C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Origins of the CIA
1 hour, 21 minutesRichard Schroeder is a former CIA officer and author of "The Foundation of the CIA: Harry Truman, the Missouri Gang, and the Origins of the Cold War." He talked about the history of U.S. intelligence gathering through World War II and detailed how and why President Truman established the CIA in 1947 at the start of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Mr. Schroeder also told the story of the people instrumental in the CIA's creation, many of whom were allies from Truman's home state of Missouri. The International Spy Museum recorded this event in November 2017.
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Reel America: "To Help Peace Survive" - 1974
28 minutesThis Defense Department orientation film for soldiers assigned to South Korea gives a brief history of Korea and details the events that led to the Korean War and its aftermath. After detailing the war and the armistice, the film describes what life is like for soldiers stationed there and argues that there is much to see and enjoy in the country.
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Reel America: "The First Forty Days in Korea" - 1951
28 minutesThe first episode in the U.S. Army's long-running "Big Picture" series tells the story of defensive operations and delay tactics used early in the Korean War, when U.S. and South Korean forces were outnumbered and retreating. North Korean forces had crossed the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950 and invaded the South in an effort to capture the entire Korean Peninsula.
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Reel America: "Turning of the Tide" - 1951
28 minutesThis U.S. Army report describes events in Korea from August 10 to September 20, 1950 when U.S.- led forces in South Korea were in retreat, then held the line and carried out several counterattacks. The film shows the arrival of British forces, air support operations, defensive operations around Pusan, and the invasion of Inchon by General MacArthur and a subsequent drive to retake the capitall city of Seoul near the 38th parallel.
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Reel America: A Combat Weapon in Korea" - 1952
19 minutesThis U.S. Army film from the National Archives describes how psychological warfare was used during the Korean War. The film shows radio programming, leaflet production and distribution, and roving loudspeakers that broadcast across enemy lines.
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San Antonio Spanish Missions
6 minutesNational Park Service Park Ranger Anna Martinez-Amos explored the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park where she shared the history of the site and the influence the Spanish Missions had on the city.
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Reel America: "United Nations Aids Republic of Korea in Her Fight Against Aggression" - 1950
10 minutesThis U.S. Information Agency newsreel reports on the world crisis caused by North Korea's invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, and the response of the United Nations.
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Korean War 70th Anniversary
1 hour, 6 minutesWar erupted between North and South Korea 70 years ago on June 25, 1950. C-SPAN3's American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal looked back at the division of the country along the 38th parallel after World War II, its role in the Cold War and the conflict that led to the deaths of more than 36,000 Americans between 1950 and 1953. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Hanley, author of "Ghost Flames: Life & Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-53," took viewer questions.
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Oral Histories: Korean War Veteran Allen Clark
55 minutesThe Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. In this oral history interview, veteran Allen Clark talked about his experience serving two tours in Korea with the U.S. Marine Corps. Jini Shim conducted the interview in Fallbrook, California for the Korean War Legacy Foundation.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Dolley Madison
1 hour, 35 minutesGuests talked about the life and influence of First Lady Dolley Madison, focusing on her role in Washington society, her years as first lady (1809-1817), and activities in Washington after her husband's death. Locations for filming were the Red Room of the White House to hear the stories of her political parties, the Blue Room where she watched the smoke of British troops on the horizon as they advanced to the White House in 1814, her Virginia country estate of Montpelier, and the Dolley Todd house in Philadelphia. Guests also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications from viewers.
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Reel America: Oakland" - 1974
25 minutesThis KRON-TV (San Francisco) program investigates the history of police brutality in neighboring Oakland, California and documents a variety of efforts to reform the department, including the practice of audio recording interactions with the public.
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"Barracoon - The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'"
1 hour, 19 minutesDeborah Plant discussed Zora Neale Hurston's 2018 New York Times bestseller, "Barracoon." The book is a record of Ms. Hurston's interviews between 1927 and 1931 of Cudjo Kossola Lewis, a survivor of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to make the transatlantic voyage from West Africa. Ms. Plant, the book's editor, was the keynote speaker at the "Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival," a reunion of descendants of the slave ship Clotilda who founded the Africatown neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama.
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Reel America: "American Harvest" - 1951
30 minutesThis film shows the wide variety of American businesses and industries that produce the materials needed to manufacture Chevrolet cars including cotton, steel, corn, lumber, glass, copper, and leather. Made in an era before auto factories were moved to other countries, "American Harvest" celebrates the domestic production of raw materials and the skill of U.S. workers.
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Reel America: "The Dairy Industry" - 1942
12 minutesIntended to encourage careers in the dairy industry, this film shows jobs on the farm and in the production of various milk products. Produced by Vocational Guidance Films, Inc., this is part of the 1940s "Your Life Work" series of educational films meant to inspire and inform young workers in the wake of the Great Depression.
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History Bookshelf: Civil Rights Movement
54 minutesProfessors Elliott Gorn and Christopher Schmidt discussed the murder of Emmett Till and the lunch counter "sit-in" protests.
