C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Secret Presidential Recordings
1 hour, 9 minutesHistorians analyzed the secret White House tapes of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. This was an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day business and we heard their candid assessments. The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted this event.
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Camp David
1 hour, 1 minuteCamp David insiders offered their recollections of the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains. It was President Franklin D. Roosevelt who first used the hideaway, and who set the precedent for hosting dignitaries there when he invited British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to be his guest. The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas hosted this hour-long event. Former President Bush opened the program with his own Camp David memories.
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Presidential Speechwriters
1 hour, 2 minutesThree former White House speechwriters talked about the process of turning a president's policies and politics into a speech. This session was from the Presidential Ideas Festival hosted by the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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Secret Service Protection
57 minutesFormer Secret Service agents talked about protecting the first family and the challenges they faced. Speakers included Larry Buendorf, who prevented a 1975 assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford. The George W. Bush Presidential Center hosted this event.
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Presidents & Their CIA Directors
2 hours, 6 minutesCIA chief historian David Robarge talked about the evolving nature of the relationship between presidents and their CIA directors, and how it is influenced by the president's needs and interests. One CIA director -- George H.W. Bush, who was appointed by Gerald Ford -- later became president himself. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this program.
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Secret Presidential Recordings
1 hour, 9 minutesHistorians analyzed the secret White House tapes of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. This was an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day business and we heard their candid assessments. The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted this event.
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Camp David
1 hour, 2 minutesCamp David insiders offered their recollections of the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains. It was President Franklin D. Roosevelt who first used the hideaway, and who set the precedent for hosting dignitaries there when he invited British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to be his guest. The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas hosted this hour-long event. Former President Bush opened the program with his own Camp David memories.
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Presidential Speechwriters
1 hour, 1 minuteThree former White House speechwriters talked about the process of turning a president's policies and politics into a speech. This session was from the Presidential Ideas Festival hosted by the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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Secret Service Protection
57 minutesFormer Secret Service agents talked about protecting the first family and the challenges they faced. Speakers included Larry Buendorf, who prevented a 1975 assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford. The George W. Bush Presidential Center hosted this event.
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Presidents & Their CIA Directors
2 hours, 6 minutesCIA chief historian David Robarge talked about the evolving nature of the relationship between presidents and their CIA directors, and how it is influenced by the president's needs and interests. One CIA director -- George H.W. Bush, who was appointed by Gerald Ford -- later became president himself. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this program.
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Secret Presidential Recordings
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorians analyzed the secret White House tapes of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. This was an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day business and we heard their candid assessments. The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted this event.
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
1 hour, 16 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant and his work were the subjects of discussion at the University of Virginia, which has just acquired his cartoon collection. We heard from presidential scholars, including Ken Hughes and Kent Germany from UVA's Miller Center. They focused on the presidencies from Lyndon B. Johnson to Ronald Reagan.
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Reel America: "Hell-Bent for Election" - 1944
14 minutesThis United Auto Workers animated campaign film for President Franklin Roosevelt was directed by Chuck Jones, who helped create Bugs Bunny and other characters for Warner Brothers, and later produced and directed "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." In this film, FDR is depicted as a modern steam engine -- the "Win the War Special," while his Republican opponent Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY) is depicted as an dilapidated steam engine -- the "Defeatist Limited."
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American Artifacts: Off the Record Bar Political Cartoons
25 minutesWe visited the Off the Record bar at the historic Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, DC to see a collection of political cartoons and caricatures on display. We talked with vice president and general manager Hans Bruland and Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker. The Hay-Adams Hotel is located across Lafayette Square from the White House.
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
1 hour, 17 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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American Artifacts: Herblock Political Cartoons
36 minutesThe Library of Congress houses the largest collection of political cartoons by Herbert Block, best known as Herblock. His career spanned 72 years and he covered presidents from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush. Sara Duke, curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Arts, talked to us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his cartoons, some on exhibit in the library's Herblock Gallery.
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Lectures in History: American Cartoons in World War II
1 hour, 24 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
11 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
14 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
11 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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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
1 hour, 16 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant and his work were the subjects of discussion at the University of Virginia, which has just acquired his cartoon collection. We heard from presidential scholars, including Ken Hughes and Kent Germany from UVA's Miller Center. They focused on the presidencies from Lyndon B. Johnson to Ronald Reagan.
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Reel America: "Hell-Bent for Election" - 1944
14 minutesThis United Auto Workers animated campaign film for President Franklin Roosevelt was directed by Chuck Jones, who helped create Bugs Bunny and other characters for Warner Brothers, and later produced and directed "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." In this film, FDR is depicted as a modern steam engine -- the "Win the War Special," while his Republican opponent Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY) is depicted as an dilapidated steam engine -- the "Defeatist Limited."
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American Artifacts: Off the Record Bar Political Cartoons
25 minutesWe visited the Off the Record bar at the historic Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, DC to see a collection of political cartoons and caricatures on display. We talked with vice president and general manager Hans Bruland and Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker. The Hay-Adams Hotel is located across Lafayette Square from the White House.
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
1 hour, 17 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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American Artifacts: Herblock Political Cartoons
35 minutesThe Library of Congress houses the largest collection of political cartoons by Herbert Block, best known as Herblock. His career spanned 72 years and he covered presidents from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush. Sara Duke, curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Arts, talked to us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his cartoons, some on exhibit in the library's Herblock Gallery.
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Lectures in History: American Cartoons in World War II
1 hour, 24 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.