virginia. She focuses on the wrecks of the Union warship USS Cumberland and the Confederate raider CSS Florida that were sunk in Hampton Roads. She gives details of the sinkings of the ships and problems with the plunder of the artifacts from the wrecks. This talk was part of the annual Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College.
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Chinese Expulsion and Reconciliation
8 minutesAndrew Gomez shares the story of how Tacoma's Chinese population was driven out of the city in 1885. Today, the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park represents the city's acknowledgment of the Chinese expulsion, and serves as a reminder of the city's multicultural past, present and future.
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Landmark Cases: Landmark Cases Series - Roe v. Wade
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Chief Leschi & Medicine Creek Treaty
18 minutesChief Leschi was chief of the Nisqually tribe, and was chosen to represent the Nisqually and Puyallup tribes at the signing of the 1854 Medicine Creek Treaty. In 1858 he was tried for murder and hanged. Cynthia Iyall shares the story and the efforts 150 years later to exonerate Chief Leschi.
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Reel America: "Heart of the Nation" - 1930 Educational Film
9 minutesEarly 1930s aerial survey with narration of major buildings and monuments in the Washington, DC including the Capitol, Library of Congress, White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Arlington Cemetery, and the House and Senate office buildings.
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Reel America: "Give Yourself the Green Light" 1954
25 minutes"Give Yourself the Green Light" is a 1954 General Motors film encouraging citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. The film begins by depicting traffic jams, unsafe roads, and city congestion, then documents the results of a nationwide GM contest seeking road system ideas. Infrastructure advocacy such as this film helped result in the passage of the $25 billion Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
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Reel America: "Freedom of the American Road" - 1955
31 minutesHenry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens and communities to support road improvements and safety. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film features the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion and parking relief in Pittsburgh, the development of Boston's Route 128 around the city, a rural roads improvement initiative in North Carolina, and coordinated community efforts at safety education in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Memorializing Salem
1 hour, 5 minutesThis year marks the 325th anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials. In this program, author Kenneth Foote talks about memorializing sites like Salem. His book on the subject is titled "Shadowed Ground: America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy." This is the keynote speech from the Salem State University symposium on the legacy of the witch trials.
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Landmark Cases: Landmark Cases Series - Roe v. Wade
1 hour, 32 minutes -
Chief Leschi & Medicine Creek Treaty
18 minutesChief Leschi was chief of the Nisqually tribe, and was chosen to represent the Nisqually and Puyallup tribes at the signing of the 1854 Medicine Creek Treaty. In 1858 he was tried for murder and hanged. Cynthia Iyall shares the story and the efforts 150 years later to exonerate Chief Leschi.
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Reel America: "Heart of the Nation" - 1930 Educational Film
10 minutesEarly 1930s aerial survey with narration of major buildings and monuments in the Washington, DC including the Capitol, Library of Congress, White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Arlington Cemetery, and the House and Senate office buildings.
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History Bookshelf: James Hornfischer, "Neptune's Inferno"
55 minutesJames Hornfischer discussed his book, Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. He used maps during his presentation, and responded to questions from members of the audience. This talk was part of the 2012 Colby Military Writers' Symposium, held annually at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont.
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Holocaust Survivor Estelle Laughlin
1 hour, 4 minutesHolocaust survivor Estelle Laughlin recalls how she survived in her book "Transcending Darkness: A Girl's Journey Out of the Holocaust." She was 10-years-old when Nazi forces invaded her home of Warsaw Poland. Ms. Laughlin's family was forced into a ghetto, and later in concentration camps where they were rescued. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted this event.
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KEYED AHTV Package for 'U.S. & Latin American Relationship with Korea" 4
41 minutesBradley Coleman from the Virginia Military Institute talks about the Truman Administration's partnership with Latin America during the Korean War. Mr. Coleman is the director of VMI's Adams Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Truman Little White House and the San Carlos Institute in Key West, Florida hosted this event, part of a 15th annual symposium which, this year, is titled "Harry Truman's Legacy Toward Latin & South America."
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Reel America: "Operation Castle" 1954
21 minutesU.S. Air Force film documenting a series of six nuclear tests at the Atomic Energy Commission's Pacific Proving Grounds in 1954. One of the tests was 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, and remains the most powerful atmospheric nuclear test ever conducted by the United States. Exceeding expectations, the explosion's radiation encompassed 5,000 square miles of the area, leading to many cases of radiation sickness in civilians & military personnel. This film is hosted by Joint Task Force 7 Supreme Commander Major General Percy Clarkson and was shown in 1954 to U.S. congressional oversight committees. The Energy Department made the film public in the 1990s.
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Reel America: "Military Effects Studies on Operation Castle" - 1954
40 minutes"Military Effects Studies on Operation Castle" is a report detailing the aftermath of six powerful nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. The film shows the effects of radiation on civilians and American military personnel. Using maps, graphs, animation and films of the explosions and damage, the report outlines the military advances in nuclear weapons since 1945 and the possible effects of atomic bombs and fallout on American cities. The previously classified film was made public by the Energy Department in the 1990s.
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President Washington's Farewell Address
1 hour, 1 minuteJohn Avlon, Editor in Chief of The Daily Beast discusses his book: "Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father'sWarning to Future Generations." In a conversation with the National Constitution Center's scholar in residence, Michael Gerhardt, John Avlon argues that Washington warned future generations about the dangers of hyper-partisanship, excessive debt, and foreign wars.
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History Bookshelf: Gerald Horne, "The Counter-Revolution of 1776"
1 hour, 18 minutesGerald Horne talked about his two books, "The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America" and "Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow." In "The Counter-Revolution of 1776," Professor Horne argues that the threat of abolition in England and its colonies helped spark the fight for independence in the United States. In "Race to Revolution," Professor Horne looks at the experiences of slaves and ex-slaves in the U.S. and Cuba. He spoke at Eso Won Books in Los Angeles, California.