C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Lectures in History: Socialism in Early 20th Century America
1 hour, 14 minutesColumbia University professor Eric Foner taught a class on the rise of socialism in America in the early 20th century. He examined socialist movements in New York City and Milwaukee and discussed the multiple presidential campaigns of Socialist Party of America candidate Eugene Debs.
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Oral Histories: Korean War Veteran Harold Christenson
46 minutesAn oral history interview with U.S. Army veteran Harold Christenson that was recorded in 2015 by the Korean War Legacy Foundation. He discussed his service as a platoon sergeant, and the loss of two friends to the war within a few months of arriving in Korea. The interview project was underwritten by South Korea's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
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The Civil War: Chris DeRose, "Star Spangled Scandal"
44 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
16 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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Eleanor Roosevelt's Advice Column
1 hour, 0 minuteMary Jo Binker talked about and read excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt's advice column written for more than 20 years for "Ladies' Home Journal" and "McCall's Magazine." Ms. Binker is editor of the book, "If You Ask Me: Essential Advice From Eleanor Roosevelt." The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum hosted this event.
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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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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, 56 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.
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History of UNC
10 minutesUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill Archivist Nicholas Graham discussed the university's founding, as well as its role in the growth of the city of Chapel Hill.
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Oral Histories: Thomas Gaither
2 hours, 10 minutesThomas Gaither talked about attending Claflin College in South Carolina, participating in the desegregation sit-in movement, his work for the Congress of Racial Equality and helping to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. 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: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 3" - NBC News Report
49 minutesLess than one week after the August 28, 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. This concluding 45-minute segment of the sweeping report examines the question: what are the effects of the civil rights revolution? This broadcast uses NBC archival footage to cover early 1960s conflicts including school integration struggles in New Orleans, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Georgia, and concludes with a look at the March on Washington and arguments for and against President Kennedy's proposed civil rights bill.
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Reel America: "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
21 minutesThis World War II Combat Bulletin for military personnel covers the July-August 1945 Potsdam Conference meeting of President Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill. Other stories include fighting in Asia near Borneo and several reports about the aftermath of the invasion of the Pacific island of Okinawa. The U.S. War Department used these "restricted" newsreels to distribute combat developments to their officers and enlisted men.
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Presidential Descendants
50 minutesAt the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, descendants of Presidents Ford, Truman, McKinley, Johnson, and Theodore Roosevelt gathered to share their family stories. The White House Historical Association hosted the meeting attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendants of presidents from James Monroe to Gerald Ford.
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American Artifacts: Fort Monroe Casemate Museum
18 minutesFort Monroe Casemate Museum director Robin Reed gave us a tour showcasing the coastal Virginia fort's history from the colonial era through its completion in 1834, and its role in the Civil War.
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Carolina Basketball Museum
10 minutesThe Carolina Basketball Museum chronicles the history of UNC Basketball. Steve Kirshner, Director of Athletic Communications at the University of North Carolina, toured the museum and discussed the storied history of UNC's Basketball program, which dates back to 1910.
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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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FDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
1 hour, 2 minutesThe National World War II Museum hosted an online discussion on the development and use of the atomic bomb by the United States. Participants included President Truman's grandson Clifton Truman Daniel, FDR Presidential Library & Museum director Paul Sparrow, and historian Edward Lengel. Recorded online due to the coronavirus pandemic, the three talked about the secrecy of the Manhattan Project, the debates over using the new weapon, and the long term effects of the August 1945 bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan.
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Ronald Reagan Reader's Digest Interview
46 minutesReader's Digest Washington Bureau Chief William Schulz interviewed President Reagan in the Oval Office in June 1985. The president talked about his Hollywood days as Screen Actors Guild president, his approach to the presidency, and the challenges he faced, including the 1983 bombing that killed U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Ronald Reagan BBC Interview
48 minutesThe BBC's Godfrey Hodgson sat down with President Ronald Reagan in the spring of 1988 -- late in his second term. In this wide-ranging Oval Office conversation, the president talked about his work to restore the economy after he first came to office, his vision for U.S.-Soviet relations and arms control, the Iran-Contra controversy, his belief that he'd helped Americans regain faith in their country, and the assassination attempt that left him seriously wounded. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library provided this video.
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"Mrs. Roosevelt - Her Life in Pictures"
25 minutesIn this 1958 film, McCall's magazine interviews Eleanor Roosevelt on the occasion of the former first lady's 74th birthday. She looked through family photographs and told the stories behind them. This film is in the holdings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.
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American Artifacts: Fort Monroe Casemate Museum
18 minutesFort Monroe Casemate Museum director Robin Reed gave us a tour showcasing the coastal Virginia fort's history from the colonial era through its completion in 1834, and its role in the Civil War.
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Route 66 in Amarillo
12 minutesWe rode along with Nick Gerlich, author of, "A Matter of Time- Route 66 Through the Lens of Change", as he talked about landmarks from the highway that still exist today.
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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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FDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
1 hour, 0 minuteThe National World War II Museum hosted an online discussion on the development and use of the atomic bomb by the United States. Participants included President Truman's grandson Clifton Truman Daniel, FDR Presidential Library & Museum director Paul Sparrow, and historian Edward Lengel. Recorded online due to the coronavirus pandemic, the three talked about the secrecy of the Manhattan Project, the debates over using the new weapon, and the long term effects of the August 1945 bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan.
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Ronald Reagan Reader's Digest Interview
47 minutesReader's Digest Washington Bureau Chief William Schulz interviewed President Reagan in the Oval Office in June 1985. The president talked about his Hollywood days as Screen Actors Guild president, his approach to the presidency, and the challenges he faced, including the 1983 bombing that killed U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Ronald Reagan BBC Interview
47 minutesThe BBC's Godfrey Hodgson sat down with President Ronald Reagan in the spring of 1988 -- late in his second term. In this wide-ranging Oval Office conversation, the president talked about his work to restore the economy after he first came to office, his vision for U.S.-Soviet relations and arms control, the Iran-Contra controversy, his belief that he'd helped Americans regain faith in their country, and the assassination attempt that left him seriously wounded. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library provided this video.
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Reel America: All-American News - March 1945 Vol. 2
7 minutesThis World War II newsreel was part of a series produced in the 1940s and 1950s for African-American audiences. This episode includes women making munitions in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard & Gen. Joseph McNarney awarding troops of the 92nd Division.
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George and Barbara Bush Honeymoon Film
3 minutesWarren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, showed never seen film of George and Barbara Bush on their honeymoon at the Cloister Hotel in Sea Island, Georgia in 1945.
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"Mrs. Roosevelt - Her Life in Pictures"
15 minutesIn this 1958 film, McCall's magazine interviews Eleanor Roosevelt on the occasion of the former first lady's 74th birthday. She looked through family photographs and told the stories behind them. This film is in the holdings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.
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Reel America: "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
20 minutesThis World War II Combat Bulletin for military personnel covers the July-August 1945 Potsdam Conference meeting of President Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill. Other stories include fighting in Asia near Borneo and several reports about the aftermath of the invasion of the Pacific island of Okinawa. The U.S. War Department used these "restricted" newsreels to distribute combat developments to their officers and enlisted men.
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Presidential Descendants
51 minutesAt the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, descendants of Presidents Ford, Truman, McKinley, Johnson, and Theodore Roosevelt gathered to share their family stories. The White House Historical Association hosted the meeting attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendants of presidents from James Monroe to Gerald Ford.
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Oral Histories: Thomas Gaither
2 hours, 9 minutesThomas Gaither talked about attending Claflin College in South Carolina, participating in the desegregation sit-in movement, his work for the Congress of Racial Equality and helping to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. 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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American Artifacts: Fort Monroe Casemate Museum
20 minutesFort Monroe Casemate Museum director Robin Reed gave us a tour showcasing the coastal Virginia fort's history from the colonial era through its completion in 1834, and its role in the Civil War.
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Reel America: "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
20 minutesThis World War II Combat Bulletin for military personnel covers the July-August 1945 Potsdam Conference meeting of President Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill. Other stories include fighting in Asia near Borneo and several reports about the aftermath of the invasion of the Pacific island of Okinawa. The U.S. War Department used these "restricted" newsreels to distribute combat developments to their officers and enlisted men.
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Ronald Reagan Reader's Digest Interview
47 minutesReader's Digest Washington Bureau Chief William Schulz interviewed President Reagan in the Oval Office in June 1985. The president talked about his Hollywood days as Screen Actors Guild president, his approach to the presidency, and the challenges he faced, including the 1983 bombing that killed U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Ronald Reagan BBC Interview
1 hour, 13 minutesThe BBC's Godfrey Hodgson sat down with President Ronald Reagan in the spring of 1988 -- late in his second term. In this wide-ranging Oval Office conversation, the president talked about his work to restore the economy after he first came to office, his vision for U.S.-Soviet relations and arms control, the Iran-Contra controversy, his belief that he'd helped Americans regain faith in their country, and the assassination attempt that left him seriously wounded. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library provided this video.