C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Politics of the Founding Era & Today
1 hour, 26 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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Cigarettes, Nonsmokers' Rights & Politics
45 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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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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U.S. Army Photographers in Vietnam
1 hour, 28 minutesIn 1962, President Kennedy authorized the creation of the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office to film and photograph the Vietnam War for the Pentagon and the U.S. Congress. Five Vietnam War Veterans who served in the special photographic office appeared at the National Archives to share images and films while they discussed their combat experiences in documenting the war.
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Tuskegee Airmen 75th Anniversary
1 hour, 8 minutesSix Tuskegee Airmen appeared on stage at the National Archives to mark the 75th anniversary of their first deployment in 1943. The World War II veterans talked about their combat experiences during World War II and the Korean War. They recalled some of their most dangerous missions and what it was like to serve in a segregated military. Trained at Tuskegee, Alabama by the U.S. Army Air Corps, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first African American fighter group sent into combat during World War II.
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National Archives in Southern California
1 hour, 16 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
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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Southern White Women Slave Owners
1 hour, 1 minuteStephanie 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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U.S. Army Photographers in Vietnam
1 hour, 29 minutesIn 1962, President Kennedy authorized the creation of the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office to film and photograph the Vietnam War for the Pentagon and the U.S. Congress. Five Vietnam War Veterans who served in the special photographic office appeared at the National Archives to share images and films while they discussed their combat experiences in documenting the war.
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Tuskegee Airmen 75th Anniversary
1 hour, 7 minutesSix Tuskegee Airmen appeared on stage at the National Archives to mark the 75th anniversary of their first deployment in 1943. The World War II veterans talked about their combat experiences during World War II and the Korean War. They recalled some of their most dangerous missions and what it was like to serve in a segregated military. Trained at Tuskegee, Alabama by the U.S. Army Air Corps, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first African American fighter group sent into combat during World War II.
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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
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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Kent State 50 Years Later
1 hour, 3 minutesOn May 4, 1970, agitation over the Vietnam War on the Kent State University campus erupted into a deadly confrontation between students and the Ohio National Guard. When it was over, four students were dead and nine wounded. We were joined by Howard Means, author of "67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence." He talked about the state of the Vietnam War and actions within the White House that set the stage for the National Guard firing on students during an anti-war protest. And he detailed the first-hand accounts of students and National Guardsmen, and discussed how the shootings there are remembered half a century later. This was a co-production of American History TV and Washington Journal.
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Kent State 50th Anniversary Program
50 minutesKent State University planned a campus commemorative program to observe the 50th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 National Guard shootings that left four students dead and nine wounded. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, they produced a virtual ceremony for their website and YouTube Channel. This program included footage of the deadly confrontation between Ohio guardsmen and students protesting the Vietnam War, and recollections from wounded survivors and eyewitnesses.
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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
42 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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1970 Kent State Photographs
51 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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Kent State 50 Years Later
1 hour, 4 minutesOn May 4, 1970, agitation over the Vietnam War on the Kent State University campus erupted into a deadly confrontation between students and the Ohio National Guard. When it was over, four students were dead and nine wounded. We were joined by Howard Means, author of "67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence." He talked about the state of the Vietnam War and actions within the White House that set the stage for the National Guard firing on students during an anti-war protest. And he detailed the first-hand accounts of students and National Guardsmen, and discussed how the shootings there are remembered half a century later. This was a co-production of American History TV and Washington Journal.
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Kent State 50th Anniversary Program
50 minutesKent State University planned a campus commemorative program to observe the 50th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 National Guard shootings that left four students dead and nine wounded. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, they produced a virtual ceremony for their website and YouTube Channel. This program included footage of the deadly confrontation between Ohio guardsmen and students protesting the Vietnam War, and recollections from wounded survivors and eyewitnesses.
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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
41 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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1970 Kent State Photographs
51 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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Kent State 50 Years Later
1 hour, 4 minutesOn May 4, 1970, agitation over the Vietnam War on the Kent State University campus erupted into a deadly confrontation between students and the Ohio National Guard. When it was over, four students were dead and nine wounded. We were joined by Howard Means, author of "67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence." He talked about the state of the Vietnam War and actions within the White House that set the stage for the National Guard firing on students during an anti-war protest. And he detailed the first-hand accounts of students and National Guardsmen, and discussed how the shootings there are remembered half a century later. This was a co-production of American History TV and Washington Journal.
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Kent State 50th Anniversary Program
50 minutesKent State University planned a campus commemorative program to observe the 50th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 National Guard shootings that left four students dead and nine wounded. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, they produced a virtual ceremony for their website and YouTube Channel. This program included footage of the deadly confrontation between Ohio guardsmen and students protesting the Vietnam War, and recollections from wounded survivors and eyewitnesses.
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Reel America: President Richard Nixon on the Situation in Southeast Asia - 1970
23 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.