C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Jacqueline Kennedy Televised White House Tour
53 minutesThen White House curator William Allman talked about first lady Jacqueline Kennedy's extensive White House restoration and the evolution of the Executive Mansion's collection. This 2012 presentation at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum marked the 50th anniversary of her televised February 14, 1962 guided tour, which was watched by millions and later awarded an honorary Emmy. This video is courtesy of the Kennedy library.
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Interpreting Abraham Lincoln
17 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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Reel America: Franklin Roosevelt Funeral United Newsreel - 1945
12 minutesThis U.S. government newsreel documents the funeral of President Franklin Roosevelt, who died on April 12, 1945, and also includes biographical information about the new President, Harry Truman, and scenes of his first speech to congress.
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Reel America: "The Eternal Fight" - 1948
22 minutesThis United Nations film briefly documents the history of human diseases and describes how the newly-founded World Health Organization planned to coordinate efforts to fight disease. The film argues that because of ever- increasing human travel, epidemics will increase unless nations work together to identify outbreaks and limit the spread of contagious diseases.
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Reel America: "The Fight Against the Communicable Diseases" - 1950
23 minutesThis film describes the work of the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, which was founded in 1946. The film surveys the CDC's work with state health departments to combat the most serious threats to U.S. health at the time including malaria, influenza, polio, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ringworm, and typhus.
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Race & the Vietnam War
1 hour, 5 minutesUniversity of Kansas professor Beth Bailey discussed how issues of race affected the U.S. military -- and its self-perception of being color blind -- during the Vietnam War. She focused on how African Americans were viewed by white soldiers, and how African American soldiers protested mistreatment. This video is courtesy of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Reel America: May 1945 United Newsreel
11 minutesThis U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on a May Day parade in Moscow, the capture of several top Nazi leaders, the liberation and destruction of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, a message to Japanese leaders from President Truman, and tank battles on Okinawa in the Pacific.
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Thomas Jefferson on Declaring Independence
22 minutesTo mark Patriots' Day, a Massachusetts state holiday commemorating the Battles of Lexington, Concord and Menotomy in April, 1775, Monticello hosted a conversation with President Thomas Jefferson, portrayed by Bill Barker. He recounted the events from the time of the battles to July, 1776 -- events that led to the decision of the thirteen colonies to break with Great Britain. He then explained how he was involved in creating the Declaration of Independence, and what he hopes Americans might learn from it.
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Gardening at Monticello
27 minutesThomas Jefferson, portrayed by Bill Barker, discussed his love of gardening from the West Lawn of Monticello. He talked about his planting methods, experiments, and the enslaved people who tended and maintained his gardens. He also recounted how he learned about new plants in his travels to Europe and from Lewis & Clark's travels across the West, and how he introduced those plants to American society. This video is courtesy of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
1 hour, 15 minutesHistorian David Pietrusza discussed the 1919 World Series fix by members of the Chicago White Sox in what came to be known as the "Black Sox" scandal. He talked about how book and film portrayals of the fix shaped public perceptions of what happened. He is the author of two books on the subject: "Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series" and "Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis" about baseball's first commissioner.
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Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, James Traub, Peter Drummey, "The Presidents"
1 hour, 15 minutesThis was a conversation about C-SPAN's book "The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best -- And Worst -- Chief Executives." The focus of this Massachusetts Historical Society program was on father and son -- John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Featured speakers were author James Traub and historical society librarian Peter Drummey. John Adams ranks 19th in C-SPAN's most recent Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership; his son, Quincy, came in at 21st place.
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Controversial and Unconventional U.S. Army Leaders
49 minutesThe Association of the U.S. Army hosted a book forum with three authors titled "Controversial and Unconventional Leaders in the U.S. Army." The generals profiled in three recently published books are George Patton, Edward Almond, and John Shalikashvili.
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Stalin's Correspondence with Roosevelt & Churchill
1 hour, 10 minutesDavid Reynolds, co-editor of "The Kremlin Letters: Stalin's Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt" talked about the messages sent between theses Allied leaders during World War II. He explained how they used the communication to build relationships with one another and advance wartime goals without extensive bureaucratic interference. The National World War II Museum hosted this event in January 2020.
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American Artifacts: 101st Airborne World War II Living History Camp
41 minutesWe toured a reconstructed World War II U.S. Army Airborne Division barracks with living history enthusiast Greg Henesy, who showed us vehicles and detailed the 150 lbs of equipment worn by paratroopers who participated in the Normandy invasion on D-Day and other battles.
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History Bookshelf: Stephen Coss, "The Fever of 1721"
1 hour, 0 minuteStephen Coss talked about his book The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics, in which he recalls a smallpox outbreak in Boston in April 1721 that resulted in 844 deaths, a tenth of Boston's population at the time. In his book, Mr. Coss reports on the early use of inoculations to temper the fever. This effort was supported by Puritan leader Cotton Mathers, but was met with great resistance in spite of its success rate.
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American Relief Administration & 1921-22 Soviet Famine
1 hour, 0 minuteHistorian Douglas Smith gave an illustrated talk about his book: "The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin." In 1921, millions of Soviet citizens faced starvation in one of the worst famines in history. Vladimir Lenin's new Soviet government asked Herbert Hoover's American Relief Administration for help, and Douglas Smith argued that this was one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens in Washington, DC hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant
1 hour, 4 minutesTo mark the 198th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birthday, the Grant Monument Association hosted a discussion between retired Gen. David Petraeus and Elizabeth Samet, editor of an annotated edition of Grant's memoirs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this event was took place online.
