C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Hearing on E-Cigarettes & Public Health
2 hours, 32 minutesThe executives of several e-cigarette manufacturing companies including the CEO of Juul testified on the Hill about how their companies are addressing the youth vaping epidemic. For more than two hours, lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations asked questions ranging from marketing strategies to how to curb youth usage of these products. The hearing comes as the federal government bans sales of certain e-cigarette vape pods including fruit, dessert and mint flavored.
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Reel America: "Election 1976 - The Primaries"
30 minutesThree political analysts discuss the presidential primary system as it existed in 1976, the race between incumbent President Gerald Ford and challenger Ronald Reagan, and their ideas for reforming the nomination system. This U.S. Information Agency program was produced for international audiences.
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Reel America: "Election 1976 - Presidential Elections"
34 minutesDuring the bicentennial year of 1976, the U.S. Information Agency produced a series of eight programs about the election process for foreign audiences. This first episode includes a short documentary on presidential election history since the first party convention in 1831, a discussion with three political analysts about how the system has evolved, and profiles of each of the major candidates in 1976.
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Campaign: Bill Clinton Campaign Appearance
38 minutesOn Road to the White House Rewind, we look back to the 1992 campaign of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. He announced his candidacy on October 3, 1991, and five days later visited Franklin High School in New Hampshire, where he ate lunch, played basketball and took questions from students.
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Campaign: Road to the White House
27 minutesEach week until the 2016 presidential election, American History TV brings you archival coverage of presidential races. On Road to the White House Rewind, we look back to the 2000 campaign of Republican George W. Bush on his first trip to New Hampshire after announcng his candidacy. The Texas Governor went on to win the Republican nomination and defeated Vice President Al Gore in the general election. The race was among the most highly contested in U.S. history and was not decided until five weeks after voters went to the polls, when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Florida recount. This ultimately awarded the state's electoral votes -- and the presidency -- to Governor Bush.
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Campaign: George W. Bush Campaign Event
9 minutesEach week until the 2016 presidential election, American History TV brings you archival coverage of presidential races. On Road to the White House Rewind, we look back to the 2000 campaign of Republican George W. Bush as he meets with citizens and takes questions from reporters in Keene, New Hampshire. The Texas Governor went on to win the Republican nomination and then defeated Vice President Al Gore in the general election. The race was among the most highly contested in U.S. history and was not decided until five weeks after voters went to the polls, when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Florida recount. This ultimately awarded the state's electoral votes -- and the presidency -- to Governor Bush.
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Campaign: George W. Bush Campaign Event
21 minutesEach week until the 2016 presidential election, American History TV brings you archival coverage of presidential races. On Road to the White House Rewind, we look back to the 2000 campaign of Republican George W. Bush. In Keene, New Hamphsire in October, 1999 he meets with citizens and learns about the town's pumpkin festival. The Texas Governor went on to win the Republican nomination and then defeated Vice President Al Gore in the general election. The race was among the most highly contested in U.S. history and was not decided until five weeks after voters went to the polls, when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Florida recount. This ultimately awarded the state's electoral votes -- and the presidency -- to Governor Bush.
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Reel America: March 12, 1964 Universal Newsreel
5 minutesThis Universal Newsreel reports on an upset in the 1964 Republican New Hampshire primary, when Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge beat Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona). A second story covers extensive flooding from Missouri to Pennsylvania.
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75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
2 hours, 50 minutesForeign dignitaries and Holocaust survivors gathered to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp run by Nazis during World War II. The ceremony concluded with a candle vigil held in memory of those killed at the concentration camp.
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Studying the Holocaust
1 hour, 15 minutesHolocaust scholars discussed recent trends in scholarship as well as new findings. They stressed the brutality of the Nazi regime, and that the Holocaust and military fighting of World War II were interelated events that should be understood that way in histories. This event was part of the National World War II Museum's annual conference.
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Remembering the Holocaust
45 minutesThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. hosted a commemorative ceremony to remember those who perished and to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day - observed every January 27 on the anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp liberation during World War II. Among the speakers are two survivors who offered their memories and a prayer.
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Medicaid and Medicare Since the 1960s
20 minutesGeorge Aumoithe, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University, discussed the history of universal healthcare in the United States. Beginning in the 1960s, he explained the rise of Medicaid and Medicare, and how the debate surrounding healthcare has evolved. This interview was recorded at the annual American Historical Association meeting.
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Reel America: January 1945 United Newsreel
5 minutesThis 1945 Office of War Information United Newsreel includes five stories: President Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a fourth term in a ceremony at the White House, a Coast Guard helicopter demonstrates a sea rescue, a Japanese airbase on Puerto Princesa Island in the Philippines is bombed, ice breakers work on Lake Michigan, and fighting in Burma (Myanmar) is shown.
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History Bookshelf: Craig Shirley, "Reagan Rising"
48 minutesCraig Shirley talked about his book, "Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980." He spoke from the James Michener Pavilion at the 2017 Gaithersburg Book Festival, held on the grounds of City Hall in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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The Rise & Fall of Prohibition
1 hour, 11 minutesThe Smithsonian Associates hosted this event in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Prohibition enforcement in January of 1920. Historian, author, and tour guide Garrett Peck discussed the rise and fall of the 13 year experiment in America. He is the author of, "The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet" and "Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't." Prohibition was a constitutional amendment banning the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States.
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The Civil War: The Soldier Experience
1 hour, 1 minuteAuthor Peter Carmichael used letters written by Union and Confederate soldiers to examine their battle experience, mental state and political outlook. He argued that the daily life of a Civil War soldier required adaptability to survive the brutal environment of wartime. The Lincoln Forum symposium hosted this event.
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Q&A: New Hampshire Primary History
1 hour, 0 minuteLongtime New Hampshire Union Leader publisher (1999-2019) and now Editor-at-Large Joseph McQuaid talked about his state's presidential primary history, including a discussion on the current state of politics in New Hampshire. This year's primary will be held on February 11, 2020.
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Lectures in History: Power in Antebellum Slave Societies
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Maryland professor Christopher Bonner taught a class about the concept of "power" in antebellum slave societies. He explored the different ways owners and enslaved people exerted or expressed their will and looks at how these dynamics played out in the context of individual plantations. He also discussed how the invention of the cotton gin and resulting expansion of both slavery and the cotton industry impacted the relationship between owners and the enslaved.
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Q&A: Presidential Nominating Process
59 minutesWith the 2020 campaign underway, Lara Brown of George Washington University discussed how the current presidential nominating system developed. She took us back to the Constitutional Convention to understand how the founders envisioned the election of a chief executive for the new American democracy, and then through the conventions, primary system and continued debates over the Electoral College. Ms. Brown is the political management school director at George Washington University. She's also the author of "Jockeying for the American Presidency."
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Reel America: "The Yalta Conference" - 1945
21 minutesThe U.S. War Department produced this documentary on the final meeting of the "Big Three" - Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and President Franklin Roosevelt, which took place at a Crimean resort in Ukraine. The film begins with a preliminary meeting on the Mediterranean island of Malta, and ends with FDR making his final address to a joint session of Congress on March 1, 1945. He died a little over a month later on April 12.
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Reel America: January 1945 United Newsreel
10 minutesThis 1945 Office of War Information United Newsreel includes five stories: President Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a fourth term in a ceremony at the White House, a Coast Guard helicopter demonstrates a sea rescue, a Japanese airbase on Puerto Princesa Island in the Philippines is bombed, ice breakers work on Lake Michigan, and fighting in Burma (Myanmar) is shown.
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Oral Histories: Hershel "Woody" Williams
1 hour, 24 minutesWoody Williams was interviewed about his life and military service. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service with the 3rd Marine Division in the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans conducted oral history interviews to record the experiences of World War II veterans and those Americans living and working on the Home Front. The location of the interview is not known. The interview was conducted November 16, 2006.
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Reel America: United Newsreel on the Yalta Conference
6 minutesThis U.S. Office of War Information United Newsreel reports on the February 4-11, 1945 Yalta Conference. The final meeting of the "Big Three" - Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and President Franklin Roosevelt took place at a Crimean resort in Ukraine.
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Lectures in History: Power in Antebellum Slave Societies
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Maryland professor Christopher Bonner taught a class about the concept of "power" in antebellum slave societies. He explored the different ways owners and enslaved people exerted or expressed their will and looks at how these dynamics played out in the context of individual plantations. He also discussed how the invention of the cotton gin and resulting expansion of both slavery and the cotton industry impacted the relationship between owners and the enslaved.
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Q&A: Presidential Nominating Process
1 hour, 0 minuteWith the 2020 campaign underway, Lara Brown of George Washington University discussed how the current presidential nominating system developed. She took us back to the Constitutional Convention to understand how the founders envisioned the election of a chief executive for the new American democracy, and then through the conventions, primary system and continued debates over the Electoral College. Ms. Brown is the political management school director at George Washington University. She's also the author of "Jockeying for the American Presidency."
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History Bookshelf: Craig Shirley, "Reagan Rising"
50 minutesCraig Shirley talked about his book, "Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980." He spoke from the James Michener Pavilion at the 2017 Gaithersburg Book Festival, held on the grounds of City Hall in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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The Rise & Fall of Prohibition
1 hour, 15 minutesThe Smithsonian Associates hosted this event in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Prohibition enforcement in January of 1920. Historian, author, and tour guide Garrett Peck discussed the rise and fall of the 13 year experiment in America. He is the author of, "The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet" and "Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't." Prohibition was a constitutional amendment banning the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States.
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The Civil War: The Soldier Experience
55 minutesAuthor Peter Carmichael used letters written by Union and Confederate soldiers to examine their battle experience, mental state and political outlook. He argued that the daily life of a Civil War soldier required adaptability to survive the brutal environment of wartime. The Lincoln Forum symposium hosted this event.
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Q&A: New Hampshire Primary History
1 hour, 0 minuteLongtime New Hampshire Union Leader publisher (1999-2019) and now Editor-at-Large Joseph McQuaid talked about his state's presidential primary history, including a discussion on the current state of politics in New Hampshire. This year's primary will be held on February 11, 2020.
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Studying the Holocaust
1 hour, 14 minutesHolocaust scholars discussed recent trends in scholarship as well as new findings. They stressed the brutality of the Nazi regime, and that the Holocaust and military fighting of World War II were interelated events that should be understood that way in histories. This event was part of the National World War II Museum's annual conference.