C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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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
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
35 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
52 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, 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
51 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
25 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
35 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
53 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, 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
49 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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American Artifacts: Cold War Museum
56 minutesFounder Gary Powers, Jr. gave a tour of the former U.S. Army communication base that was used by the National Security Agency, CIA, and Army intelligence during the Cold War. Mr. Powers told the story of the Cold War through artifacts and photographs, and he also told the story of his father, Francis Gary Powers, whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960.
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The Idea of "Deep State" in American History
1 hour, 48 minutesThree historians presented talks about the concept of the "Deep State" in American History and political debate. Topics ranged from recent books about an alleged Deep State, to President Eisenhower and the military industrial complex, to J. Edgar Hoover's tenure at the FBI. This program was part of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations annual conference.
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Reel America: "Decade of NATO" - 1959
30 minutesThis film narrated by Edward R. Murrow marks the 10th anniversary of the April 4, 1949 founding of NATO by profiling the people, geography and resources of member countries. The film argues that the organization has been partly responsible for Europe's recovery from World War II. This was produced by NATO and presented in 1959 as an episode of the U.S. Army's "Big Picture" series.
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Covert Intervention in Foreign Wars
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Chicago political science professor Austin Carson discussed his book, "Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics." Mr. Carson delved into the ways state powers secretly intervene in foreign wars, offering examples from the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and argued that covert participation helps to keep wars contained. The Woodrow Wilson Center hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: The Cold War in American Photography
1 hour, 13 minutesWake Forest University professor John Curley taught a class on how the Cold War both influenced and was influenced by photography. He talked about the perceived documentary nature of photography and how this idea was manipulated during the Cold War. Senator Joseph McCarthy's use, for example, of doctored photos during his anti-communist crusade or President Kennedy's exhibition of grainy spy plane photos to support his hard line position against the Soviets in the 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis. Professor Curley also discussed how artists incorporated the ideological ambiguity of photography into their work.
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History Bookshelf: Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
1 hour, 1 minuteJim Rasenberger presents a history of the Bay of Pigs crisis. The failed military invasion of Cuba in 1961 that was supported by the United States government resulted in the capture or death of over 1,000 men. The author examines the Kennedy administration's slow divulgement of American involvement in the attempted incursion, which included U.S. military planning and support for the 1,400 Cuban exiles that were trained by the Central Intelligence Agency. Jim Rasenberger spoke and responded to questions from members of the audience at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida.
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American Artifacts: Cold War Museum
56 minutesFounder Gary Powers, Jr. gave a tour of the former U.S. Army communication base that was used by the National Security Agency, CIA, and Army intelligence during the Cold War. Mr. Powers told the story of the Cold War through artifacts and photographs, and he also told the story of his father, Francis Gary Powers, whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960.
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The Idea of "Deep State" in American History
1 hour, 48 minutesThree historians presented talks about the concept of the "Deep State" in American History and political debate. Topics ranged from recent books about an alleged Deep State, to President Eisenhower and the military industrial complex, to J. Edgar Hoover's tenure at the FBI. This program was part of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations annual conference.
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Reel America: "Decade of NATO" - 1959
30 minutesThis film narrated by Edward R. Murrow marks the 10th anniversary of the April 4, 1949 founding of NATO by profiling the people, geography and resources of member countries. The film argues that the organization has been partly responsible for Europe's recovery from World War II. This was produced by NATO and presented in 1959 as an episode of the U.S. Army's "Big Picture" series.
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Covert Intervention in Foreign Wars
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Chicago political science professor Austin Carson discussed his book, "Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics." Mr. Carson delved into the ways state powers secretly intervene in foreign wars, offering examples from the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and argued that covert participation helps to keep wars contained. The Woodrow Wilson Center hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: The Cold War in American Photography
1 hour, 12 minutesWake Forest University professor John Curley taught a class on how the Cold War both influenced and was influenced by photography. He talked about the perceived documentary nature of photography and how this idea was manipulated during the Cold War. Senator Joseph McCarthy's use, for example, of doctored photos during his anti-communist crusade or President Kennedy's exhibition of grainy spy plane photos to support his hard line position against the Soviets in the 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis. Professor Curley also discussed how artists incorporated the ideological ambiguity of photography into their work.