C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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The Civil War: Confederate Women & Union Soldiers in Sherman's March
1 hour, 3 minutesHistorian and author Lisa Tendrich Frank looks at the myths surrounding encounters between slave-holding Confederate women and Union soldiers that occurred during General William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the Sea" through Georgia in 1864. This talk was part of the annual Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College.
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Donald Liebenberg on the Solar Eclipse
6 minutesDonald Liebenberg, an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at Clemson University in South Carolina, talked about his 26 previous times observing total solar eclipses, and what he was looking for while observing his 27th such eclipse on August 21, 2017.
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Fort Fisher and the Civil War
19 minutesVisit what remains of Fort Fisher, which was once the largest Fort in the Confederacy. Fort Fisher sits at the mouth of the Cape Fear River and was one of several forts used to protect the port of Wilmington. Assistant Site Manager at Cape Fear Historic Site John Moseley tours what remains of the site today, and talks about the two attacks that brought the fall of Fort Fisher shortly before the end of the Civil War.
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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
28 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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San Jose History of Computers
12 minutesThe Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California is home to the largest international collection of computing artifacts in the world. Dag Spicer, Senior Curator, shows us several of these items on display in their exhibit, "Revolution".
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Memorializing Salem
1 hour, 7 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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Shasta Dam
13 minutesTami Corn gives a tour of Shasta Dam which was constructed in the early 1940's. She explains the essential role the structure plays in water and power distribution to California's Central Valley.
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American Artifacts: Smithsonian Institution Castle Tour
40 minutesTour and discussion of the history of the Smithsonian Castle, which was completed in 1855. The tour visits several spaces that are not open to the public, including a tunnel under the National Mall, a curator's office in the basement, and the Board of Regents meeting room. The areas visited are all featured in the historical novel "The Lost Order" by Steve Berry, who is one of the tour guides and is on the advisory board of the Smithsonian Institution libraries. Castle Curator Richard Stamm also leads the tour.
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A Sussex Discovery of the Declaration of Independence Manuscript
1 hour, 5 minutesHarvard University researchers, Danielle Allen and Emily Sneff, present about their discovery of the second known parchment manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence while in Sussex, England.
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Truman's Latin American Legacy
1 hour, 10 minutesRaymond Geselbracht, a former archivist at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum, talks about Truman's Latin American travels. He explores the 33rd president's Latin American legacy through photos and Truman's detailed diary entries. The Truman Little White House and the San Carlos Institute in Key West, Florida hosted this 15th annual conference which, this year, is titled "Harry Truman's Legacy Toward Latin & South America."
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The First Year Project
34 minutesHear advice from presidential historians about the potentials and the pitfalls of a president's first year. The Miller Center is a non-partisan academic group associated with the University of Virginia that focuses on presidential scholarship, public policy and presidential history. Three historians, Director and CEO Bill Antholis, Director of Presidential Studies Barbara Perry and Senior Scholar William Hitchock, offer advice to President Donald Trump for his first year in office.
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Post-1967 Newark "Rebellion" Leadership
1 hour, 5 minutes2017 marks the 50th anniversary of what some call the 1967 Newark, New Jersey rebellion. Three years later, the city elected its first African American mayor. In this program, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and economist Julianne Malveaux discuss government leadership changes after the 1967 riots.This event was hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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1967 Newark "Rebellion" Aftermath
1 hour, 1 minute2017 marks the 50th anniversary of what some call the 1967 Newark, New Jersey rebellion. In this program, a panel of Newark residents and activists discuss the impact of those riots, and how they changed the predominately African American city. This discussion was hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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History Bookshelf: "19 Weeks," Norman Moss
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Korean War Remembered
1 hour, 1 minuteFormer director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Michael Devine gives a presentation titled "The Korean War Remembered." Using photographs, posters and artwork, Hollywood films, and personal experiences, Mr. Devine examines the public and popular culture memory of the Korean War.
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Titan Missile Museum
16 minutesYvonne Morris gave a tour of the Titan Missile Museum and talked about its history. The museum is housed in a preserved Titan II missile site. The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) used by the United States during the Cold War.
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The Civil War: The Civil War, World War I & Total War
59 minutesU.S. Army War College professor Michael Neiberg talks about the Civil War, World War I, and the concept of "total war." Professor Neiberg begins by defining total war, and then points out parallels and differences between Civil War campaigns such as the Union Army's "March to the Sea" and the bombing of French and British cities by German airships in World War I. He also discusses societal changes brought about by the use of total war. This talk was part of an annual conference hosted by Gettysburg College's Civil War Institute.