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Slavery in Colonial New England
1 hour, 3 minutesHistorian Jared Hardesty talked about his book "Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England," which focused on the region's involvement in slavery and the slave trade during the colonial era. The Hingham Historical Society and Abigail Adams Historical Society co-hosted the event.
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The Civil War: Sherman's 1865 South Carolina Campaign
1 hour, 30 minutesGettysburg National Militaryl Park ranger Bert Barnett detailed Union General Sherman's early 1865 campaign in South Carolina following his "March to the Sea" in Georgia. He explained how Sherman thought capturing Columbia and South Carolina railroads were more strategically important than taking Charleston, but wanted to keep the Confederates uncertain about his ultimate objective. The video was provided by the National Park Service, who recorded the event in January 2015.
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Cultural Institutions & Social Unrest
33 minutesThe Library of Congress hosted an online conversation between Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch about how cultural institutions can come to the country's aid during difficult times.
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Lectures in History: Atlantic Slave Trade
1 hour, 12 minutesUniversity of Pittsburgh professor Marcus Rediker taught a class about the Atlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas in the period from the early 1500s into the 1800s. He explored the origins of the trade with the Portuguese and Spanish soon after they discovered the Americas, and how plantations based on slave labor generated enormous concentrations of wealth. He also discussed how traders acquired or captured slaves on the west African coast, and details what the trip across the Atlantic was like for the enslaved.
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Oral Histories: Korean War Nurse Mary Reid
48 minutesThe Korean War began 70 years ago, on June 25th, 1950. It ended with an armistice agreement about three years later in July 1953. In this oral history interview, Korean War veteran Mary Reid talked about her training in the Nurses Cadet Corps and her experiences in Korea serving as a U.S. Army nurse. The Korean War Legacy Foundation recorded this interview in Washington, DC in 2015 as part of a project underwritten by South Korea's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
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Reel America: The Story of the Greensboro Four"
57 minutesOn February 1, 1960, four college students - Ezell Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil - sat down at a "whites only" Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Joined by black and white allies and enduring daily harassment and threats, the sit-ins continued for months. This award-winning 2003 film documents the non-violent sit-in protest with extensive interviews with three of the Greensboro Four, dramatizations, and archival footage.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 2" - NBC News Report
51 minutesOn September 2, 1963, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. Reporting from 75 locations throughout the United States, it includes appearances by well-known activists, scenes from historic civil rights events, and comments from integration opponents. This 50-minute portion of the report covers the sit-in movement, the assassination of Medgar Evers, the Little Rock, Arkansas school integration crisis, and other events.
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George H.W. Bush Memorial Exhibit
10 minutesAfter 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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Lectures in History: Atlantic Slave Trade
1 hour, 15 minutesUniversity of Pittsburgh professor Marcus Rediker taught a class about the Atlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas in the period from the early 1500s into the 1800s. He explored the origins of the trade with the Portuguese and Spanish soon after they discovered the Americas, and how plantations based on slave labor generated enormous concentrations of wealth. He also discussed how traders acquired or captured slaves on the west African coast, and details what the trip across the Atlantic was like for the enslaved.
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Oral Histories: Korean War Nurse Mary Reid
47 minutesThe Korean War began 70 years ago, on June 25th, 1950. It ended with an armistice agreement about three years later in July 1953. In this oral history interview, Korean War veteran Mary Reid talked about her training in the Nurses Cadet Corps and her experiences in Korea serving as a U.S. Army nurse. The Korean War Legacy Foundation recorded this interview in Washington, DC in 2015 as part of a project underwritten by South Korea's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
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History Bookshelf: Civil Rights Movement
54 minutesProfessors Elliott Gorn and Christopher Schmidt discussed the murder of Emmett Till and the lunch counter "sit-in" protests.
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Slavery in Colonial New England
1 hour, 6 minutesHistorian Jared Hardesty talked about his book "Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England," which focused on the region's involvement in slavery and the slave trade during the colonial era. The Hingham Historical Society and Abigail Adams Historical Society co-hosted the event.
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The Civil War: Sherman's 1865 South Carolina Campaign
1 hour, 28 minutesGettysburg National Militaryl Park ranger Bert Barnett detailed Union General Sherman's early 1865 campaign in South Carolina following his "March to the Sea" in Georgia. He explained how Sherman thought capturing Columbia and South Carolina railroads were more strategically important than taking Charleston, but wanted to keep the Confederates uncertain about his ultimate objective. The video was provided by the National Park Service, who recorded the event in January 2015.
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Cultural Institutions & Social Unrest
33 minutesThe Library of Congress hosted an online conversation between Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch about how cultural institutions can come to the country's aid during difficult times.
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"Barracoon - The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'"
1 hour, 16 minutesDeborah Plant discussed Zora Neale Hurston's 2018 New York Times bestseller, "Barracoon." The book is a record of Ms. Hurston's interviews between 1927 and 1931 of Cudjo Kossola Lewis, a survivor of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to make the transatlantic voyage from West Africa. Ms. Plant, the book's editor, was the keynote speaker at the "Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival," a reunion of descendants of the slave ship Clotilda who founded the Africatown neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama.