C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Scotland & the American Revolution
1 hour, 36 minutesScottish historian Andrew Mackillop explored his homeland's role during the American Revolution. He argued that despite fighting for the losing side in the war, many Scots gained land and increased their social status after the war. The Museum of the American Revolution, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and Richard C. von Hess Foundation co-hosted this event as part of a three-day international conference.
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American Artifacts: George Washington's Crossing Reenactment
29 minutesLiving history enthusiasts gather to row across the Delaware River at the spot where George Washington and the Continental Army crossed from Pennsylvania to New Jersey on December 25, 1776. American History TV recorded portions of the reenactment and talked to the park's curator and several participants to learn what happened there in 1776.
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Reel America: "A National Program in the Tennessee Valley" - 1936
50 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
20 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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African American Soldiers & Post-World War I Activism
55 minutesChad Williams is the author of "Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era." He talked about the postwar activism of these soldiers, explaining how after fighting for the idea of "democracy" abroad, many returned to join movements aimed at securing more rights and better social standing for African Americans here at home. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri taped this event in November 2019.
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Race and Education in Fascist Italy
55 minutesEden McLean is the author of "Mussolini's Children: Race & Elementary Education in Fascist Italy," which focuses on the period between World War I and World War II. She explained how the fascist state used schools to advance its goals of building Italian racial pride and creating a new Roman empire. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans taped this event in February 2019.
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Reel America: LBJ "Peace Without Conquest" Vietnam Speech
35 minutesPresident Johnson spoke about the Vietnam conflict and U.S. policy in the region. Entitled "Peace Without Conquest," the address attempted to explain why Southeast Asia was of vital American interest. U.S. military personnel there increased from about 23,000 in January, 1965, to over 180,000 by the end of the year. The president spoke at 9 p.m. in Shriver Hall Auditorium at Johns Hopkins University. The address was televised world wide.
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Reel America: Amendment to End the Vietnam War- 1970
40 minutesA bipartisan group of five U.S. Senators appear in a television broadcast to discuss and promote a resolution to end the Vietnam War by December 31, 1970. The broadcast aired 12 days after President Nixon announced operations in Cambodia, and 8 days after the killing of four student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Senate Resolution 609, known as the McGovern-Hatfield Amendment, was defeated by a vote of 55-39 in September of that year. U.S. Senate historian emeritus Donald Ritchie is interviewed prior to the film for his perspective on that time in American history.
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Religious Influence on U.S. Politics
1 hour, 29 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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The Holocaust in One Eastern European Town
1 hour, 21 minutesOmer Bartov talked about the Holocaust experience in one Eastern European town that had been a community of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. Mr. Bartov is the author of "Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz." This program was provided by The National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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History Bookshelf: Jim Newton, "Justice for All"
54 minutesJim Newton talked about his biography, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made, published by Riverhead. He recounted the life of Earl Warren, the chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. He examined Chief Justice Warren's tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court where he presided over such historic cases as Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools; Griswold v. Connecticut, which established a constitutional right of privacy; and Engel v. Vitale, which outlawed prayer in public schools. Mr. Newton also focused on Earl Warren's earlier years as attorney general and later governor of California. After his presentation the author responded to audience members' questions.
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Stalin's Correspondence with Roosevelt & Churchill
1 hour, 6 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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The Civil War: Coffee and the Civil War
1 hour, 0 minuteThe National Museum of Civil War Medicine hosted an online conversation about soldiers' use and access to coffee during the war. Museum employees Jake Wynn and Kyle Dalton compared the experience of Union and Confederate soldiers and took viewer questions via chat. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine provided this video.
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The Civil War: Gettysburg & Vicksburg as Turning Points
52 minutesMatt Atkinson has worked as a ranger at both the Gettysburg and Vicksburg national military parks. He compared those two 1863 campaigns as turning points in the Civil War and explored why Gettysburg looms larger in historical memory than western theater battles such as Vicksburg. This talk was part of a symposium hosted by the "Emerging Civil War" blog.
