C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
1 hour, 18 minutesFormer White House administration staff members analyzed the work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. They focused on the presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush -- and included Barack Obama's 2008 election. The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted the event.
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Reel America: "Fresh Colors" - 1970
21 minutesDirected and narrated by Czech political refugee and animator Paul Fierlinger, this film shows his arrival in the United States, scenes of the failed 1968 student uprising in his homeland, and an animated history of the American flag.
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Reel America: "Vision USA" - 1974
25 minutesBetween 1972 and 1979, the U.S. Information Agency produced a series of half-hour reports for foreign audiences. Translated into many languages, the magazine format promoted American life in many forms, from arts to science and technology. This episode from 1974 features a pewter smith in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, the scientific benefits of scanning electron microscopes, Chesapeake Bay watermen, the new technology of quartz digital watches made possible by the space program, noted photographer Barbara Morgan, and a pedal-powered miniature car.
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Reel America: "Vision USA" - 1978
33 minutesThis U.S. Information Agency program from 1978 includes five stories: the sport of skateboarding, laser technology used to clean works of art, a company that investigates engineering failures, Jim Henson's Muppet studio, and a Texas community with an innovative computer-based security and emergency response system. Between 1972 and 1979, the U.S. Information Agency produced these monthly half-hour "Vision USA" reports for foreign audiences on life in America. Translated into many languages, the magazine format promoted tourism and American life in many forms, from arts to science and technology. This program is from the National Archives' motion picture collection.
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Thomas Jefferson on Declaring Independence
25 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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American Artifacts: American Revolution, 1760 to 1778 - Part 1
45 minutesTour of exhibits at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia featuring the story of the first half of the American Revolution, from 1760 to 1778.
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American Artifacts: American Revolution, 1760 to 1778 - Part 2
30 minutesTour of exhibits at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia featuring the story of the first half of the American Revolution, from 1760 to 1778.
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Reel America: "American Illustrator" - 1962
25 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film profiles illlustrator Norman Rockwell. Folk singer and songwriter Tom Glazer, who provides the soundtrack, visits Rockwell at his Stockbridge, Massachusetts home and studio to learn about his working methods, influences, and career. The documentary focuses primarily on the artist's work for the Saturday Evening Post, which over the course of 47 years featured more than 300 of his paintings on the magazine cover beginning in 1916.
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American Artifacts: "Rockwell, Roosevelt, & the Four Freedoms" Exhibit
50 minutesIn his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined what became known as the "Four Freedoms": freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. To represent these ideals, Norman Rockwell created paintings which became highly successful promotional posters for World War II war bonds. George Washington University Museum director and art historian John Wetenhall led us on tour of a Norman Rockwell Museum traveling exhibit which explores these paintings, Rockwell's career, the 75th anniversary of World War II, and contemporary works by artists reinterpreting the Four Freedoms.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Grace Coolidge
1 hour, 35 minutesAmity Shlaes and Cyndy Bittinger talked about the life and influence of first lady Grace Coolidge and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included role as a style icon, her causes, and renovating the White House.
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Reel America: "United Nations Aids Republic of Korea in Her Fight Against Aggression" - 1950
9 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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Oral Histories: Courtland Cox
1 hour, 46 minutesCourtland Cox talked about attending Howard University, his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, participating in the 1963 March on Washington, and serving as the Secretary General of the 1974 Sixth Pan-African Congress. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Reel America: "We Work Again" - 1937
15 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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The Civil War: Chris DeRose, "Star Spangled Scandal"
45 minutes.Chris DeRose talked about Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America. In his book he recounted the murder of Francis Scott Key's son, Philip Barton Key, by New York U.S. Representative Daniel Sickles in 1859.
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Reel America: "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
14 minutesThis World Health Organization (WHO) video documents and promotes the role of the United Nations agency in combating disease, beginning with a brief history of how disease has afflicted humans through history, and the story of the origins of the WHO.