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The Civil War: Escaped Union Prisoners of War
1 hour, 0 minuteTexas A&M University professor and author Lorien Foote talks about Union soldiers who escaped from Confederate prison camps toward the end of the Civil War, and their experiences attempting to make it safely to Union lines. She also discusses how these escaped POWs passed along important information to Union leaders about the difficult conditions in the deep south, signaling the imminent collapse of the Confederacy. This talk was part of the annual Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College.
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Lectures in History: World War II Leadership
1 hour, 46 minutesVictor Hanson, a professor emeritus of Classics at California State University, Fresno, lectured to a history class on Masters and Commanders at Hillsdale College. In this fall seminar in classical and military history Professor Hanson examined how leaders, both civilian officials and generals on the battlefield, conducted themselves in wartime. That day's class focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and how those very different American and British leaders learned to work together to defeat Nazi Germany.
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Shasta Dam
12 minutesTami Corn gives a tour of Shasta Dam which was constructed in the early 1940's. She explains the essential role the structure plays in water and power distribution to California's Central Valley.
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Reel America: The Battle of China" - 1944
1 hour, 5 minutes"Why We Fight: The Battle of China." is a 1944 U.S. Office of War Information film that surveys the geography, people, and history of China and details their defensive war against Japan beginning with the 1931 invasion of Manchuria. The film argues that a decentralized and fractious China was united in the fight by Japanese war crimes against civilians in Nanking in 1937. "Why We Fight" is a series of seven films supervised during World War II by Hollywood director & U.S. Army Major Frank Capra and created by a team of experienced writers, composers, directors, and technicians. The films were intended to explain to troops the reasons behind the war effort but were eventually shown to the American public as well. "The Battle of China" contains graphic scenes of war and death that some viewers may find disturbing.
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Post-Civil War Ozarks Violence
57 minutesLarry Wood, author of, "Ozarks Gunfights and Other Notorious Incidents" shared the areas' violent history. He talked about feuding groups and infamous criminals from Wild Bill Hickok to Bonnie and Clyde.
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Lectures in History: World War II Leadership
1 hour, 45 minutesVictor Hanson, a professor emeritus of Classics at California State University, Fresno, lectured to a history class on Masters and Commanders at Hillsdale College. In this fall seminar in classical and military history Professor Hanson examined how leaders, both civilian officials and generals on the battlefield, conducted themselves in wartime. That day's class focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and how those very different American and British leaders learned to work together to defeat Nazi Germany.
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Titan Missile Museum
15 minutesYvonne Morris gave a tour of the Titan Missile Museum and talked about its history. The museum is housed in a preserved Titan II missile site. The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) used by the United States during the Cold War.
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History Bookshelf: "19 Weeks," Norman Moss
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Korean War Remembered
59 minutesFormer director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Michael Devine gives a presentation titled "The Korean War Remembered." Using photographs, posters and artwork, Hollywood films, and personal experiences, Mr. Devine examines the public and popular culture memory of the Korean War.
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San Jose History of Computers
16 minutesThe Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California is home to the largest international collection of computing artifacts in the world. Dag Spicer, Senior Curator, shows us several of these items on display in their exhibit, "Revolution".
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American Artifacts: Smithsonian Institution Castle Tour
40 minutesTour and discussion of the history of the Smithsonian Castle, which was completed in 1855. The tour visits several spaces that are not open to the public, including a tunnel under the National Mall, a curator's office in the basement, and the Board of Regents meeting room. The areas visited are all featured in the historical novel "The Lost Order" by Steve Berry, who is one of the tour guides and is on the advisory board of the Smithsonian Institution libraries. Castle Curator Richard Stamm also leads the tour.
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Alexander Hamilton's Wife Eliza & Schuyler Mansion
1 hour, 0 minuteNicole Scholet de Villavicencio, vice president of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society, talks about Hamilton's wife Eliza and her time living in Schuyler Mansion, her family home in Albany, New York. The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society & Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site co-hosted this event.
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Titan Missile Museum
15 minutesYvonne Morris gave a tour of the Titan Missile Museum and talked about its history. The museum is housed in a preserved Titan II missile site. The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) used by the United States during the Cold War.
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Post-1967 Newark "Rebellion" Leadership
1 hour, 2 minutes2017 marks the 50th anniversary of what some call the 1967 Newark, New Jersey rebellion. Three years later, the city elected its first African American mayor. In this program, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and economist Julianne Malveaux discuss government leadership changes after the 1967 riots.This event was hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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American History TV
17 hours, 3 minutesPeople and events that help document the American Story.