C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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National Archives in Southern California
1 hour, 17 minutesSenior archivist Randy Thompson delivered an illustrated talk showcasing resources available to the public at the National Archives branch in Riverside, California. Items included records and artifacts dating back to 1775. The Friends of the North Hollywood Library hosted this event.
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Cigarettes, Nonsmokers' Rights & Politics
43 minutesSarah Milov talked about her book "The Cigarette: A Political History." She looked at nonsmokers' rights activists and their strategies in the context of other social movements, including civil rights and environmental issues. This program originally livestreamed on the National Archives YouTube Channel.
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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
35 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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American Artifacts: Muscogee Creek Nation Council House
45 minutesMuscogee (Creek) Nation curator John Beaver showed us the restored 1878 council house in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, which was taken from the tribe in 1907 but reacquired in 2010. Mr. Beaver discussed the tribe's roots in Alabama and Georgia, their forced removal to the West, and the struggle to maintain their new lands and sovereign government.
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Interpreting Abraham Lincoln
20 minutesAbraham Lincoln interpreter George Buss sat down with American History TV to talk about his more than three decades portraying the 16th president.
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George Washington & the Constitution
1 hour, 0 minuteThe National Constitution Center in Philadelphia hosted a virtual "town hall" about George Washington's influence in shaping the Constitution after the Revolutionary War -- and, as president, his role in making it work. The center's Jeffrey Rosen moderated the conversation with White House Historical Association historian Lindsay Chervinsky and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Larson.
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The Presidents
1 hour, 15 minutesAuthors Kenneth Ackerman and David O. Stewart talked about their contributions to C-SPAN's book, "The Presidents."
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Cigarettes, Nonsmokers' Rights & Politics
44 minutesSarah Milov talked about her book "The Cigarette: A Political History." She looked at nonsmokers' rights activists and their strategies in the context of other social movements, including civil rights and environmental issues. This program originally livestreamed on the National Archives YouTube Channel.
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Oral Histories: Benjamin Schleider Interview on 6th Armored Division in World War II Europe
2 hours, 0 minuteWorld War II veteran Benjamin Schleider discussed his experiences with the 6th Armored Division in the European theater, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Schleider served as an aide to Gen. Robert Grow, and shares stories about him and Gen. George S. Patton, Grow's superior and commander of the Third Army. The National World War II Museum conducted this interview in 2009 for its oral history collection.
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Howard Means, "67 Shots"
1 hour, 2 minutesHoward Means talked about his book 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence, in which he recalls the National Guard's shooting of students at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, which resulted in the deaths of four students and nine others wounded.
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Mapping Disease & Medical Geography
59 minutesThe National Council for History Education moved their conference online due to the coronavirus outbreak. In this session, Albemarle High School teacher Chris Bunin demonstrated how geographic information systems, or GIS, can be used to trace the source and map the spread of diseases throughout history, including cholera, smallpox, and AIDS.
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The Civil War: Robert E. Lee after the War
1 hour, 11 minutesMatt Atkinson, a Gettysburg National Military Park ranger, discussed the post war life of former Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He highlighted Lee's efforts to promote a reconciliatory attitude among southerners and his time as president of Washington College, now known as Washington & Lee University. This talk was recorded in January 2015 by the National Park Service.
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1970 Kent State Photographs
49 minutesHoward Ruffner talked about the photos he took on May 4, 1970 when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio during an anti-Vietnam War protest. A student and photographer for the college newspaper at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of Life magazine. His book about his experience is titled, "Moments of Truth: A Photographer's Experience of Kent State 1970."
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Lectures in History: Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
1 hour, 15 minutesWellesley College professor Brenna Greer debunked myths about Rosa Parks and the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott. Professor Greer explained that Parks was not the first African American woman who refused to give up her seat and that the boycott had planning and precedent. She also explored with the class why a simplified version of this history has become so widespread.
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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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Reel America: President Richard Nixon on the Situation in Southeast Asia - 1970
24 minutesIn a televised address to the nation from the White House, President Nixon announces that U.S. and South Vietnamese forces will attack North Vietnamese military bases in Cambodia along the border with South Vietnam.
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Reel America: Amendment to End the Vietnam War- 1970
40 minutesA bipartisan group of five U.S. Senators appear in a television broadcast to discuss and promote a resolution to end the Vietnam War by December 31, 1970. The broadcast aired 12 days after President Nixon announced operations in Cambodia, and 8 days after the killing of four student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Senate Resolution 609, known as the McGovern-Hatfield Amendment, was defeated by a vote of 55-39 in September of that year. U.S. Senate historian emeritus Donald Ritchie is interviewed prior to the film for his perspective on that time in American history.
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Reel America: "And Another Family for Peace" - 1971
34 minutesThis 1971 anti-Vietnam War film visits five grieving families to document how the war has changed their lives. With stops in California, Massachusetts, Florida, Texas, and Iowa, we learn about two sons who were killed, one who is a prisoner in North Vietnam, a father and husband who has lost a leg, and a Quaker spending time in federal prison for refusing to serve. In an early crowd-funding effort, the film was made possible by one dollar donations from 20,000 people.
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Harley Davidson in Milwaukee
22 minutesMotorcycle maker Harley-Davidson began in Milwaukee in 1903 and is still head quartered there today. Jim Fricke, Curatorial Director at the Harley-Davidson Museum, discussed how the company has grew and changed through the 20th century.
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Lectures in History: Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
1 hour, 15 minutesWellesley College professor Brenna Greer debunked myths about Rosa Parks and the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott. Professor Greer explained that Parks was not the first African American woman who refused to give up her seat and that the boycott had planning and precedent. She also explored with the class why a simplified version of this history has become so widespread.
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The Civil War: Cumberland Valley Railroad
43 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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Howard Means, "67 Shots"
1 hour, 2 minutesHoward Means talked about his book 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence, in which he recalls the National Guard's shooting of students at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, which resulted in the deaths of four students and nine others wounded.
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Mapping Disease & Medical Geography
59 minutesThe National Council for History Education moved their conference online due to the coronavirus outbreak. In this session, Albemarle High School teacher Chris Bunin demonstrated how geographic information systems, or GIS, can be used to trace the source and map the spread of diseases throughout history, including cholera, smallpox, and AIDS.
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Oral Histories: Benjamin Schleider Interview on 6th Armored Division in World War II Europe
1 hour, 56 minutesWorld War II veteran Benjamin Schleider discussed his experiences with the 6th Armored Division in the European theater, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Schleider served as an aide to Gen. Robert Grow, and shares stories about him and Gen. George S. Patton, Grow's superior and commander of the Third Army. The National World War II Museum conducted this interview in 2009 for its oral history collection.
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Howard Means, "67 Shots"
1 hour, 2 minutesHoward Means talked about his book 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence, in which he recalls the National Guard's shooting of students at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, which resulted in the deaths of four students and nine others wounded.
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The Civil War: Robert E. Lee after the War
1 hour, 11 minutesMatt Atkinson, a Gettysburg National Military Park ranger, discussed the post war life of former Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He highlighted Lee's efforts to promote a reconciliatory attitude among southerners and his time as president of Washington College, now known as Washington & Lee University. This talk was recorded in January 2015 by the National Park Service.