C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Lou Hoover's 1921 Cross Country Road Trip
22 minutesArchivist Craig Wright talked about a fall 1921 road trip that future first lady Lou Hoover took with her newly widowed father -- traveling from California to Washington, D.C., long before there was an interstate highway system. Her father documented the September 12 to October 16 trip down to how much they spent on gas. His four page summary is in the collection of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, and is quoted during this talk. The Hoover Presidential Foundation provided this video.
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The Civil War: Civil War Soldiers' Nutrition and Hygiene
50 minutesThe National Museum of Civil War Medicine hosted an online discussion with John Heckman, known as "The Tattooed Historian," about Civil War soldiers' nutrition and hygiene. He described what type of food would have been in their rations, how they might have cooked it, and their access to items like toothpaste and toilet paper. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine provided this video.
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Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary
1 hour, 5 minutesOn August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Colleen Shogan, Vice Chair of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, joined us to take viewer calls and tweets during a live program looking at the decades-long fight to win the vote, the amendment's ratification and its legacy.
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History Bookshelf: Miriam Pawel, "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"
50 minutesMiriam Pawel talked about her book, The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography, in which she chronicles the life and activism of United Farm Workers co-founder and president Cesar Chavez. This event took place at the second annual San Antonio Book Festival, held on April 5, 2014, and was filmed in the auditorium of the San Antonio Central Library.
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American Artifacts: Ellis Island Immigration Museum
44 minutesNational Park Service Ranger Peter Urban gives a tour of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City and shows how some 12 million immigrants were processed in the facility. The tour includes archival photographs and films of the immigrant experience.
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1919 "Red Summer" & Racial Unrest
1 hour, 22 minutesJournalist & author Cameron McWhirter and historian Saje Mathieu discussed what's known as the "Red Summer" of 1919, a months-long period of racial unrest and violence against African Americans -- including World War I veterans -- in multiple cities and states. The National World War I Museum & Memorial, National Archives at Kansas City, and Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group co-hosted this event. The National World War I Museum provided the video.
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
2 hours, 4 minutesAugust 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, with the U.S. dropping a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days later. Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, with the formal surrender ceremony taking place on September 2 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal were LIVE on this morning of the Hiroshima anniversary to look at the strategic situation in the war's Pacific theater leading up to the bombings, President Harry Truman's decision to use the new weapon, and the legacy of these atomic attacks. Guests included Ian Toll, author of "Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945" and President Truman's grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel.
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Oral Histories: Eugene DiSabatino
1 hour, 5 minutesWorld War II Army veteran Eugene DiSabatino talked about his assignment to the Manhattan Project, which included being stationed at Los Alamos and accompanying the second bomb to Japan. This interview was recorded in 2012 by the National World War II Museum.
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
1 hour, 5 minutesAugust 9 marks 75 years since the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan, devastating the city of Nagasaki three days after the first attack on Hiroshima. Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, with the formal surrender ceremony taking place on September 2 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal were LIVE on this morning of the Nagasaki anniversary to examine President Harry Truman's decision to use the new weapon and the legacy of these atomic attacks. Guests included Richard Frank, author of "Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire," and Peter Kuznick, director of American University's Nuclear Studies Institute.
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Reel America: July 1960 Universal Newsreel
3 minutesThis newsreel includes stories about Texas Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson's nomination at the Democratic National Convention as John Kennedy's running mate, and the Republican National Convention starting in Chicago.
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Reel America: August 28, 1960 Universal Newsreel
7 minutesThis newsreel includes stories about protests in the Congo, Britain's demonstration of tank destroying missiles, and the opening day of the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
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Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary
1 hour, 5 minutesOn August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Colleen Shogan, Vice Chair of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, joined us to take viewer calls and tweets during a live program looking at the decades-long fight to win the vote, the amendment's ratification and its legacy.
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Life of Hollywood Artist Milicent Patrick
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor and filmmaker Mallory O'Meara discussed her book, "The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick," which explores the life of the Disney animator, actor, and make-up artist who designed the iconic "Creature from the Black Lagoon" costume. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and provided the video.