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Congress, Political Parties & Polarization
1 hour, 1 minuteThe National Constitution Center in Philadelphia hosted a discussion on Congress, political parties and polarization from the time of America's founding through the Civil War to today. Speakers included historians Edward Ayers and Joanne Freeman and political scientist Norman Ornstein. This event took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic and the National Constitution Center provided the video.
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The Civil War: Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
45 minutesHistorian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication, "The Civil War in 50 Objects." In this program they discussed documents related to slavery, abolition and recruiting freedmen to the Union Army. This conversation took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New-York Historical Society provided the video.
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Reel America: "We Work Again" - 1937
15 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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Oral Histories: Korean War Veteran Baldwin Myers
1 hour, 0 minuteThe Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and ended with an armistice agreement about three years later in July 1953. The Korean War Legacy Foundation recorded this oral history interview with U.S. Army veteran Baldwin Myers in 2015. He talks about his time in Korea and how the experience shaped his life after the war. He eventually was diagnosed with PTSD. The interview project was underwritten by South Korea's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
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Lectures in History: The Civil Rights Movement
2 hours, 0 minuteUniversity of Washington professor Quintard Taylor looked at the civil rights movement from the 1940s into the 1960s. Professor Taylor focused on the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education, the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 1" - NBC News Report
1 hour, 14 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, the broadcast is organized into three parts, with each attempting to answer a question: 1) How did the civil rights revolution begin? 2) What course is it following? 3) What are the effects of the revolution? This 70 minutes is the first part of the report and covers slavery and Jim Crow laws, protests and violent responses in Georgia, Alabama, and Maryland as well as in northern cities such as Chicago, New York and Englewood, New Jersey.
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Oral Histories: Korean War Veteran John Jefferies
46 minutesThis was an oral history interview with U.S. Army veteran John Jefferies recorded in 2014 by the Korean War Legacy Foundation. He talked about his experiences providing medical treatment for North Korean POWs. The interview project was underwritten by South Korea's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
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Lectures in History: The Civil Rights Movement
2 hours, 0 minuteUniversity of Washington professor Quintard Taylor looked at the civil rights movement from the 1940s into the 1960s. Professor Taylor focused on the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education, the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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The Civil War: Chris DeRose, "Star Spangled Scandal"
45 minutes.Chris DeRose talked about Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America. In his book he recounted the murder of Francis Scott Key's son, Philip Barton Key, by New York U.S. Representative Daniel Sickles in 1859.
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Reel America: "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
15 minutesThis World Health Organization (WHO) video documents and promotes the role of the United Nations agency in combating disease, beginning with a brief history of how disease has afflicted humans through history, and the story of the origins of the WHO.
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Congress, Political Parties & Polarization
1 hour, 0 minuteThe National Constitution Center in Philadelphia hosted a discussion on Congress, political parties and polarization from the time of America's founding through the Civil War to today. Speakers included historians Edward Ayers and Joanne Freeman and political scientist Norman Ornstein. This event took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic and the National Constitution Center provided the video.
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The Civil War: Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
45 minutesHistorian Harold Holzer and Valerie Paley of the New-York Historical Society talked about artifacts featured in their joint publication, "The Civil War in 50 Objects." In this program they discussed documents related to slavery, abolition and recruiting freedmen to the Union Army. This conversation took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New-York Historical Society provided the video.
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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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Oral Histories: Korean War Veteran Baldwin Myers
59 minutesThe Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and ended with an armistice agreement about three years later in July 1953. The Korean War Legacy Foundation recorded this oral history interview with U.S. Army veteran Baldwin Myers in 2015. He talks about his time in Korea and how the experience shaped his life after the war. He eventually was diagnosed with PTSD. The interview project was underwritten by South Korea's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
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Lectures in History: The Civil Rights Movement
1 hour, 55 minutesUniversity of Washington professor Quintard Taylor looked at the civil rights movement from the 1940s into the 1960s. Professor Taylor focused on the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education, the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.