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Miss Montana to Normandy
7 minutesBuilt in 1944, Miss Montana served as a C-47 military transport plane. After WWII, it would be used as a transport plane for forest firefighters. Eric Komberec, president of the Museum of Mountain Flying, talked about the restoration process and what it took to ready the aircraft for the flight to Normandy France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion.
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Lectures in History: 1980s Fitness Industry & Culture
56 minutesProfessor Natalia Mehlman Petrzela of the New School taught a class about the 1980s fitness industry and culture in the United States. She talked about new business models for group classes like Jazzercise, as well as about career opportunities for people who otherwise might only have had the option of being physical education teachers. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New School provided the video.
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African American Soldiers & Post-World War I Activism
54 minutesChad Williams is the author of "Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era." He talked about the postwar activism of these soldiers, explaining how after fighting for the idea of "democracy" abroad, many returned to join movements aimed at securing more rights and better social standing for African Americans here at home. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri taped this event in November 2019.
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Reel America: "All-American News" March 1944
10 minutesThis 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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Reel America: "Education '57"
31 minutesIn cooperation with Westinghouse Broadcasting, the U.S. Commissioner of Education presents a report on the status of schools in 1957. That same year, the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, which brought increased attention to improving science education. In 1957, prior to the 1979 creation of the Department of Education, the commissioner headed an office within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The report argues that teachers deserve higher pay, school construction needs to increase, parents must show more interest in education, and children should be encouraged to stay in school longer.
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Reel America: "And So They Live" - 1940
25 minutesFilmed in the mountains of Kentucky, this documentary funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation was produced to show the educational and economic needs of rural, working class Americans. It features a struggling, undernourished farm family, and scenes in the nearby one-room schoolhouse.
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Reel America: "Education for Excellence" - 1964
26 minutesThis City of New York Board of Education film promotes a program for gifted elementary school students by showing how they are selected and visiting classrooms to observe students and teachers at work. The film argues that future leaders in government, science, and business need to be identified and challenged early in their lives in order to reach their full potential.
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American Artifacts: Seminole Nation Museum
39 minutesIn the capital city of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Wewoka, we met Assistant Chief Lewis Johnson, who showed us artifacts and told the story of his people during a tour of the tribe's museum.
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Lectures in History: 1980s Fitness Industry & Culture
56 minutesProfessor Natalia Mehlman Petrzela of the New School taught a class about the 1980s fitness industry and culture in the United States. She talked about new business models for group classes like Jazzercise, as well as about career opportunities for people who otherwise might only have had the option of being physical education teachers. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New School provided the video.
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African American Soldiers & Post-World War I Activism
54 minutesChad Williams is the author of "Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era." He talked about the postwar activism of these soldiers, explaining how after fighting for the idea of "democracy" abroad, many returned to join movements aimed at securing more rights and better social standing for African Americans here at home. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri taped this event in November 2019.
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Reel America: "All-American News" March 1944
10 minutesThis 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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History Bookshelf: Jim Newton, "Justice for All"
55 minutesJim Newton talked about his biography, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made, published by Riverhead. He recounted the life of Earl Warren, the chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. He examined Chief Justice Warren's tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court where he presided over such historic cases as Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools; Griswold v. Connecticut, which established a constitutional right of privacy; and Engel v. Vitale, which outlawed prayer in public schools. Mr. Newton also focused on Earl Warren's earlier years as attorney general and later governor of California. After his presentation the author responded to audience members' questions.
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The Holocaust in One Eastern European Town
1 hour, 25 minutesOmer Bartov talked about the Holocaust experience in one Eastern European town that had been a community of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. Mr. Bartov is the author of "Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz." This program was provided by The National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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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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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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The Civil War: Coffee and the Civil War
58 minutesThe National Museum of Civil War Medicine hosted an online conversation about soldiers' use and access to coffee during the war. Museum employees Jake Wynn and Kyle Dalton compared the experience of Union and Confederate soldiers and took viewer questions via chat. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine provided this video.