C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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The U.S. & Middle East Oil Since 1945
1 hour, 10 minutesIn this National History Center congressional briefing, speakers discussed the role of Middle East oil in American foreign policy since the end of World War II - especially the importance of Saudi Arabian oil.
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Reel America: "The Distant Drummer, Bridge from No Place" - 1969
25 minutesThis National Institute of Mental Health film produced by George Washington University surveys the problem of narcotics in the 1960s, and details efforts to study and implement new treatments for addiction. Narrated by actor Rod Steiger, the film is one in a four-part series narrated by Hollywood actors that argue for research and treatment rather than criminalization of drug use and possession.
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Iran Hostage Crisis - 40 Years Later
1 hour, 35 minutesFrom 1979 to 1981, 52 Americans were held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The Wilson Center hosted a panel discussing how the Iran Hostage Crisis has impacted U.S. foreign policy since then.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
1 hour, 24 minutesPulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Fraser discussed the life and novels of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She explained the differences between actual events in the author's life, the "Little House on the Prairie" books, and the television adaptation. The Jefferson County, Missouri Library hosted this event.
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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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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
1 hour, 19 minutesFormer White House administration staff members analyzed the work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. They focused on the presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush -- and included Barack Obama's 2008 election. The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted the event.
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Life & Career of Apollo Flight Director Gene Kranz
42 minutesAir Force veteran and former NASA flight and mission director Gene Kranz discussed his life and career, culminating with his work for the Apollo program. This talk marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 was part of the American Veterans Center annual conference in Washington, D.C.
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US Naval Activities in Post-World War I Europe, 1918-1921
1 hour, 10 minutesMilitary historian and retired naval commander John Kuehn gave a talk titled, "From the Barents to the Black Sea: U.S. Naval Activities in Post-Great War Europe, 1918-1921." U.S. Army Command and General Staff College professor Kuehn profiled several U.S. Navy commanders and the broad scope of the operations. This program was a part of the 2019 National World War I Museum and Memorial symposium.
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U.S. Army in Northern Russia, 1918-1919
49 minutesWorld War I scholar and author James Carl Nelson discussed his book, "The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918 to 1919." In August of 1918, about five thousand soldiers of the 339th regiment of the U.S. Army sailed to a Russian city 1,000 miles northeast of Moscow. They would spend the next year in the frozen north fighting the Red Army in an attempt to aid anti-communist forces. This program was a part of the 2019 National World War I Museum & Memorial symposium.
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History Bookshelf: Bill Yenne, "Operation Long Jump"
1 hour, 1 minuteBill Yenne talked about his book, "Operation Long Jump: Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Greatest Assassination Plot in History," about the Nazi plot to assassinate Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Eureka Conference in Tehran in 1943.
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Iran Hostage Crisis 40th Anniversary
1 hour, 0 minuteIn November 1979, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans hostage. Kathryn Koob, one of two females held captive for the full 444 days and Kathleen Stafford, one of the hostages able to escape in the CIA Argo mission, talked about their experiences during the Iran Hostage crisis 40 years later. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted this event.
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The Civil War: 1862 Battle of Antietam
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor Daniel Vermilya discussed the facts and myths surrounding the Civil War's bloodiest day of battle. He drew on research from his book, "That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam." The Pry House Field Hospital Museum, part of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, hosted the event.
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Ottoman Empire After World War I
56 minutesYiit Akin is the author of "When the War Came Home: The Ottomans' Great War and the Devastation of an Empire." He discussed his book, which looks at the impact of World War I on ordinary Ottomans and details the factors leading to the fall of the empire in war's aftermath. The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Expansion & Hawaii
50 minutesJohnson County Community College professor Tai Edwards taught a class about the expansion of the United States during the Spanish-American War and the acquisition of Hawaii. She examined the goals of the U.S. in gaining new territory and the debates at the time about having an overseas empire.
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Reel America: "Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President, The Tragic Death of President Kennedy"
11 minutesThis U.S. Information Agency short film describes the death and funeral of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. It includes footage of President Lyndon B. Johnson's statement upon arriving in Washington, the funeral processions, mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral, and ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. It ends with President Johnson's meetings with world leaders who attended the funeral.
