C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Lectures in History: 1890s Growing American Internationalism
1 hour, 12 minutesBaylor University professor David Smith taught a class about the growth of the internationalist worldview in 1890s America. He argued that economic, moral and political impulses caused Americans to consider a larger role in the world for their nation. Smith then detailed the actions they took, such pursuing missionary work, arguing for the expansion of the navy, and searching for new economic markets.
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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
44 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
35 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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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 1
48 minutesAmerican 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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Clotilda Slave Ship Descendants' Reunion
47 minutesDescendants 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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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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Jacqueline Kennedy Televised White House Tour
55 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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Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1 hour, 5 minutesThe 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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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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American Artifacts: Pocahontas & American Indian Imagery
25 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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History Bookshelf: Sheila Tate, "Lady in Red"
1 hour, 0 minuteSheila Tate, former press secretary for first lady Nancy Reagan, recalled the personal and public life of Mrs. Reagan.
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The Civil War: U.S. Constitution and Secession
1 hour, 1 minuteDwight Pitcaithley is a former National Park Service chief historian and editor of "The U.S. Constitution and Secession." He offered an analysis of the 67 Constitutional amendments considered by Congress right before the outbreak of the the Civil War that sought to address the secession crisis. The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis hosted this talk.
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The Civil War: Civil War Origins of Frontier Outlaws
52 minutesAmerican Civil War Museum intepretation specialist Karissa Marken talked about Civil War guerrilla fighters who later became outlaws in the West including Jesse James, his brother Frank, and their gang. This event was recorded by the American Civil War Museum in June 2016.
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Historical Perspectives on Pandemics
1 hour, 7 minutesHistorians discussed previous global pandemics such as cholera, typhoid, and smallpox. They examined preventative measures, spread, and how the diseases affected different populations. This video was provided by the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research.
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Lectures in History: Spanish-American War
1 hour, 11 minutesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Joseph Glatthaar taught a class on the 1898 Spanish-American War. He described the military engagements in Cuba and the Philippines, but also outlined the United States' imperialist aims and the acquisition of Guam and Puerto Rico at the end of the war. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provided the video.
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History Bookshelf: David King, "The Trial of Adolf Hitler"
49 minutesDavid King recounts Adolf Hitler's trial for high treason in February, 1924, which followed his involvement in an attempted coup, the "Beer Hall Putsch," four months prior. The author reports that Hitler used the trial to promote his political ideologies and received the longest sentence of the ten defendants. He served nine months in prison, where he spent his time writing "Mein Kampf." David King speaks at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
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Reel America: "A National Program in the Tennessee Valley" - 1936
49 minutesThe Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) produced this film to show the construction of Norris and Wheeler dams and to promote New Deal efforts to expand access to electricity. The TVA, which still exists, was founded in 1933 to address environmental, energy, and economic development issues in a region hard hit by the Great Depression.
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Reel America: "We Work Again" - 1937
16 minutesThis documentary promotes Works Progress Administration (WPA) programs that put African Americans to work during the Depression. The New Deal projects include improvement of an airfield in Washington, D.C., construction of swimming pools and playgrounds in New York City, health care work, education programs, and support for the arts. A scene from the Federal Theatre Project Macbeth production in Harlem is shown at the end of the film.
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Reel America: "Let's Go America!" - 1936
10 minutesThis National Association of Manufacturers film was produced during the Great Depression to promote an optimistic view of the U.S. economy. The film shows dramatized scenes from the so-called "good old days" when Americans toiled for long hours with primitive tools. The 1936 film argues that American creativity, ingenuity and modern machines will make life easier and the future brighter.
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Supreme Court Dissenting Opinions
45 minutes"Dissenting at the Supreme Court" is a lecture series hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society. In this program, University of Arkansas Law professor Mark Killenbeck discussed several dissenting opinions delivered in cases decided between 1810 and 1927.
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Lectures in History: Spanish-American War
1 hour, 11 minutesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Joseph Glatthaar taught a class on the 1898 Spanish-American War. He described the military engagements in Cuba and the Philippines, but also outlined the United States' imperialist aims and the acquisition of Guam and Puerto Rico at the end of the war. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provided the video.
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The Civil War: The Union Army's Irish Brigade
49 minutesGettysburg 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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History Bookshelf: Sheila Tate, "Lady in Red"
1 hour, 0 minuteSheila Tate, former press secretary for first lady Nancy Reagan, recalled the personal and public life of Mrs. Reagan.
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The Civil War: U.S. Constitution and Secession
1 hour, 0 minuteDwight Pitcaithley is a former National Park Service chief historian and editor of "The U.S. Constitution and Secession." He offered an analysis of the 67 Constitutional amendments considered by Congress right before the outbreak of the the Civil War that sought to address the secession crisis. The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis hosted this talk.
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The Civil War: Civil War Origins of Frontier Outlaws
55 minutesAmerican Civil War Museum intepretation specialist Karissa Marken talked about Civil War guerrilla fighters who later became outlaws in the West including Jesse James, his brother Frank, and their gang. This event was recorded by the American Civil War Museum in June 2016.
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Historical Perspectives on Pandemics
1 hour, 6 minutesHistorians discussed previous global pandemics such as cholera, typhoid, and smallpox. They examined preventative measures, spread, and how the diseases affected different populations. This video was provided by the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research.
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The Civil War: The Union Army's Irish Brigade
49 minutesGettysburg 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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Lectures in History: Spanish-American War
1 hour, 10 minutesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Joseph Glatthaar taught a class on the 1898 Spanish-American War. He described the military engagements in Cuba and the Philippines, but also outlined the United States' imperialist aims and the acquisition of Guam and Puerto Rico at the end of the war. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provided the video.