C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Lectures in History: Dwight Eisenhower and 1950s Political Advertising
1 hour, 14 minutesPurdue University professor Kathryn Brownell taught a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower's presidential campaigns. She compared radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as a Leader
1 hour, 6 minutesLouis Galambos -- editor of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower -- talked about the evolution of Ike's leadership style from a West Point cadet to president of the United States. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this program.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower's Life and Legacy
1 hour, 13 minutesUniversity of Virginia professor William Hitchcock talked about his book, "The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s." Later, Mr. Hitchcock sat down with former ABC News White House correspondent Ann Compton for a conversation on the life and legacy of the nation's 34th President. The White House Historical Association hosted this event.
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George Marshall & Dwight Eisenhower
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian David Mills discussed the World War II military partnership between the U.S. Army's chief of staff George Marshall and General Dwight D. Eisenhower and examined their tactical decisions to win the war. Mr. Mills is a military history professor with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event.
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Eisenhower & the Cold War
1 hour, 16 minutesMilitary historian Jeremy Black dates the origins of the Cold War back to World War I and challenges some general narratives about the conflict. The New-York Historical Society hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: Dwight Eisenhower and 1950s Political Advertising
1 hour, 15 minutesPurdue University professor Kathryn Brownell taught a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower's presidential campaigns. She compared radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as a Leader
1 hour, 5 minutesLouis Galambos -- editor of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower -- talked about the evolution of Ike's leadership style from a West Point cadet to president of the United States. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this program.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower's Life and Legacy
1 hour, 14 minutesUniversity of Virginia professor William Hitchcock talked about his book, "The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s." Later, Mr. Hitchcock sat down with former ABC News White House correspondent Ann Compton for a conversation on the life and legacy of the nation's 34th President. The White House Historical Association hosted this event.
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George Marshall & Dwight Eisenhower
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian David Mills discussed the World War II military partnership between the U.S. Army's chief of staff George Marshall and General Dwight D. Eisenhower and examined their tactical decisions to win the war. Mr. Mills is a military history professor with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event.
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Eisenhower & the Cold War
1 hour, 16 minutesMilitary historian Jeremy Black dates the origins of the Cold War back to World War I and challenges some general narratives about the conflict. The New-York Historical Society hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: Dwight Eisenhower and 1950s Political Advertising
1 hour, 15 minutesPurdue University professor Kathryn Brownell taught a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower's presidential campaigns. She compared radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful.
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Reel America: "The Fleet that Came to Stay" - 1945
24 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
31 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
26 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
30 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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AHTV - World War II Veterans' Stories
1 hour, 31 minutesA panel of four veterans discuss their lives in the U.S. military and combat experiences during World War II. Participants include veterans of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Okinawa, as well as a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airman. This event took place in Arlington, Virginia, and was part of a conference hosted by the group Friends of the National World War II Memorial.
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Reel America: "The Last Bomb - 1945"
36 minutesThe Last Bomb is a 1945 War Department film documenting the final months of the B-29 super fortress air campaign against Japan. It concludes with the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Breaking the German Enigma Code
1 hour, 41 minutesDermot Turning, nephew of British codebreaker Alan Turing, talked about his book, "X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken." He chronicled how French, British and Polish spies and mathematicians were able to decipher the German Enigma code during World War II. The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. hosted this event.
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Reel America: "The Fleet that Came to Stay" - 1945
24 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
31 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
26 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
29 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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AHTV - World War II Veterans' Stories
1 hour, 32 minutesA panel of four veterans discuss their lives in the U.S. military and combat experiences during World War II. Participants include veterans of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Okinawa, as well as a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airman. This event took place in Arlington, Virginia, and was part of a conference hosted by the group Friends of the National World War II Memorial.
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Reel America: "The Last Bomb - 1945"
36 minutesThe Last Bomb is a 1945 War Department film documenting the final months of the B-29 super fortress air campaign against Japan. It concludes with the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Breaking the German Enigma Code
1 hour, 39 minutesDermot Turning, nephew of British codebreaker Alan Turing, talked about his book, "X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken." He chronicled how French, British and Polish spies and mathematicians were able to decipher the German Enigma code during World War II. The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. hosted this event.