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Duquesne 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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Anticipating 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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This 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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Jean Baker recounts the life of birth control advocate Margaret Sanger (1879-1966). Ms. Sanger, schooled as a nurse, became a vocal proponent of educating women on the concepts of contraception after watching a woman die of a self-induced abortion in 1912. Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, a predecessor to Planned Parenthood. Jean Baker read from her book before being interviewed by Cristina Page and responding to questions from members of the audience at the Tenement Museum in New York City.

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Hollywood celebrities participate in a Variety Club International televised tribute to President Ronald Reagan. This 10th annual tribute party was hosted by Frank Sinatra, and includes appearances and performances by Nancy Reagan, Vince Scully, Dean Martin, Charlton Heston, Burt Reynolds, Ben Vereen, Emmanuel Lewis, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, and Variety Clubs chairman Monty Hall.

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Gettysburg National Military Park ranger Angie Atkinson talked about the formation and combat experience of the Union Army's Irish Brigade. She described the standing of recent Irish immigrants in U.S. society before the war, and discussed the goals of the brigade's commanders and its battlefield actions from First Manassas through Gettysburg. The National Park Service recorded this outdoor evening program in 2014.

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The National World War II Museum hosted an online discussion with historian Michael Neiberg about the crises world leaders faced at the end of World Wars I and II. In a conversation with the museum's Jason Dawsey, Mr. Neiberg talked about the visions and strategies debated by leaders as they tried to decide how to deal with destroyed economies, failed empires, and competing political ideologies.

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University of Tennessee College of Law professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds taught a class about free speech and legal cases that have impacted the courts' interpretation of this part of the First Amendment. The class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Outgoing Western History Association president Martha Sandweiss gave an illustrated talk about how historians can use photographs, and the stories behind the photographs, to study and understand the American west. Professor Sandweiss has been studying and writing about photographs for forty years and argued that more historians should use photographic archives in their work. This was the 2019 Presidential Address at the Western History Association's annual meeting.

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Cornell University history professor Lawrence Glickman described how the modern concept of free enterprise formed in the 1930's, during the rise of the New Deal. He is the author of, "Free Enterprise: An American History."

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Retired U.S. Army Colonel and living history hobbyist Alexander Kose explains the history of the M4 Sherman tank and demonstrates how it works. The most commonly used American tank in World War II, there were more than 49,000 manufactured. They were also used by the British, Chinese, and Soviet allies, and were used by the U.S. Army until the mid 1950s.

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This 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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This 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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Keith 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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American History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the early history of Mobile, Alabama, and to visit Africatown, a National Historic Landmark neighborhood north of the city founded by former slaves who were captives on the ship Clotilda. Recently discovered under the mud of the Mobile River, the Clotilda smuggled approximately 110 kidnapped West Africans to Mobile in 1860. This is part one of a two-part tour.

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Descendants of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring slaves to North America, participated in a reunion called the "Spirit of Our Ancestors" festival in Africatown, near Mobile, Alabama. American History recorded portions of the reunion, interviews with attendees, and an interview with the organizer via Zoom.

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A French battlefield guide and an American historian toured the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in northeastern France. The last resting place of 14, 246 Americans who died in the region during and just after World War I, Meuse-Argonne is the largest military cemetery outside of the United States. The tour guides showed the graves of several Medal of Honor recipients and several nurses and civilians.

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This newsreel was part of a series produced in the 1940s and 1950s and designed for African American audiences. Stories in this episode include segments about Harry McAlpin, the first African American reporter to be given White House press credentials; athletes in competition at a track and field championship event in Chicago; and black troops fighting in the Pacific to take the Admiralty Islands with Gen. MacArthur.

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Then 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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The National Constitution Center hosted a conversation with historian Lori Ginzberg on the life and legacy of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Professor Ginzberg is the author of "Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life." The program began with a brief overview of the National Constitution Center's forthcoming exhibit, "The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote," scheduled to open in June of 2020.

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American History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the early history of Mobile, Alabama, and to visit Africatown, a National Historic Landmark neighborhood north of the city founded by former slaves who were captives on the ship Clotilda. Recently discovered under the mud of the Mobile River, the Clotilda smuggled approximately 110 kidnapped West Africans to Mobile in 1860. This is part one of a two-part tour.

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Descendants of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring slaves to North America, participated in a reunion called the "Spirit of Our Ancestors" festival in Africatown, near Mobile, Alabama. American History recorded portions of the reunion, interviews with attendees, and an interview with the organizer via Zoom.

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A French battlefield guide and an American historian toured the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in northeastern France. The last resting place of 14, 246 Americans who died in the region during and just after World War I, Meuse-Argonne is the largest military cemetery outside of the United States. The tour guides showed the graves of several Medal of Honor recipients and several nurses and civilians.

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This newsreel was part of a series produced in the 1940s and 1950s and designed for African American audiences. Stories in this episode include segments about Harry McAlpin, the first African American reporter to be given White House press credentials; athletes in competition at a track and field championship event in Chicago; and black troops fighting in the Pacific to take the Admiralty Islands with Gen. MacArthur.

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Then 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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The National Constitution Center hosted a conversation with historian Lori Ginzberg on the life and legacy of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Professor Ginzberg is the author of "Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life." The program began with a brief overview of the National Constitution Center's forthcoming exhibit, "The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote," scheduled to open in June of 2020.

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This 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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This 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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Keith 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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American History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the early history of Mobile, Alabama, and to visit Africatown, a National Historic Landmark neighborhood north of the city founded by former slaves who were captives on the ship Clotilda. Recently discovered under the mud of the Mobile River, the Clotilda smuggled approximately 110 kidnapped West Africans to Mobile in 1860. This is part one of a two-part tour.

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Descendants of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring slaves to North America, participated in a reunion called the "Spirit of Our Ancestors" festival in Africatown, near Mobile, Alabama. American History recorded portions of the reunion, interviews with attendees, and an interview with the organizer via Zoom.

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A French battlefield guide and an American historian toured the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in northeastern France. The last resting place of 14, 246 Americans who died in the region during and just after World War I, Meuse-Argonne is the largest military cemetery outside of the United States. The tour guides showed the graves of several Medal of Honor recipients and several nurses and civilians.

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After the passing of President George H.W. Bush in 2018, his Presidential Library and Museum opened an exhibit honoring the 41st President displaying items from his memorial services. Warren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, gave a tour of the exhibit.

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Then 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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The National Constitution Center hosted a conversation with historian Lori Ginzberg on the life and legacy of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Professor Ginzberg is the author of "Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life." The program began with a brief overview of the National Constitution Center's forthcoming exhibit, "The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote," scheduled to open in June of 2020.

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