C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Booknotes: Doris Kearns Goodwin, "No Ordinary Time"
1 hour, 1 minuteDoris Kearns Goodwin talked about her recently published book, "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II," published by Simon and Schuster, which focused on the White House scene during Franklin Roosevelt's term, including the intimate circle of friends surrounding President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
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Reel America: "Managing Terrorism Events - the Oklahoma Experience" - 1996
1 hour, 30 minutesThis 1996 Emergency Education Network (EENET) broadcast details the aftermath of the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing with five leading first responders. The participants describe what happened after the bombing, how the response was organized, successes and problems, and lessons learned. Appearing are fire chief Gary Marrs, police chief Sam Gonzales, Oklahoma City medical director Dr. Peter Maningas, FBI agent Bob Ricks, Oklahoma City public works director Paul Brum and EENET moderator Ken Hines. EENET was a FEMA distance learning network providing training and information for emergency workers.
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Oral Histories: Oklahoma City Bombing FBI Interviews
30 minutesOn April 19, 1995, a massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people including 19 children in a day care center. To mark the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing in 2015, the FBI recorded interviews with special agents, investigators, a survivor, and others, and added photographs and archival video. This is a compilation of seven of these interviews.
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Oklahoma City Bombing 25th Anniversary
1 hour, 0 minuteOn April 19, 1995, a truck bomb exploded outside the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal were LIVE from the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum to look back at the events of that morning, the investigation and arrest of the perpetrators, and how the city and nation remember that day. Our guest was Kari Watkins, the memorial and museum's executive director.
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Oklahoma City Bombing 25th Anniversary Commemoration
1 hour, 2 minutesOn the morning of April 19, 1995, a massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum created this video to commemorate the 25th anniversary, with remarks by past and present federal, state and local officials, as well as a reading of the 168 names of those killed. The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of a live commemorative ceremony.
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Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, "The Presidents"
1 hour, 33 minutesHistorians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, and Edna Greene Medford talked about C-SPAN's The Presidents, each of whom contributed to the new book.
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Winston Churchill, Yalta & the Cold War
54 minutesMichael Bishop is the former director of George Washington University's National Churchill Library & Center. He looked at the February 1945 Yalta Conference between Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin. Mr. Bishop focused on Churchill's role at the meeting and how Yalta impacted the British Prime Minister personally and politically. He also talked about the legacy of Yalta and its role in the dawn of the Cold War, with Churchill becoming one of the leading "cold warriors" of the era. The National World War II Museum hosted the event.
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Oral Histories: Clinton Gardner Interview on D-Day, Battle of the Bulge & Buchenwald
1 hour, 27 minutesWorld War II veteran Clinton Gardner shared stories of his experience in the European theater of the war. Injured during the D-Day invasion, he would rejoin his division after recovering and take part in the Battle of the Bulge. He later served in the military administration of the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp at the end of the war. The National World War II Museum conducted this interview in 2012 for its oral history collection.
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George and Barbara Bush Honeymoon Film
4 minutesWarren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, showed never seen film of George and Barbara Bush on their honeymoon at the Cloister Hotel in Sea Island, Georgia in 1945.
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History Bookshelf: Ron Chernow, "Grant"
49 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow recalled the life of Ulysses S. Grant at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Southern White Women Slave Owners
1 hour, 11 minutesStephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave owners in some regions. The previous estimate had been 10 percent. She is the author of "They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South." This video is courtesy of the National Archives.
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The Civil War: Cumberland Valley Railroad
45 minutesScott Mingus, co-author of "Targeted Tracks," talked about the importance of the Cumberland Valley Railroad during the Civil War. This was a one-track railroad running from Hagerstown, Maryland to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It was used to move Union troops, ammunition and supplies and was often under attack by Confederate forces. The Gettysburg Heritage Center in Pennsylvania hosted this talk.
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The Civil War: 1862 Battle of Williamsburg
50 minutesDrew Gruber talked about the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg in Virginia - and why it was overshadowed that year by larger and bloodier battles. We also heard why Williamsburg's colonial history has long obscured its Civil War story. Mr. Gruber is executive director of Civil War Trails. This was part of the "Emerging Civil War" Blog symposium.
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Reel America: "Victory Garden" - 1942
25 minutesThis 1942 U.S. Department of Agriculture film promotes Victory Gardens and provides instructions to help citizens grow their own fruits and vegetables at home during World War II.
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Lectures in History: 1890s Growing American Internationalism
1 hour, 15 minutesBaylor University professor David Smith taught a class about the growth of the internationalist worldview in 1890s America. He argued that economic, moral and political impulses caused Americans to consider a larger role in the world for their nation. Smith then detailed the actions they took, such pursuing missionary work, arguing for the expansion of the navy, and searching for new economic markets.
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American Artifacts: Seminole Nation Museum
44 minutesIn the capital city of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Wewoka, we met Assistant Chief Lewis Johnson, who showed us artifacts and told the story of his people during a tour of the tribe's museum.
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Reel America: "The Fleet that Came to Stay" - 1945
25 minutesThis film documents the Battle of Okinawa from the U.S. Navy's point of view. In addition to describing Navy support for the ground troops, the film shows some of the nearly 2,000 kamikaze attacks, and American pilots and gunners trying to shoot them down over the Pacific. Opening with a few dramatized scenes on board a ship, the film was assembled primarily from combat footage by Hollywood filmmaker and Navy EnsignBudd Boetticher, who directed many low budget westerns.
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Reel America: "Bulletin on the Okinawa Operation" - 1945
30 minutesThis color film shot by U.S. Marine combat photographers tells the story of the first 50 days of the brutal battle for the Japanese island of Okinawa. The report covers action between the April 1 invasion to about May 20, 1945. During this 82-day-long battle, about 95,000 Japanese Army troops and 12,000 Americans were killed.
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Reel America: "Okinawa Bulletin No. 2 - Final Phases" - 1945
25 minutesIn the second of two reports filmed by U.S. Marine combat photographers, the story of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa is told from about mid-May to the conclusion of fighting on June 22, 1945. About 49,000 Americans were killed or wounded during the battle.
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Reel America: "Okinawa - Keystone of the Pacific" -1958
31 minutesThis 1958 episode of the U.S. Army "Big Picture" series tells the story of Okinawa - how the island evolved from a World War II battle site, to a Korean War airfield, to an important overseas American military base in the 1950s. Produced between 1951 and 1971, the Big Picture was a weekly television report for the Army and the American public.
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Reel America: "The Year 1945" United Newsreel
10 minutesThis Office of War Information United Newsreel summarizes events of the year 1945 in ten minutes.
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Lectures in History: 1890s Growing American Internationalism
1 hour, 15 minutesBaylor University professor David Smith taught a class about the growth of the internationalist worldview in 1890s America. He argued that economic, moral and political impulses caused Americans to consider a larger role in the world for their nation. Smith then detailed the actions they took, such pursuing missionary work, arguing for the expansion of the navy, and searching for new economic markets.
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American Artifacts: Seminole Nation Museum
45 minutesIn the capital city of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Wewoka, we met Assistant Chief Lewis Johnson, who showed us artifacts and told the story of his people during a tour of the tribe's museum.
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History Bookshelf: Ron Chernow, "Grant"
50 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow recalled the life of Ulysses S. Grant at the 18th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Southern White Women Slave Owners
1 hour, 2 minutesStephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave owners in some regions. The previous estimate had been 10 percent. She is the author of "They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South." This video is courtesy of the National Archives.
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George and Barbara Bush Honeymoon Film
8 minutesWarren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, showed never seen film of George and Barbara Bush on their honeymoon at the Cloister Hotel in Sea Island, Georgia in 1945.
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The Civil War: Cumberland Valley Railroad
45 minutesScott Mingus, co-author of "Targeted Tracks," talked about the importance of the Cumberland Valley Railroad during the Civil War. This was a one-track railroad running from Hagerstown, Maryland to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It was used to move Union troops, ammunition and supplies and was often under attack by Confederate forces. The Gettysburg Heritage Center in Pennsylvania hosted this talk.
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The Civil War: 1862 Battle of Williamsburg
50 minutesDrew Gruber talked about the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg in Virginia - and why it was overshadowed that year by larger and bloodier battles. We also heard why Williamsburg's colonial history has long obscured its Civil War story. Mr. Gruber is executive director of Civil War Trails. This was part of the "Emerging Civil War" Blog symposium.
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Reel America: "Victory Garden" - 1942
25 minutesThis 1942 U.S. Department of Agriculture film promotes Victory Gardens and provides instructions to help citizens grow their own fruits and vegetables at home during World War II.
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Lectures in History: 1890s Growing American Internationalism
1 hour, 12 minutesBaylor University professor David Smith taught a class about the growth of the internationalist worldview in 1890s America. He argued that economic, moral and political impulses caused Americans to consider a larger role in the world for their nation. Smith then detailed the actions they took, such pursuing missionary work, arguing for the expansion of the navy, and searching for new economic markets.