C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Religious Influence on U.S. Politics
1 hour, 28 minutesHistorians talked about religious influence on U.S. politics and foreign policy in the 20th century. This was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called Remaking American Political History.
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American Artifacts: Pocahontas & American Indian Imagery
24 minutesWe toured the "Americans" exhibit in the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC with curator Cecile Ganteaume. She showed us how Indian names and images are used on products, military insignia, and state and city seals. In the Pocahontas gallery, we saw images of the Indian princess and learned how she has been used as a symbol of America's founding.
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U.S. Politics & Government in the 1790s
1 hour, 35 minutesHistorians examined the early years of the new federal government, and the politics of the 1790s. This was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called "Remaking American Political History."
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BackStory Podcast Behind-the-Scenes
1 hour, 37 minutesBackStory hosts Brian Balogh and Nathan Connolly gave a behind-the-scenes look at their weekly podcast. They were joined by a former staff member and a regular guest. This was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called Remaking American Political History.
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Latino Americans & U.S. Politics
1 hour, 29 minutesHistorians discussed the role, impact and voting trends of Latino Americans in U.S. political history. This talk was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called Remaking American Political History.
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Religious Influence on U.S. Politics
1 hour, 28 minutesHistorians talked about religious influence on U.S. politics and foreign policy in the 20th century. This was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called Remaking American Political History.
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Reel America: "Army in Action - The Spreading Holocaust" - 1965
31 minutesEpisode four of a ten-part U.S. Army documentary from 1965 tells the story of America's entry into World World II beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor through the November, 1942 invasion of North Africa. The film also details nationwide industrial mobilization and President Roosevelt's address to Congress on his plans for producing more planes, ships, tanks, guns, and military supplies. This aired on the Army's "Big Picture" television series.
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BackStory Podcast Behind-the-Scenes
1 hour, 38 minutesBackStory hosts Brian Balogh and Nathan Connolly gave a behind-the-scenes look at their weekly podcast. They were joined by a former staff member and a regular guest. This was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called Remaking American Political History.
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Latino Americans & U.S. Politics
1 hour, 31 minutesHistorians discussed the role, impact and voting trends of Latino Americans in U.S. political history. This talk was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called Remaking American Political History.
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Religious Influence on U.S. Politics
1 hour, 27 minutesHistorians talked about religious influence on U.S. politics and foreign policy in the 20th century. This was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called Remaking American Political History.
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Reel America: "The Silent Invader" - 1957
29 minutesThe U.S. Surgeon General and several other leading health officials appeared on an educational TV broadcast to explain the origins, severity, symptoms, treatment, and predictions for an Asian influenza pandemic which was then in its early stages. The 1957-58 Asian H2N2 virus killed about 1 million worldwide and 116,000 in the United States. Some health officials have compared the coronavirus pandemic to the 1957-58 pandemic. This program was co-sponsored by Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, the University of Pittsburgh, the American Medical Association, and the U.S. Public Health Service.
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Reel America: "Sniffles and Sneezes" - 1955
10 minutesThis educational film demonstrates how viruses are spread through carelessness, and how colds can be avoided and treated.
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Reel America: "We Heard the Bells, The Influenza of 1918"
57 minutesCommissioned by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, this 2010 documentary includes survivors of the 1918 flu telling their stories, a history of the pandemic, and a look at the science of flu and the genetic sequencing of the 1918 strain based on remnants of the virus extracted from frozen bodies under Alaskan permafrost. The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including more than 600,000 Americans.
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Reel America: "Mission, Measles - The Story of a Vaccine" - 1964
20 minutesThis documentary details the history of the highly contagious virus that causes measles and the development of the measles vaccine in the 1950s and early 1960s. The pharmaceutical company Merck with help from the U.S. Public Health Service produced the film. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in the year 2000, but there have been several outbreaks in recent years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributes the rising number of cases to unvaccinated international travelers who bring the disease to the U.S. and its spread in pockets of unvaccinated people.
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Reel America: "The Distant Drummer, Bridge from No Place" - 1969
22 minutesThis National Institute of Mental Health film produced by George Washington University surveys the problem of narcotics in the 1960s, and details efforts to study and implement new treatments for addiction. Narrated by actor Rod Steiger, the film is one in a four-part series narrated by Hollywood actors that argue for research and treatment rather than criminalization of drug use and possession.
