C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission - Deputy Asst. Defense Sec. for China
1 hour, 13 minutesThe U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission held a hearing to assess China's military power and global influence. The hearing began with testimony from the deputy assistant Defense secretary for China, who discussed China's military capabilities and U.S. strategy in the region.
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National Governors Association Winter Meeting Discussion on Vaping & e-Cigarettes
46 minutesNational Governors Association held their annual winter meeting in Washington, DC and hosted a panel discussion on the public health concerns around vaping and e-cigarettes among young adults and teens. Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, told governors that in his 35-years of service, he had never seen a crisis hit teenagers with "the depth and the breadth and the seriousness" of e-cigarettes. He later demonstrated how his digital watch could be taken apart and used as a vaping device, stressing how the industry was targeting children using these kind of devices and with the use of flavors, like cotton candy and bumble gum.
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Reel America: "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
25 minutesFilmed by the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard and edited by Warner Brothers studios, this U.S. Office of War Information documentary tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle for the Pacific island of Iwo Jima near the Japanese mainland. The film enabled American audiences to see the famous flag-raising on Mount Suribachi in color for the first time. Almost 7,000 Marines were killed during the battle.
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Why Benedict Arnold Betrayed America
1 hour, 25 minutesHistorian Stephen Brumwell explained why the Revolutionary War hero Benedict Arnold betrayed the American cause. He is the author of "Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty." The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia hosted this event.
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Reel America: United Newsreel on the Yalta Conference
10 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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American Artifacts: National Museum of the American Indian "Trail of Tears" Exhibit
45 minutesThe "Trail of Tears" gallery at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. looks at the national debate over the 1830 Indian Removal Act and its impact on southern tribes. Associate Curator Paul Chaat Smith led us through the gallery after an introduction in the "Americans" exhibit, which examines how Indian imagery is prevalent in products, toys and mascots.
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Amelia Earhart - Legend & Legacy
1 hour, 20 minutesSmithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dorothy Cochrane used images to discuss the life and legacy of record-setting aviator Amelia Earhart; the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean, and the first to fly solo across the United States. She also discussed some of the theories behind Earhart's 1937 disappearance while attempting a 29,000 mile flight around the world. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this event.
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Lincoln, Douglass & Emancipation
1 hour, 29 minutesHistorians Harold Holzer, Edna Greene Medford and David Blight talked about the views of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass on emancipating those held in slavery. They tracked their evolution on the issue from early in their careers through the Civil War. The New-York Historical Society hosts the event.
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Seeking Justice for Holocaust Crimes
1 hour, 25 minutesThe U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted a panel discussion looking at the continuing quest to bring former Nazis to justice. They explored questions raised by recent trials, such as if perpetrators are ever too old or frail to prosecute, and whether it ever too late for accountability. Speakers at this event included a Holocaust survivor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a documentary filmmaker.
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African American Women & Sports
20 minutesProfessor Amira Rose Davis examined the history of African American women in sports, including women who played baseball in the Negro Leagues in the 1950s and women who participated in various Olympic sports. This interview was recorded at the annual American Historical Association meeting.
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Reel America: "The Year 1945" United Newsreel
16 minutesThis Office of War Information United Newsreel summarizes events of the year 1945 in ten minutes.
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Reel America: "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
25 minutesFilmed by the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard and edited by Warner Brothers studios, this U.S. Office of War Information documentary tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle for the Pacific island of Iwo Jima near the Japanese mainland. The film enabled American audiences to see the famous flag-raising on Mount Suribachi in color for the first time. Almost 7,000 Marines were killed during the battle.
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History Bookshelf: Lawrence O'Donnell, "Playing with Fire"
1 hour, 0 minuteLawrence O'Donnell talked about his book, "Playing With Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics," in which recalls the turmoil of the 1968 presidential election.
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Q&A: Alan Kraut
1 hour, 0 minuteAlan Kraut, an American University distinguished professor of history, looked back on the transformation over more than 200 years of U.S. laws and policies designed to manage immigration. With President Trump's focus on immigration, questions as old as the republic have been resurrected: Who is allowed to cross American borders and under what circumstances? Professor Kraut is also a non-resident fellow of the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., and chairs the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation history advisory committee.