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1919 "Red Summer" & Racial Unrest
1 hour, 22 minutesJournalist & author Cameron McWhirter and historian Saje Mathieu discussed what's known as the "Red Summer" of 1919, a months-long period of racial unrest and violence against African Americans -- including World War I veterans -- in multiple cities and states. The National World War I Museum & Memorial, National Archives at Kansas City, and Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group co-hosted this event. The National World War I Museum provided the video.
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
2 hours, 5 minutesAugust 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, with the U.S. dropping a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days later. Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, with the formal surrender ceremony taking place on September 2 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal were LIVE on this morning of the Hiroshima anniversary to look at the strategic situation in the war's Pacific theater leading up to the bombings, President Harry Truman's decision to use the new weapon, and the legacy of these atomic attacks. Guests included Ian Toll, author of "Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945" and President Truman's grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel.
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Oral Histories: Eugene DiSabatino
1 hour, 5 minutesWorld War II Army veteran Eugene DiSabatino talked about his assignment to the Manhattan Project, which included being stationed at Los Alamos and accompanying the second bomb to Japan. This interview was recorded in 2012 by the National World War II Museum.
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
1 hour, 8 minutesAugust 9 marks 75 years since the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan, devastating the city of Nagasaki three days after the first attack on Hiroshima. Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, with the formal surrender ceremony taking place on September 2 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal were LIVE on this morning of the Nagasaki anniversary to examine President Harry Truman's decision to use the new weapon and the legacy of these atomic attacks. Guests included Richard Frank, author of "Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire," and Peter Kuznick, director of American University's Nuclear Studies Institute.
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Oral Histories: World War II Veteran Ben Bederson
1 hour, 30 minutesIn this National World War II Museum oral history recorded in 2016, Army veteran Ben Bederson talked about his assignment to the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos and working on the ignition switches of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
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Reel America: July 1960 Universal Newsreel
3 minutesThis newsreel includes stories about Texas Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson's nomination at the Democratic National Convention as John Kennedy's running mate, and the Republican National Convention starting in Chicago.
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Reel America: August 28, 1960 Universal Newsreel
7 minutesThis newsreel includes stories about protests in the Congo, Britain's demonstration of tank destroying missiles, and the opening day of the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
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Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary
1 hour, 5 minutesOn August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Colleen Shogan, Vice Chair of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, joined us to take viewer calls and tweets during a live program looking at the decades-long fight to win the vote, the amendment's ratification and its legacy.
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Soviet Spy Klaus Fuchs
55 minutesNancy Thorndike Greenspan talked about her book, "Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs," which looks at the life of the spy who gave the Soviets America's plans for a plutonium bomb. The Leon Levy Center for Biography at the City University of New York hosted this event and provided the video.
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History Bookshelf: Miriam Pawel, "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"
47 minutesMiriam Pawel talked about her book, The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography, in which she chronicles the life and activism of United Farm Workers co-founder and president Cesar Chavez. This event took place at the second annual San Antonio Book Festival, held on April 5, 2014, and was filmed in the auditorium of the San Antonio Central Library.
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Rufus Edmisten & Richard Nixon's Impeachment
13 minutesRufus Edmisten served as the deputy chief counsel on the Senate Watergate Committee, which was chaired by North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin. In his book, "That's Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Hell Politics, Watergate and Public Life," Mr. Edmisten talked about delivering a subpoena to President Nixon in 1973.
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American Artifacts: Ellis Island Immigration Museum
41 minutesNational Park Service Ranger Peter Urban gives a tour of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City and shows how some 12 million immigrants were processed in the facility. The tour includes archival photographs and films of the immigrant experience.
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Life of Hollywood Artist Milicent Patrick
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor and filmmaker Mallory O'Meara discussed her book, "The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick," which explores the life of the Disney animator, actor, and make-up artist who designed the iconic "Creature from the Black Lagoon" costume. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and provided the video.
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1919 "Red Summer" & Racial Unrest
1 hour, 21 minutesJournalist & author Cameron McWhirter and historian Saje Mathieu discussed what's known as the "Red Summer" of 1919, a months-long period of racial unrest and violence against African Americans -- including World War I veterans -- in multiple cities and states. The National World War I Museum & Memorial, National Archives at Kansas City, and Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group co-hosted this event. The National World War I Museum provided the video.