C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Bush White House Chiefs of Staff
1 hour, 5 minutesFormer White House Chiefs of Staff John Sununu and Andrew Card offered insights into White House responses to major events, such as the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union and 9/11. Mr. Sununu served under President George H.W. Bush, and Mr. Card served under President George W. Bush. They compared the leadership styles of father and son. Knollwood Estate and the Dublin Area Republican Committee hosted the event.
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Supreme Court Dissenting Opinions
43 minutes"Dissenting at the Supreme Court" is a lecture series hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society. In this program, University of Arkansas Law professor Mark Killenbeck discussed several dissenting opinions delivered in cases decided between 1810 and 1927.
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Glass City
12 minutesToledo, Ohio is known as the Glass Capital of the World. Julie McMaster, Archivist at the Toledo Museum of Art, explained the role businessman Edward Libbey played in bringing the glass industry to Toledo. Diane Wright, the Museum's Curator of Glass and Decorative Arts, highlighted some of the historic glass pieces in the Museum of Arts' collections.
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African American Women Army Corps Battalion
35 minutesVeterans of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women's Army Corps, the only African American all-female unit sent overseas during World War II, shared memories of their service. The unit processed millions of pieces of backlogged mail for troops in the European theater.
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American Artifacts: WWII Combat Team in Maritime Alps
25 minutesC-SPAN visited the living history camp of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team to learn about the experiences of U.S. Army soldiers in the Maritime Alps during World War II. The 517th jumped into southern France as part of the August 15, 1944 Operation Dragoon. This camp was part of the annual Army Heritage Days in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Lectures in History: American Cartoons in World War II
1 hour, 25 minutesPace University professor Durahn Taylor taught a class on American cartoons in World War II and the ways they supported - and even influenced - the war effort. He shows superhero comics that urged kids to do their part by recycling paper and buying savings bonds and stamps.
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Reel America: "Motor Convoy" 1919 Silent Army Film
35 minutesMichael Owen, author of "After Ike: On the Trail of the Century-Old Journey that Changed America," provides commentary for a 1919 U.S. Army silent film documenting a transcontinental motor convoy. The 81 vehicles started near the White House and traveled to San Francisco on sometimes nearly impassable roads. The convoy's mission was to assess road conditions for large trucks driving from coast to coast. The journey of about 300 military personnel, including Lt. Col. Dwight Eisenhower, took place from July 7 to September 7, 1919. The 1919 Army film is part of the National Archives collections.
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Representative Marcy Kaptur on the 9th District
5 minutesRepresentative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) discussed her district's economic drivers and use of federal funding.
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Arlington Cemetery Dedication of USS Thresher Memorial
50 minutesUSS Thresher was a nuclear-powered submarine which broke up underwater on April 10, 1963 approximately 220 miles east of Boston. All 129 people on board died: 16 officers, 96 enlisted men, and 17 civilian technicians. This ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was to dedicate the USS Thresher Commemorative Memorial. Speakers include former Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson; Thomas Wiley, brother of USS Thresher crewmember John Wiley; and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire).
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American Artifacts: WWII U.S. Army Battalion Aid Station
25 minutesPhysician and living history hobbyist Jack Moody portrayed a World War II U.S. Army battalion surgeon at the annual Army Heritage Days in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dr. Moody's medical tent was set up as a 101st Airborne battalion aid station, a mobile emergency room that would have been located close to the front lines.
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1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian David Pietrusza discussed the 1919 World Series fix by members of the Chicago White Sox in what came to be known as the "Black Sox" scandal. He talked about how book and film portrayals of the fix shaped public perceptions of what happened. He is the author of two books on the subject: "Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series" and "Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis" about baseball's first commissioner.
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Korean War Interrogation Rooms
1 hour, 30 minutesMonica Kim, author of "The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold Story," explained the controversial tactics used by the U.S. and its allies during the war. The Wilson Center and the National History Center co-hosted this event.
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Remembering 1619, The Slave Trade & Resistance
2 hours, 0 minuteThis was the opening program of the 2019 Lapidus Center conference titled, "Enduring Slavery: Resistance, Public Memory, and Transatlantic Archives." This program included remarks by philanthropist Sid Lapidus, the awarding of the Harriet Tubman prize, and three scholars giving talks marking the 400th anniversary of the first slaves arriving in North America. Part of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center, the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery organized this conference.
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Orlando Letelier & Ronni Moffitt Memorial
11 minutesAuthor & historian Alan McPherson told the story of a car bomb assassination in Washington, D.C. on September 21, 1976. It killed Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and his colleague Ronni Moffitt.
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Alan McPherson, "Ghosts of Sheridan Circle"
49 minutesOn September 21, 1976, a car bomb exploded at Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., just over a mile from the White House. Historian Alan McPherson discussed his book, "Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet's Terror State to Justice." His illustrated talk at Busboys and Poets Books detailed the politics in Chile at the time, and the consequences for the Chilean government following the assassination.