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Origins of Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy
55 minutesHarvard professor Erez Manela talked about how Woodrow Wilson's American upbringing and education shaped his outlook on foreign policy as president, particularly his vision for the League of Nations in the aftermath of World War I. Mr. Manela discussed how Wilson championed self-determination and reform as "bulwarks" against both concentrated power and disorder. This video is courtesy of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Lectures in History: Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
1 hour, 16 minutesDuquesne University president Ken Gormley taught a class looking at constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He gave particular focus to the Watergate investigation and questions of control over Nixon's secretly recorded White House tapes, as well as issues surrounding Ford's pardon of Nixon following the 37th president's resignation in August 1974. Duquesne University moved its classes online due to the coronavirus pandemic, and video of the class is courtesy of the school.
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Wyoming Women's Suffrage
9 minutesWyoming's territorial assembly passed the Women's Suffrage Act on December 10, 1869, which opened avenues for the state's first woman bailiff, their first women voter and eventually America's first female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross. Laramie Plains Museum Executive Director Mary Mountain gave a tour of the museum's Suffrage exhibit and highlighted the women of Wyoming who became some of the most prominent pioneers in history.
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Reel America: "Welcome Home" - 1945
20 minutesAnticipating the return home of millions of service men and women after World War II, this film surveys the challenges they faced during years of war, their creative methods of coping, the new skills they acquired, and their hopes and dreams for future peacetime jobs.
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Reel America: "Victory Round-Up" - May 1945 United Newsreel
15 minutesThis U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on events relating to VE Day - the May 8, 1945 surrender of Nazi Germany. German generals are shown signing the unconditional surrender with Soviet, American, French, and British generals in attendance. Nazi leaders are taken into custody and celebrations are shown in Paris, Belgium, and Denmark.
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Reel America: "Discover America" - 1967
46 minutesThis United Airlines film narrated by actor Burgess Meredith takes a bird's eye journey across the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. "Discover America" was also the name of a public-private Johnson administration initiative which encouraged Americans to explore their country and foreigners to travel to the United States.
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Reel America: "Wonderful World" - 1959
45 minutesThis film funded by Coca-Cola takes a journey around the world celebrating cultures and tourist sites on six continents while also suggesting that people everywhere drink coke. This film from the Prelinger Archives was produced by Detroit's Jam Handy Organization, which made thousands of industrial and educational films from the 1930s through the 1970s.
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American Artifacts: The Road to Berlin Part 1
30 minutesKeith Huxen gave a tour of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, and talked about the "Road to Berlin" exhibit. Beginning with the Allied invasion of North Africa, this first of a two-part program tells the story of the American experience in the European theater up until D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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Lectures in History: Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
1 hour, 25 minutesDuquesne University president Ken Gormley taught a class looking at constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He gave particular focus to the Watergate investigation and questions of control over Nixon's secretly recorded White House tapes, as well as issues surrounding Ford's pardon of Nixon following the 37th president's resignation in August 1974. Duquesne University moved its classes online due to the coronavirus pandemic, and video of the class is courtesy of the school.
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Reel America: "Welcome Home" - 1945
20 minutesAnticipating the return home of millions of service men and women after World War II, this film surveys the challenges they faced during years of war, their creative methods of coping, the new skills they acquired, and their hopes and dreams for future peacetime jobs.
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Reel America: "Victory Round-Up" - May 1945 United Newsreel
15 minutesThis U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on events relating to VE Day - the May 8, 1945 surrender of Nazi Germany. German generals are shown signing the unconditional surrender with Soviet, American, French, and British generals in attendance. Nazi leaders are taken into custody and celebrations are shown in Paris, Belgium, and Denmark.
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History Bookshelf: Stephen Coss, "The Fever of 1721"
1 hour, 0 minuteStephen Coss talked about his book The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics, in which he recalls a smallpox outbreak in Boston in April 1721 that resulted in 844 deaths, a tenth of Boston's population at the time. In his book, Mr. Coss reports on the early use of inoculations to temper the fever. This effort was supported by Puritan leader Cotton Mathers, but was met with great resistance in spite of its success rate.
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American Relief Administration & 1921-22 Soviet Famine
1 hour, 0 minuteHistorian Douglas Smith gave an illustrated talk about his book: "The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin." In 1921, millions of Soviet citizens faced starvation in one of the worst famines in history. Vladimir Lenin's new Soviet government asked Herbert Hoover's American Relief Administration for help, and Douglas Smith argued that this was one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens in Washington, DC hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant
1 hour, 5 minutesTo mark the 198th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birthday, the Grant Monument Association hosted a discussion between retired Gen. David Petraeus and Elizabeth Samet, editor of an annotated edition of Grant's memoirs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this event was took place online.
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Origins of Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy
55 minutesHarvard professor Erez Manela talked about how Woodrow Wilson's American upbringing and education shaped his outlook on foreign policy as president, particularly his vision for the League of Nations in the aftermath of World War I. Mr. Manela discussed how Wilson championed self-determination and reform as "bulwarks" against both concentrated power and disorder. This video is courtesy of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Lectures in History: Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
1 hour, 16 minutesDuquesne University president Ken Gormley taught a class looking at constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He gave particular focus to the Watergate investigation and questions of control over Nixon's secretly recorded White House tapes, as well as issues surrounding Ford's pardon of Nixon following the 37th president's resignation in August 1974. Duquesne University moved its classes online due to the coronavirus pandemic, and video of the class is courtesy of the school.