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Tracy Walder is co-author of "The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists." She sat down for an interview about her time as a CIA special operations officer at the time of the September 11 terrorist attacks. She also discussed her decision to leave the CIA to become an FBI special agent focusing on Chinese counterintelligence. The International Spy Museum recorded this event in February.

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This 1950 newsreel covers the 5th anniversary of the June, 1945 signing of the United Nations World Charter and shows scenes of UN meetings during the Korean conflict. Other stories include a premature 1950 declaration of victory in Korea, President Truman meeting Gen. MacArthur at Wake Island, Marshall Plan progress in Europe, and a look at historic U.S. Patent Office models.

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The 1960s folk band "The Swingin' Six" stars in a U.S. Postal Service public service announcement explaining the zip code system, which was first introduced in 1963. ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.

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This is a U.S. Postal Service training film for the highly demanding job of Railway Mail Service postal clerk. Between the 1890s and 1960s, trains were the primary method for moving mail in the United States and thousands of specially designed postal cars were in use when this film was made. The service was discontinued in 1977.

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This Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film shows how the U.S. Postal Service works by documenting a typical working day in the life of a mailman.

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This U.S. Postal Service film documents research and development and lab tests related to mail processing, featuring technology designed to automate the movement of letters and packages and reduce the amount of heavy lifting done by postal workers.

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Alexandra Lord, Medicine & Science director and curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, talked about the museum's coronavirus pandemic artifacts collection.

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This newsreel contains the following stories: Geneva Summit of 1955; continued civil war in Saigon; Allied occupation ends in West Germany; Big Four nations end occupation in Austria; national air raid drill "Operation Alert"; "Survival Town" atomic test; final run of the 3rd ave elevated rail in NY; and a story on the USS Constitution - Old Ironsides.

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The National Museum of the American Indian's Michelle Anne Delaney traced photography's evolution while describing a selection of the museum's images of Native Americans. She also demonstrated how to navigate their online collection of 25,000 photographs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this program was recorded via Zoom.

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Doug Swanson, author of "Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers," talked about the history behind the myths of the storied law enforcement organization. He argued that while the Rangers emerged out of a wild and violent Texas, it is time to confront atrocities they committed against Native Americans, African Americans and Mexicans. The Texas Rangers mark their 200th anniversary in 2023. The Falmouth, Massachusetts Museums on the Green hosted this event and provided the video.

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Alexandra Lord, Medicine & Science director and curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, talked about the museum's coronavirus pandemic artifacts collection.

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This program looked at presidential retreats, with a focus on Abraham Lincoln's summer cottage, Herbert Hoover's Shenandoah mountains fishing camp, and stories about the Kennedys, Clintons and Obamas in Martha's Vineyard. The White House Historical Association provided this video.

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Archivist 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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Journalist & 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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Foreign policy strategist and American diplomat George F. Kennan kept journals over the course of 88 years. Historian Frank Costigliola, who edited Kennan's writings, examined this trove of ideas, anecdotes, and essays in a talk recorded in 2014. The Kansas City Public Library provided the video.

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The C-SPAN Citiies Tour visited Hawaii to learn about the history of the state from local experts and historians.

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Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn talked about their book 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, published by Times Books. It drew on interviews the two authors conducted with survivors, rescuers, and family members of victims who made last-minute contact with their friends and relatives. The authors detailed the events and obstacles faced by those in the towers that morning, such as assisting a wheelchair-bound colleague down more than fifty flights of stairs or attempting to open a jammed elevator. They also showed many slides of illustrations from their book. Following their remarks they answered questions from members of the audience.

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Congressional Research Services defense policy analyst Daniel Else explored the relationship between government-supported scientific research and the U.S. military from the Civil War through World War II. This partnership would develop into what President Dwight D. Eisenhower called the military industrial complex. The Kluge Center at the Library of Congress hosted this event and provided the video.

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Elmira, a Union prisoner of war camp located in New York, opened in July 1864 after many other Union prisons were at capacity. Almost 3,000 Confederate POWs died at the camp from disease, exposure to the elements or malnutrition during its one year in operation. Derek Maxfield, author of "Hellmira: The Union's Most Infamous POW Camp of the Civil War," talked about the conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. This talk was part of a symposium on "The War in the East" hosted by the "Emerging Civil War" blog.

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Historians Edna Greene Medford and Vernon Burton discussed the debate over Confederate monuments and memorials and shared their opinions on when such statues should be removed and what to do with them. They also talked about how we remember slaveholders such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and the ways memorializing the Founding Fathers differs from Confederates. President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, D.C. hosted this discussion and provided the video.

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This newsreel is a summary of the 1960 Republican National Convention in Chicago that nominated Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge.

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Eastern Connecticut State University professor Thomas Balcerski talked about the culture of Congress in the antebellum era. He described how members of Congress in the early 1800s bonded across party lines through tobacco use, social clubs, and living together in boarding houses. However, leading up to the Civil War these friendships and alliances disintegrated, revealing the sectional divisions in national politics at the time.

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Tait Keller, co-editor of "Environmental Histories of World War I" talked about the diverse ecological impacts the First World War had across the globe. He explained how these went far beyond physical changes to European battlefields, and included shifts in agricultural production and displacement of wildlife and humans. National World War I Museum and Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.

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This National Council for the Social Studies film covers significant events during the eight years of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Designed for use in the classroom, the documentary emphasizes major domestic and international challenges between 1953 and 1960 including the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and school integration, interstate highway construction, McCarthyism, Middle East conflicts, the Cuban Revolution, civil war in Vietnam, and relations with the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.

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This U.S. Army "Big Picture" episode traces the military career of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, from West Point to World War I, to his role as Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, and finally his efforts in organizing NATO. "Famous Generals" is a 1963 U.S. Army series broadcast on television as part of the Army's long-running "Big Picture." This film is narrated by Hollywood actor and World War I veteran Raymond Massey.

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This biographical film was produced by Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 presidential campaign and featured his accomplishments during World War II and his role in the formation of NATO. This film was originally titled, "Mister America, Dwight D. Eisenhower." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.

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Using excerpts from President Richard Nixon's eulogy, this film documents the funeral services of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He died on March 28, 1969. The film includes scenes of the funeral caisson on Constitution Avenue, services in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and Washington National Cathedral, and the funeral train from Washington, D.C. to Ike's boyhood home and final resting place in Abilene, Kansas.

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Retired U.S. Army Colonel and living history hobbyist Alexander Kose explains the history of the M4 Sherman tank and demonstrates how it works. The most commonly used American tank in World War II, there were more than 49,000 manufactured. They were also used by the British, Chinese, and Soviet allies, and were used by the U.S. Army until the mid 1950s.

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Eastern Connecticut State University professor Thomas Balcerski talked about the culture of Congress in the antebellum era. He described how members of Congress in the early 1800s bonded across party lines through tobacco use, social clubs, and living together in boarding houses. However, leading up to the Civil War these friendships and alliances disintegrated, revealing the sectional divisions in national politics at the time.

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Tait Keller, co-editor of "Environmental Histories of World War I" talked about the diverse ecological impacts the First World War had across the globe. He explained how these went far beyond physical changes to European battlefields, and included shifts in agricultural production and displacement of wildlife and humans. National World War I Museum and Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.

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Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn talked about their book 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, published by Times Books. It drew on interviews the two authors conducted with survivors, rescuers, and family members of victims who made last-minute contact with their friends and relatives. The authors detailed the events and obstacles faced by those in the towers that morning, such as assisting a wheelchair-bound colleague down more than fifty flights of stairs or attempting to open a jammed elevator. They also showed many slides of illustrations from their book. Following their remarks they answered questions from members of the audience.

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Congressional Research Services defense policy analyst Daniel Else explored the relationship between government-supported scientific research and the U.S. military from the Civil War through World War II. This partnership would develop into what President Dwight D. Eisenhower called the military industrial complex. The Kluge Center at the Library of Congress hosted this event and provided the video.

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Elmira, a Union prisoner of war camp located in New York, opened in July 1864 after many other Union prisons were at capacity. Almost 3,000 Confederate POWs died at the camp from disease, exposure to the elements or malnutrition during its one year in operation. Derek Maxfield, author of "Hellmira: The Union's Most Infamous POW Camp of the Civil War," talked about the conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. This talk was part of a symposium on "The War in the East" hosted by the "Emerging Civil War" blog.

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Historians Edna Greene Medford and Vernon Burton discussed the debate over Confederate monuments and memorials and shared their opinions on when such statues should be removed and what to do with them. They also talked about how we remember slaveholders such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and the ways memorializing the Founding Fathers differs from Confederates. President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, D.C. hosted this discussion and provided the video.

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We 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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Eastern Connecticut State University professor Thomas Balcerski talked about the culture of Congress in the antebellum era. He described how members of Congress in the early 1800s bonded across party lines through tobacco use, social clubs, and living together in boarding houses. However, leading up to the Civil War these friendships and alliances disintegrated, revealing the sectional divisions in national politics at the time.

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