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Controversial and Unconventional U.S. Army Leaders
50 minutesThe Association of the U.S. Army hosted a book forum with three authors titled "Controversial and Unconventional Leaders in the U.S. Army." The generals profiled in three recently published books are George Patton, Edward Almond, and John Shalikashvili.
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1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian David Pietrusza discussed the 1919 World Series fix by members of the Chicago White Sox in what came to be known as the "Black Sox" scandal. He talked about how book and film portrayals of the fix shaped public perceptions of what happened. He is the author of two books on the subject: "Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series" and "Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis" about baseball's first commissioner.
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African American Women Army Corps Battalion
35 minutesVeterans of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women's Army Corps, the only African American all-female unit sent overseas during World War II, shared memories of their service. The unit processed millions of pieces of backlogged mail for troops in the European theater.
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American Artifacts: WWII Combat Team in Maritime Alps
25 minutesC-SPAN visited the living history camp of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team to learn about the experiences of U.S. Army soldiers in the Maritime Alps during World War II. The 517th jumped into southern France as part of the August 15, 1944 Operation Dragoon. This camp was part of the annual Army Heritage Days in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Lectures in History: American Cartoons in World War II
1 hour, 25 minutesPace University professor Durahn Taylor taught a class on American cartoons in World War II and the ways they supported - and even influenced - the war effort. He shows superhero comics that urged kids to do their part by recycling paper and buying savings bonds and stamps.
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Reel America: "Motor Convoy" 1919 Silent Army Film
40 minutesMichael Owen, author of "After Ike: On the Trail of the Century-Old Journey that Changed America," provides commentary for a 1919 U.S. Army silent film documenting a transcontinental motor convoy. The 81 vehicles started near the White House and traveled to San Francisco on sometimes nearly impassable roads. The convoy's mission was to assess road conditions for large trucks driving from coast to coast. The journey of about 300 military personnel, including Lt. Col. Dwight Eisenhower, took place from July 7 to September 7, 1919. The 1919 Army film is part of the National Archives collections.
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Arlington Cemetery Dedication of USS Thresher Memorial
50 minutesUSS Thresher was a nuclear-powered submarine which broke up underwater on April 10, 1963 approximately 220 miles east of Boston. All 129 people on board died: 16 officers, 96 enlisted men, and 17 civilian technicians. This ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was to dedicate the USS Thresher Commemorative Memorial. Speakers include former Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson; Thomas Wiley, brother of USS Thresher crewmember John Wiley; and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire).
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American Artifacts: WWII U.S. Army Battalion Aid Station
25 minutesPhysician and living history hobbyist Jack Moody portrayed a World War II U.S. Army battalion surgeon at the annual Army Heritage Days in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dr. Moody's medical tent was set up as a 101st Airborne battalion aid station, a mobile emergency room that would have been located close to the front lines.
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1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian David Pietrusza discussed the 1919 World Series fix by members of the Chicago White Sox in what came to be known as the "Black Sox" scandal. He talked about how book and film portrayals of the fix shaped public perceptions of what happened. He is the author of two books on the subject: "Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series" and "Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis" about baseball's first commissioner.
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Korean War Interrogation Rooms
1 hour, 30 minutesMonica Kim, author of "The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold Story," explained the controversial tactics used by the U.S. and its allies during the war. The Wilson Center and the National History Center co-hosted this event.
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Remembering 1619, The Slave Trade & Resistance
2 hours, 0 minuteThis was the opening program of the 2019 Lapidus Center conference titled, "Enduring Slavery: Resistance, Public Memory, and Transatlantic Archives." This program included remarks by philanthropist Sid Lapidus, the awarding of the Harriet Tubman prize, and three scholars giving talks marking the 400th anniversary of the first slaves arriving in North America. Part of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center, the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery organized this conference.
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Orlando Letelier & Ronni Moffitt Memorial
11 minutesAuthor & historian Alan McPherson told the story of a car bomb assassination in Washington, D.C. on September 21, 1976. It killed Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and his colleague Ronni Moffitt.
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Alan McPherson, "Ghosts of Sheridan Circle"
49 minutesOn September 21, 1976, a car bomb exploded at Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., just over a mile from the White House. Historian Alan McPherson discussed his book, "Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet's Terror State to Justice." His illustrated talk at Busboys and Poets Books detailed the politics in Chile at the time, and the consequences for the Chilean government following the assassination.
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Controversial and Unconventional U.S. Army Leaders
50 minutesThe Association of the U.S. Army hosted a book forum with three authors titled "Controversial and Unconventional Leaders in the U.S. Army." The generals profiled in three recently published books are George Patton, Edward Almond, and John Shalikashvili.
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1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian David Pietrusza discussed the 1919 World Series fix by members of the Chicago White Sox in what came to be known as the "Black Sox" scandal. He talked about how book and film portrayals of the fix shaped public perceptions of what happened. He is the author of two books on the subject: "Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series" and "Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis" about baseball's first commissioner.