C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Lectures in History: American Cartoons in World War II
1 hour, 23 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: The Making of the Nazi" - 1943
12 minutesThis World War II Walt Disney Studios animated short film is about the Hitler Youth, based on a book of the same title by Gregor Ziemer.
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Reel America: "What Makes Us Tick" - 1952
13 minutesThis animated promotional film describes how a business incorporates and obtains the right to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Commissioned by the stock exchange, the film argues that wise investments and a sound business system have made the United States prosperous.
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Reel America: "Brotherhood of Man" - 1947
12 minutesThis animated film was sponsored by the United Auto Workers to promote racial tolerance. The story used cartoon characters to represent prejudice and intolerance, and argued that despite different skin color, all people are essentially the same. The film was preserved by the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Internet Archive, and is part of the Library of Congress collections.
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Reel America: "Meet King Joe" - 1949
10 minutesThis cartoon argued that the American factory worker, Joe, was the "king of the workers of the world" due to his higher wages, productivity and shorter working hours. It is one of a series of animated Technicolor films that celebrated American free enterprise produced by Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas in the late 1940s and early '50s. The anti-communist Cold War-era films, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, were distributed widely and seen by millions of students, workers, and theatergoers. This short film from the Library of Congress collections has been made available by the National Film Preservation Foundation.
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
3 hours, 0 minuteAmerican History TV and Washington Journal marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with three hours of LIVE interviews and viewer calls from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Joining us were Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, Air & Space Museum director Ellen Stofan. Plus, John Logsdon, founding director of George Washington University's Space Policy Institute, and Teasel Muir-Harmony, space history curator at the Air & Space Museum.
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President Kennedy Speech on Space Effort
20 minutesPresident Kennedy talked about the U.S. space program, arguing that America should be the leader in space exploration and the first to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
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Women and the Apollo Program
55 minutesThree women shared their experiences working on the Apollo space program, discussing how they overcame challenges and their roles with NASA. This program was hosted by the National Air and Space Museum.
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National History Day - "Katherine Johnson, A Quiet Triumph in a White Man's World"
15 minutesExecutive director Cathy Gorn described the National History Day contest, then two 7th grade students from Birchwood School of Hawken in Cleveland, Ohio presented a 10-minute performance titled, "Katherine Johnson: A Quiet Triumph in a White Man's World." Katherine Johnson is the NASA mathematician who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was featured in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures."
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Vice President Remarks at Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit Unveiling
25 minutesVice President Pence delivered remarks at the unveiling ceremony for Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The spacesuit went on display for the first time in 13 years to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
1 hour, 25 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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Colonial & Civil War Christmas Traditions
1 hour, 0 minuteMuseum docent Brad Stone presented this festive look at Christmas traditions from the Colonial Era through the Civil War. Mr. Stone, dressed as a patriotic Santa depicted in an 1863 cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, also talked about the political role of Christmas in America. The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum hosted the event.
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The Civil War: The Whole Civil War in 56 Minutes
1 hour, 5 minutesGarry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust tackled the whole Civil War in 56 minutes. He began with the lead-up to the war, from the Compromise of 1850 to Bloody Kansas to Abraham Lincoln's 1860 election and the secession crisis. Then, he highlighted the major battles from each year of the conflict and concluded with the Confederate surrender and Lincoln's assassination in 1865. The Gettysburg Heritage Center in Pennsylvania hosted this talk.
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Reel America: "American Illustrator" - 1962
25 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film profiles illlustrator Norman Rockwell. Folk singer and songwriter Tom Glazer, who provides the soundtrack, visits Rockwell at his Stockbridge, Massachusetts home and studio to learn about his working methods, influences, and career. The documentary focuses primarily on the artist's work for the Saturday Evening Post, which over the course of 47 years featured more than 300 of his paintings on the magazine cover beginning in 1916.
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American Artifacts: "Rockwell, Roosevelt, & the Four Freedoms" Exhibit
49 minutesIn his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined what became known as the "Four Freedoms": freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. To represent these ideals, Norman Rockwell created paintings which became highly successful promotional posters for World War II war bonds. George Washington University Museum director and art historian John Wetenhall led us on tour of a Norman Rockwell Museum traveling exhibit which explores these paintings, Rockwell's career, the 75th anniversary of World War II, and contemporary works by artists reinterpreting the Four Freedoms.
