C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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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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Wikipedia and Historians
15 minutesRyan McGrady, from Wiki Education, talked about how Wikipedia has changed since it was founded in 2001. As the Scholars and Scientists Program Manager, he works with academics to improve site content. This interview was recorded at the annual American Historical Association meeting in New York City.
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American Artifacts: Civil War Surgery & Embalming
30 minutesAt the annual Gettysburg Civil War Battle Reenactment, we visited a camp surgeon and embalmer in the living history village and spoke to reenactors about medical practices during the war.
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History Bookshelf: Rebecca Erbelding, "Rescue Board"
55 minutesRebecca Erbelding of the Holocaust Museum provided a history of the War Refugee Board, created in 1944 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the objective of assisting Jewish refugees.
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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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The Civil War: What Caused the Civil War?
1 hour, 5 minutesHistorians Joan Waugh and Gary Gallagher answered - what caused the Civil War? Ms. Waugh and Mr. Gallagher co-authored, " The American War: A History of the Civil War Era." Their remarks were part of the annual Lincoln Forum symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Legacy of Financial Reformer Sen. Carter Glass D-Virginia
1 hour, 0 minuteMatthew Fink talked about the legacy of U.S. Senator Carter Glass (D-Virginia), and how key financial reform laws he advocated changed American banking. Mr. Fink is the author of, " The Unlikely Reformer: Carter Glass and Financial Regulation." This event was hosted by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Glass was an eight-term U.S. Representative, Secretary of the Treasury, and four-term U.S. Senator.
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Lectures in History: Civil War Weaponry
59 minutesGuilford Technical Community College professor Jeff Kinard taught a class about Civil War weaponry and shared artifacts such as muskets, carbines and revolvers. He described technological advances, such as breech loading and rifled barrels, that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy.
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World War I & the Origins of the Fossil Fuel Era
56 minutesHistory and environmental studies professor Brian Black detailed how World War I led to a dramatic world-wide increase in the production and use of fossil fuels; especially petroleum. Professor Black also discussed the experiences of a young U.S. Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower during a 1919 cross-country motor convoy and how it influenced his later support for a national highway system. The National World War I Museum and Memorial co-hosted this event with the Linda Hall Library, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Expansion & Hawaii
53 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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Painting Abraham Lincoln
1 hour, 7 minutesIn a multi-media presentation, artist Wendy Allen showed examples of her own and other artist's works and talked about her influences and reasons for painting Abraham Lincoln. Since the early 1980s, Allen has made use of a variety of art styles to paint over 400 portraits of Lincoln. Ms. Allen concluded the program by discussing, "One Hundred Nights of Taps," a summer-long daily tribute to veterans held at Gettysburg National Cemetery. The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia hosted this event.
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Reel America: "The Yalta Conference" - 1945
20 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, 22 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
8 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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World War I & the Origins of the Fossil Fuel Era
52 minutesHistory and environmental studies professor Brian Black detailed how World War I led to a dramatic world-wide increase in the production and use of fossil fuels; especially petroleum. Professor Black also discussed the experiences of a young U.S. Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower during a 1919 cross-country motor convoy and how it influenced his later support for a national highway system. The National World War I Museum and Memorial co-hosted this event with the Linda Hall Library, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home.
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Reel America: March 12, 1964 Universal Newsreel
7 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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Civilians & World War II Intelligence Gathering
1 hour, 1 minuteUniversity of Pennsylvania history professor Kathy Peiss talked about her book "Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe." She detailed how ordinary citizens collected books, newspapers and other documents to aid U.S. military intelligence. The National Archives in Washington, DC hosted this event.
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Evaluating the Iraq Surge
2 hours, 0 minuteThis is the third and last program that looked back at President George W. Bush's 2007 Iraq surge decision to increase American troop levels. A panel of scholars responded to previous observations by former Bush administration officials and offered comparisons to similar military decisions by other presidents. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event.
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World War I & the Origins of the Fossil Fuel Era
55 minutesHistory and environmental studies professor Brian Black detailed how World War I led to a dramatic world-wide increase in the production and use of fossil fuels; especially petroleum. Professor Black also discussed the experiences of a young U.S. Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower during a 1919 cross-country motor convoy and how it influenced his later support for a national highway system. The National World War I Museum and Memorial co-hosted this event with the Linda Hall Library, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home.
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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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Civilians & World War II Intelligence Gathering
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Pennsylvania history professor Kathy Peiss talked about her book "Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe." She detailed how ordinary citizens collected books, newspapers and other documents to aid U.S. military intelligence. The National Archives in Washington, DC hosted this event.
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Evaluating the Iraq Surge
2 hours, 0 minuteThis is the third and last program that looked back at President George W. Bush's 2007 Iraq surge decision to increase American troop levels. A panel of scholars responded to previous observations by former Bush administration officials and offered comparisons to similar military decisions by other presidents. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event.
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Reel America: "The Yalta Conference" - 1945
20 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, 22 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
8 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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World War I & the Origins of the Fossil Fuel Era
55 minutesHistory and environmental studies professor Brian Black detailed how World War I led to a dramatic world-wide increase in the production and use of fossil fuels; especially petroleum. Professor Black also discussed the experiences of a young U.S. Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower during a 1919 cross-country motor convoy and how it influenced his later support for a national highway system. The National World War I Museum and Memorial co-hosted this event with the Linda Hall Library, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home.
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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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Civilians & World War II Intelligence Gathering
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Pennsylvania history professor Kathy Peiss talked about her book "Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe." She detailed how ordinary citizens collected books, newspapers and other documents to aid U.S. military intelligence. The National Archives in Washington, DC hosted this event.
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Evaluating the Iraq Surge
2 hours, 0 minuteThis is the third and last program that looked back at President George W. Bush's 2007 Iraq surge decision to increase American troop levels. A panel of scholars responded to previous observations by former Bush administration officials and offered comparisons to similar military decisions by other presidents. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event.