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Eastern Europe After World War I
59 minutesUniversity of Kansas professor Nathan Wood looked at the state of Eastern European countries in the aftermath of World War I and following the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires. He discussed the reasons for the violence and chaos that continued in countries such as Bolshevik Russia and in newly formed states such as Poland and Hungary. The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium.
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Reel America: "Fallen Eagle" - 1950
19 minutesThis Lorillard Tobacco Company film profiles the Sioux people of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. According to a 1952 advertising magazine, the company featured a Native American theme to highlight their Old Gold cigarette brand's wooden Indian trademark, and to pay tribute to the Native American origins of tobacco. Lorillard, founded in 1760, was purchased by Reynolds American in 2015. This 1950 documentary is part of the Library of Congress online collection of the National Film Preservation Foundation. Portions of the original audio track in this film are damaged, so there are occasional gaps in the sound.
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Reel America: "Winter Count" - 1975
7 minutesA "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
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Reel America: "Hopi Indian Arts & Crafts" - 1945
13 minutesThis film about Hopi arts and crafts was made with the support of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Affairs and the Museum of Northern Arizona. The documentary is one of thousands of educational works produced by Coronet Films.
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Justice Joseph Bradley & the Fourteenth Amendment
1 hour, 21 minutesUniversity of Michigan politics professor Pamela Brandwein discusses Justice Bradley's dissent in the "Slaughter-house Cases," which concerned New Orleans butchers' right to practice their trade and a regulatory law by the Louisiana state legislature. She explains how Bradley's broad interpretation of protections conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment influenced later landmark cases. This event is part of a lecture series of the Supreme Court Historical Society on dissent in the Supreme Court.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Expansion & Hawaii
50 minutesJohnson County Community College professor Tai Edwards taught a class about the expansion of the United States during the Spanish-American War and the acquisition of Hawaii. She examined the goals of the U.S. in gaining new territory and the debates at the time about having an overseas empire.
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Reel America: "Winter Count" - 1975
10 minutesA "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
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Eastern Europe After World War I
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Kansas professor Nathan Wood looked at the state of Eastern European countries in the aftermath of World War I and following the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires. He discussed the reasons for the violence and chaos that continued in countries such as Bolshevik Russia and in newly formed states such as Poland and Hungary. The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium.
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History Bookshelf: Bill Yenne, "Operation Long Jump"
1 hour, 0 minuteBill Yenne talked about his book, "Operation Long Jump: Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Greatest Assassination Plot in History," about the Nazi plot to assassinate Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Eureka Conference in Tehran in 1943.
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Iran Hostage Crisis 40th Anniversary
1 hour, 0 minuteIn November 1979, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans hostage. Kathryn Koob, one of two females held captive for the full 444 days and Kathleen Stafford, one of the hostages able to escape in the CIA Argo mission, talked about their experiences during the Iran Hostage crisis 40 years later. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted this event.
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The Civil War: 1862 Battle of Antietam
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor Daniel Vermilya discussed the facts and myths surrounding the Civil War's bloodiest day of battle. He drew on research from his book, "That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam." The Pry House Field Hospital Museum, part of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, hosted the event.
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Ottoman Empire After World War I
56 minutesYiit Akin is the author of "When the War Came Home: The Ottomans' Great War and the Devastation of an Empire." He discussed his book, which looks at the impact of World War I on ordinary Ottomans and details the factors leading to the fall of the empire in war's aftermath. The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium.
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US Naval Activities in Post-World War I Europe, 1918-1921
1 hour, 9 minutesMilitary historian and retired naval commander John Kuehn gave a talk titled, "From the Barents to the Black Sea: U.S. Naval Activities in Post-Great War Europe, 1918-1921." U.S. Army Command and General Staff College professor Kuehn profiled several U.S. Navy commanders and the broad scope of the operations. This program was a part of the 2019 National World War I Museum and Memorial symposium.