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Documenting History Through Photography
1 hour, 50 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly talked with historian Jon Meacham about his more than 50 years-long photography career. Among the topics: Mr. Kennerly's time as President Gerald Ford's chief White House photographer and his most iconic photographs. The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona and Bank of America hosted this event.
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American Artifacts: George Washington's Crossing Reenactment
30 minutesLiving history enthusiasts gather to row across the Delaware River at the spot where George Washington and the Continental Army crossed from Pennsylvania to New Jersey on December 25, 1776. American History TV recorded portions of the reenactment and talked to the park's curator and several participants to learn what happened there in 1776.
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
3 hours, 1 minuteAmerican History TV and Washington Journal marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with three hours of LIVE interviews and viewer calls from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Joining us were Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, Air & Space Museum director Ellen Stofan. Plus, John Logsdon, founding director of George Washington University's Space Policy Institute, and Teasel Muir-Harmony, space history curator at the Air & Space Museum.
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President Kennedy Speech on Space Effort
20 minutesPresident Kennedy talked about the U.S. space program, arguing that America should be the leader in space exploration and the first to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
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Women and the Apollo Program
54 minutesThree women shared their experiences working on the Apollo space program, discussing how they overcame challenges and their roles with NASA. This program was hosted by the National Air and Space Museum.
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National History Day - "Katherine Johnson, A Quiet Triumph in a White Man's World"
16 minutesExecutive director Cathy Gorn described the National History Day contest, then two 7th grade students from Birchwood School of Hawken in Cleveland, Ohio presented a 10-minute performance titled, "Katherine Johnson: A Quiet Triumph in a White Man's World." Katherine Johnson is the NASA mathematician who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was featured in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures."
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Vice President Remarks at Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit Unveiling
25 minutesVice President Pence delivered remarks at the unveiling ceremony for Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The spacesuit went on display for the first time in 13 years to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
1 hour, 25 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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Colonial & Civil War Christmas Traditions
1 hour, 0 minuteMuseum docent Brad Stone presented this festive look at Christmas traditions from the Colonial Era through the Civil War. Mr. Stone, dressed as a patriotic Santa depicted in an 1863 cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, also talked about the political role of Christmas in America. The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum hosted the event.
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The Civil War: The Whole Civil War in 56 Minutes
1 hour, 5 minutesGarry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust tackled the whole Civil War in 56 minutes. He began with the lead-up to the war, from the Compromise of 1850 to Bloody Kansas to Abraham Lincoln's 1860 election and the secession crisis. Then, he highlighted the major battles from each year of the conflict and concluded with the Confederate surrender and Lincoln's assassination in 1865. The Gettysburg Heritage Center in Pennsylvania hosted this talk.
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Reel America: "American Illustrator" - 1962
25 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film profiles illlustrator Norman Rockwell. Folk singer and songwriter Tom Glazer, who provides the soundtrack, visits Rockwell at his Stockbridge, Massachusetts home and studio to learn about his working methods, influences, and career. The documentary focuses primarily on the artist's work for the Saturday Evening Post, which over the course of 47 years featured more than 300 of his paintings on the magazine cover beginning in 1916.
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American Artifacts: "Rockwell, Roosevelt, & the Four Freedoms" Exhibit
50 minutesIn his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined what became known as the "Four Freedoms": freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. To represent these ideals, Norman Rockwell created paintings which became highly successful promotional posters for World War II war bonds. George Washington University Museum director and art historian John Wetenhall led us on tour of a Norman Rockwell Museum traveling exhibit which explores these paintings, Rockwell's career, the 75th anniversary of World War II, and contemporary works by artists reinterpreting the Four Freedoms.
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Documenting History Through Photography
1 hour, 48 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly talked with historian Jon Meacham about his more than 50 years-long photography career. Among the topics: Mr. Kennerly's time as President Gerald Ford's chief White House photographer and his most iconic photographs. The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona and Bank of America hosted this event.