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The Civil War: Abraham Lincoln & Emancipation
45 minutesCivil War scholar Edna Greene Medford talked about Abraham Lincoln's approach to abolishing slavery and examined views of emancipation in the North and South. This event was part of the the Lincoln Forum Symposium.
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The Civil War: Civil War Places
1 hour, 14 minutesGary Gallagher is the co-editor of "Civil War Places: Seeing the Conflict Through the Eyes of Its Leading Historians." It asks scholars to discuss places they deem significant to the Civil War. In this program, historians who contributed to the book talked about their selections. This was part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute's annual summer conference.
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Lectures in History: The Civil War in the West
51 minutesUtah State University professor Maria Angela Diaz taught a class on the Civil War in the West and looked at the conflict in states and territories such as Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arizona. She explored how the diverse populations of the region reacted to the war and chose between siding with the Union or the Confederacy. Professor Diaz also focuses on the larger role guerrilla warfare played in the West.
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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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1939 New York City Nazi Rally
1 hour, 5 minutesThe New-York Historical Society showed, "A Night at the Garden," a seven-minute Academy-Award nominated film showing parts of a 1939 Nazi rally at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Following the film, director Marshall Curry and New York Times columnist Roger Cohen discussed the rally and how it relates to current events.
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Reel America: "The New Girl" - 1959
35 minutesProduced by the President's Committee on Government Contracts, this film dramatizes the racial tensions caused by the first hiring of a black secretary by a private company doing federal contract work. In 1953, President Eisenhower issued an executive order requiring equal employment opportunities for minorities in government contract work, and this film was widely distributed to encourage compliance with the anti-discrimination effort.
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Politics of the Founding Era & Today
1 hour, 25 minutesPanelists compare Founding Era politics to today's. They stress that while government size and voting demographics have changed, many issues that concern Americans today worried those in the republic's early years, as well. The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate hosted the event.
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Lectures in History: The Civil War in the West
50 minutesUtah State University professor Maria Angela Diaz taught a class on the Civil War in the West and looked at the conflict in states and territories such as Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arizona. She explored how the diverse populations of the region reacted to the war and chose between siding with the Union or the Confederacy. Professor Diaz also focuses on the larger role guerrilla warfare played in the West.
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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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1939 New York City Nazi Rally
1 hour, 5 minutesThe New-York Historical Society showed, "A Night at the Garden," a seven-minute Academy-Award nominated film showing parts of a 1939 Nazi rally at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Following the film, director Marshall Curry and New York Times columnist Roger Cohen discussed the rally and how it relates to current events.
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History Bookshelf: Lawrence O'Donnell, "Playing with Fire"
1 hour, 0 minuteLawrence O'Donnell talked about his book, "Playing With Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics," in which recalls the turmoil of the 1968 presidential election.
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Q&A: Alan Kraut
1 hour, 0 minuteAlan Kraut, an American University distinguished professor of history, looked back on the transformation over more than 200 years of U.S. laws and policies designed to manage immigration. With President Trump's focus on immigration, questions as old as the republic have been resurrected: Who is allowed to cross American borders and under what circumstances? Professor Kraut is also a non-resident fellow of the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., and chairs the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation history advisory committee.
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The Civil War: Abraham Lincoln & Emancipation
40 minutesCivil War scholar Edna Greene Medford talked about Abraham Lincoln's approach to abolishing slavery and examined views of emancipation in the North and South. This event was part of the the Lincoln Forum Symposium.
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The Civil War: Civil War Places
1 hour, 15 minutesGary Gallagher is the co-editor of "Civil War Places: Seeing the Conflict Through the Eyes of Its Leading Historians." It asks scholars to discuss places they deem significant to the Civil War. In this program, historians who contributed to the book talked about their selections. This was part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute's annual summer conference.
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1939 New York City Nazi Rally
1 hour, 1 minuteThe New-York Historical Society showed, "A Night at the Garden," a seven-minute Academy-Award nominated film showing parts of a 1939 Nazi rally at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Following the film, director Marshall Curry and New York Times columnist Roger Cohen discussed the rally and how it relates to current events.
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American History TV
17 hours, 4 minutesPeople and events that help document the American Story.