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Reel America: "Distant Drummer, A Movable Scene" - 1970
23 minutesNarrated by actor Robert Mitchum, this documentary takes a sympathetic yet critical look at the late 1960s counterculture movement. With scenes in San Francisco, London, Nepal, Rome, and Istanbul, the film argues that hippies' excessive drug use is dangerous, and that "dropping out" won't solve the problems of society. George Washington University and the National Institute of Mental Health produced the film.
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Reel America: "The Army Nurse - Soldier of Mercy"
27 minutesThis 1965 film from the U.S. Army's "Big Picture" television series celebrates the contributions of Army nurses from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War. Although women nurses cared for soldiers as early as the American Revolution, the official Army Nurse Corps was not formed until 1901, in the wake of the Spanish-American War.
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Reel America: "Medical Service in the Invasion of Normandy" - 1944
15 minutesThis U.S. Army film details the logistics involved in treating wounded soldiers in the field, and in hospitals in England, during and after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. From the National Archives collections, the film was marked "restricted" because of its graphic scenes of the wounded and was originally intended for military audiences only.
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Influenza Pandemic & World War I
53 minutesHistorian Nancy Bristow talked about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated American civilians and soldiers during the final year of World War I and beyond. She also explained why the epidemic isn't memorialized like the war itself, despite causing a higher number of deaths. Ms. Bristow is the author of "American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic." The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium.
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AHTV - 1972 Presidential Campaign - McGovern Election Eve Program
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Reel America: "Ronald Reagan, Citizen Governor" - 1968
35 minutesThis Citizens for Reagan Committee film promotes the California governor for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. The film traces Reagan's post-war activities as a labor leader and spokesperson for General Electric, then uses clips of speeches to celebrate his accomplishments in office and his conservative approach to government. Ronald Reagan lost the 1968 nomination to the eventual winner of the general election, Richard Nixon.
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
1 hour, 17 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant and his work were the subjects of discussion at the University of Virginia, which has just acquired his cartoon collection. We heard from presidential scholars, including Ken Hughes and Kent Germany from UVA's Miller Center. They focused on the presidencies from Lyndon B. Johnson to Ronald Reagan.
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Reel America: "Hell-Bent for Election" - 1944
14 minutesThis United Auto Workers animated campaign film for President Franklin Roosevelt was directed by Chuck Jones, who helped create Bugs Bunny and other characters for Warner Brothers, and later produced and directed "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." In this film, FDR is depicted as a modern steam engine -- the "Win the War Special," while his Republican opponent Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY) is depicted as an dilapidated steam engine -- the "Defeatist Limited."
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American Artifacts: Off the Record Bar Political Cartoons
25 minutesWe visited the Off the Record bar at the historic Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, DC to see a collection of political cartoons and caricatures on display. We talked with vice president and general manager Hans Bruland and Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker. The Hay-Adams Hotel is located across Lafayette Square from the White House.
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
1 hour, 17 minutesFormer White House administration staff members analyzed the work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. They focused on the presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush -- and included Barack Obama's 2008 election. The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted the event.
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American Artifacts: Herblock Political Cartoons
36 minutesThe Library of Congress houses the largest collection of political cartoons by Herbert Block, best known as Herblock. His career spanned 72 years and he covered presidents from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush. Sara Duke, curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Arts, talked to us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his cartoons, some on exhibit in the library's Herblock Gallery.
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Lectures in History: American Cartoons in World War II
1 hour, 24 minutesPace University professor Durahn Taylor taught a class on American cartoons in World War II and the ways they supported - and even influenced - the war effort. He shows superhero comics that urged kids to do their part by recycling paper and buying savings bonds and stamps.
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Reel America: "What Makes Us Tick" - 1952
13 minutesThis animated promotional film describes how a business incorporates and obtains the right to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Commissioned by the stock exchange, the film argues that wise investments and a sound business system have made the United States prosperous.
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Reel America: "Brotherhood of Man" - 1947
11 minutesThis animated film was sponsored by the United Auto Workers to promote racial tolerance. The story used cartoon characters to represent prejudice and intolerance, and argued that despite different skin color, all people are essentially the same. The film was preserved by the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Internet Archive, and is part of the Library of Congress collections.
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Reel America: "Meet King Joe" - 1949
11 minutesThis cartoon argued that the American factory worker, Joe, was the "king of the workers of the world" due to his higher wages, productivity and shorter working hours. It is one of a series of animated Technicolor films that celebrated American free enterprise produced by Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas in the late 1940s and early '50s. The anti-communist Cold War-era films, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, were distributed widely and seen by millions of students, workers, and theatergoers. This short film from the Library of Congress collections has been made available by the National Film Preservation Foundation.