C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Reel America: "Famous Generals - Eisenhower" - 1963
32 minutesThis 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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Reel America: "Mister American, Dwight D. Eisenhower" 1952
16 minutesThis biographical film was produced by Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1952 presidential campaign and features his accomplishments during World War II and his role in the formation of NATO. This fourteen minute newsreel-style film was shown in movie theaters and distributed to civic organizations.
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Dwight Eisenhower 1952 Republican National Convention
17 minutesGeneral Eisenhower accepted the 1952 Republican Presidential Nomination.
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Reel America: "The Eisenhower Years" - 1963
21 minutesThis 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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Reel America: "Famous Generals - Eisenhower" - 1963
29 minutesThis 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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Reel America: Dwight Eisenhower 1952 Campaign Film
15 minutesThis 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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Reel America: "From the Heart of America" - 1969
19 minutesUsing 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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American Artifacts: World War II M4 Sherman Tank
40 minutesRetired 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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American Artifacts: Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
45 minutesWe see the new Frank Gehry designed park and memorial to the 34th president, Dwight David Eisenhower, which occupies a four-acre location near the U.S. Capitol and the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum. Our guide is Eisenhower Memorial Commission Deputy Executive Director Victoria Tigwell. Washington Post art and architecture critic Philip Kennicott is also interviewed about the debates over the design, and gives his thoughts on the architect and the completed work.
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The Civil War: Confederate Monuments & Memorials
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorians 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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Jacqueline Kennedy & the Mona Lisa
48 minutesMargaret Leslie Davis discussed first lady Jacqueline Kennedy's political and diplomatic coup in bringing the Mona Lisa to the United States despite opposition on both sides of the Atlantic. Leonardo da Vinci's famed painting was seen as a symbol of the free world at the height of Cold War tensions, and President Kennedy used its exhibition to promote democracy and American relations with France. Two million people saw the Mona Lisa in Washington, D.C. and New York City during the winter of 1963. Ms. Davis is the author of "Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy & Da Vinci's Masterpiece Charmed & Cultivated a Nation." The White House Historical Association hosted this event and provided the video.
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John F. Kennedy & Women's Rights
47 minutesAlan Price, director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, talked about the Kennedy Administration's efforts on women's rights. He explained that women's rights were a part of candidate Kennedy's platform and how that translated into the President's Commission on the Status of Women and the Equal Pay Act of 1963. The National Archives Foundation hosted this discussion and provided the video.
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C-SPAN Cities Tour Visits National Parks
1 hour, 25 minutesThe C-SPAN Cities Tour explores the American story with a look at America's National Parks. They visited eight parks across the country, including Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, and Gateway Arch National Park, featuring a mixture of natural beauty and history.
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Reel America: "Victory" - 1945
15 minutesThis U.S. Navy World War II combat bulletin begins with the successful test of an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert and ends with the Japanese surrender ceremony on September 2, 1945. The film also includes a look at the Soviet declaration of war on Japan, President Truman announcing peace terms, and scenes of victory celebrations in Washington, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City.
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Randi Samuelson-Brown, "The Bad Old Days of Colorado"
45 minutesIn its early years, Colorado was inhabited by an eclectic group of people from lawmen to ranchers to those looking to strike it rich in the gold mines. Randi Samuelson-Brown, author of "The Bad Old Days of Colorado," examined the unconventional beginnings of Colorado's history and the characters that helped shape this early frontier state. Golden History Museum & Park hosted this talk and provided the video.
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History Bookshelf: Ray Suarez, "Latino Americans"
1 hour, 5 minutesRay Suarez talked about his book, Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation, in which he discusses the history of Latinos in America going back 500 years. The book is a companion volume to a PBS documentary series. Mr. Suarez spoke at an event hosted by the Council of the Americas.
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Georgia's Milledgeville Asylum'
55 minutesThe Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum was founded in 1841 and would become the largest mental institution in the world. In her book "Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum," Mab Segrest looked at who was sent there and why, and how patients were treated, especially in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow eras. The Atlanta History Center hosted the talk.
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The Civil War: 1862 Confederate Raid on Chambersburg
45 minutesIn October 1862, Confederate cavalry under General J.E.B. Stuart pressed into Maryland and Pennsylvania -- including the town of Chambersburg -- to raid for horses and other supplies. "Emerging Civil War" blog managing editor Sarah Kay Bierle talked about this first major Confederate movement north of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Union response. This talk was part of a symposium on "The War in the East" hosted by the "Emerging Civil War" blog.
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National World War I Memorial
1 hour, 15 minutesSculptor Sabin Howard discusses the process behind creating a "A Soldier's Journey," the sculptural component of the new National World War I Memorial, which is being constructed on Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, DC. The National Civic Art Society hosted this event and provided the video.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
1 hour, 0 minuteProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures.
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1890s Colorado State Legislator Carrie Clyde Holly
1 hour, 0 minuteCarrie Clyde Holly served in the Colorado state legislature from 1895 to 1896 and was the first female legislator in the United States to have one of her bills become a law. Colorado State University - Pueblo history professor Judy Gaughan argued that while Ms. Holly's legislative career was brief, it was also impactful. History Colorado hosted this event and provided the video.
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Reel America: 1940 U.S. Census Training Films
31 minutesThe U.S. Census Bureau produced these three ten-minute films to help train the "enumerators" who knocked on doors in 1940 to record census information. The first film is a general overview of counting population. The second film describes how to record housing information, and the third film concentrates on agricultural statistics.
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Reel America: "The Big Count - The Story of the U.S. Census" - 1960
29 minutesThis National Educational Television broadcast from 1960 details the results of the 1950 U.S. Census. Host George Stone and acting director of the 1950 Census Phillip Hauser, also a University of Chicago professor, discuss statistics beyond population including housing, the mobility of the American people, education levels, and the general improvement in living standards since the Great Depression of the 1930s. This program was recorded at WTTW Chicago.
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Reel America: U.S. Census Bureau Promotional Films & Television Ads
18 minutesThis collection of U.S. Census Bureau films and television ads produced between 1930 and 2020 encourage the public to participate in the constitutionally-mandated population count. Earlier messages concentrate on how the census works, while later ones often include appeals by popular athletes, celebrities and public figures.
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1940-41 Buildup of U.S. Army
46 minutesIn September 1939 -- at the outbreak of World War II in Europe -- the U.S. Army had fewer than 200,000 men. Yet, by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 this army would grow in size tenfold and see the rise of future military leaders such as George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower and George S. Patton. Paul Dickson, author of "The Rise of the G.I. Army," explained how this transformation occurred and the impact it had on future wars. Heritage Frederick hosted this discussion and provided the video.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
59 minutesProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures.
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1890s Colorado State Legislator Carrie Clyde Holly
57 minutesCarrie Clyde Holly served in the Colorado state legislature from 1895 to 1896 and was the first female legislator in the United States to have one of her bills become a law. Colorado State University - Pueblo history professor Judy Gaughan argued that while Ms. Holly's legislative career was brief, it was also impactful. History Colorado hosted this event and provided the video.
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History Bookshelf: Ray Suarez, "Latino Americans"
1 hour, 5 minutesRay Suarez talked about his book, Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation, in which he discusses the history of Latinos in America going back 500 years. The book is a companion volume to a PBS documentary series. Mr. Suarez spoke at an event hosted by the Council of the Americas.
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Georgia's Milledgeville Asylum'
48 minutesThe Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum was founded in 1841 and would become the largest mental institution in the world. In her book "Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum," Mab Segrest looked at who was sent there and why, and how patients were treated, especially in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow eras. The Atlanta History Center hosted the talk.
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History of UNC
7 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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The Civil War: 1862 Confederate Raid on Chambersburg
46 minutesIn October 1862, Confederate cavalry under General J.E.B. Stuart pressed into Maryland and Pennsylvania -- including the town of Chambersburg -- to raid for horses and other supplies. "Emerging Civil War" blog managing editor Sarah Kay Bierle talked about this first major Confederate movement north of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Union response. This talk was part of a symposium on "The War in the East" hosted by the "Emerging Civil War" blog.
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National World War I Memorial
1 hour, 13 minutesSculptor Sabin Howard discusses the process behind creating a "A Soldier's Journey," the sculptural component of the new National World War I Memorial, which is being constructed on Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, DC. The National Civic Art Society hosted this event and provided the video.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
1 hour, 0 minuteProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures.