C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule

The C-SPAN Cities Tour explores the American story with a look at the Women's Suffrage movement which led to the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote.

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The Legendary Ladies, a historical interpretation group, portrayed notable women from Western history including sharpshooter Annie Oakley and labor activist Mother Jones. The Golden History Museum of Golden, Colorado hosted the event and provided the video.

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Scholar Sarah Bell talked about the relationship between the Chautauqua movement and women's suffrage in the late nineteenth century. She explained how the educational movement evolved from avoiding women speakers in its early days to reguarly including pro-suffrage talks at its branches in Kansas and New York by the early 1900s. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum hosted this event and provided the video.

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A House Ways and Means subcommittee examines the coronavirus pandemic's impact to restaurant operations nationwide.

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A Senate Finance subcommittee held a hearing to discuss global trade competitiveness issues concerning online censorship by countries such as China. Actor Richard Gere, chair of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a non-profit group that advocates for democratic ideals in Tibet, was among the witnesses.

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The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hybrid hearing on U.S. copyright law, focusing specifically on the efficacy of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which outlines notice-and-takedown procedures for website hosts. Witnesses testifying included musicians, authors, professional photographers, film composers along with internet trade association leaders. Subcommittee Chair Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he is working with Ranking Member Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) to improve the DMCA copyright law.

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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute hosted their annual education summit. This portion included a conservation with Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO). Several topics were discussed, including the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on Colorado's school system and how the state has been faring since a majority of their public schools have re-opened during the pandemic. The governor also spoke about the important role the federal government plays in education and the need for vocational and skills training while still in school.

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The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets held a virtual hearing to examine corporate integrity and compensation during the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses specializing in business law and corporate ethics talked about compensation schemes that rely heavily on stock options and how they are regulated and disclosed. The primary focus of the hearing was on health care companies, particularly those involved in vaccine development, who had received large government contracts due to the coronavirus pandemic and how they were compensating their executives. This is the first portion of the hearing, before the committee took a brief recess.

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Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation and former U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security about the Trump administration's Afghanistan policy. Members voiced concern over the lack of protections for Afghan women and girls in the U.S.-Taliban agreement and questioned Special Representative Khalilzad on whether ongoing negotiations were addressing the topic. Representatives also discussed the rate of troop withdrawal, Russian influence in the region, Taliban relations with Al-Qaeda, and the prospect of peace in the country.

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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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This 1922 Ford Motor Company educational film shows how mail is processed and delivered. According to the National Archives, the original Ford catalog description opens with this sentence: "Uncle Sam's greatest workshop is the post office. Every hour 850,000 letters are delivered by its 350,000 employees. They handle one third of the world's mail."

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The 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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This 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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This 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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In 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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Filmed in the mountains of Kentucky, this documentary funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation was produced to show the educational and economic needs of rural, working class Americans. It features a struggling, undernourished farm family, and scenes in the nearby one-room schoolhouse.

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This City of New York Board of Education film promotes a program for gifted elementary school students by showing how they are selected and visiting classrooms to observe students and teachers at work. The film argues that future leaders in government, science, and business need to be identified and challenged early in their lives in order to reach their full potential.

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This film shows the wide variety of American businesses and industries that produce the materials needed to manufacture Chevrolet cars including cotton, steel, corn, lumber, glass, copper, and leather. Made in an era before auto factories were moved to other countries, "American Harvest" celebrates the domestic production of raw materials and the skill of U.S. workers.

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Intended to encourage careers in the dairy industry, this film shows jobs on the farm and in the production of various milk products. Produced by Vocational Guidance Films, Inc., this is part of the 1940s "Your Life Work" series of educational films meant to inspire and inform young workers in the wake of the Great Depression.

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This short film is part of the 1940s "Your Life Work" series of educational films designed to inform young people about job responsibilities in a variety of careers. This film shows several types of restaurants, describes the details of food service and the challenges of managing a successful dining business.

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This short film shows the variety of workers needed in the growing 1940s airline industry including in reservations, maintenance, sales, weather, and flight crews. The film is one of a series produced by Vocational Guidance Films, Inc. to highlight new career opportunities in the wake of the Great Depression.

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This police training film on how to properly handle protests and civil disturbances covers techniques for mob control and the use of equipment such as tear gas, smoke, and batons. The film is co-presented by educational film company Charles Cahill and Associates and Federal Laboratories, Inc., which was a manufacturer of a popular riot gun used to fire tear gas.

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Tear gas manufacturer Lake Erie Chemical Company created this training film to instruct law enforcement in the correct use of its products. After a classroom session describing the properties of tear gas and its potential use in a variety of situations, the film shows dramatized scenes including a labor protest, a prison riot, and a shoot-out with a gang of thieves.

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This U.S. Justice Department instructional video uses a dramatized protest to show police how and when to respond. The "Use of Force Model" is a scale that shows the proper level of force to be used in various scenarios.

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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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This 1922 Ford Motor Company educational film shows how mail is processed and delivered. According to the National Archives, the original Ford catalog description opens with this sentence: "Uncle Sam's greatest workshop is the post office. Every hour 850,000 letters are delivered by its 350,000 employees. They handle one third of the world's mail."

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The 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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This 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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This 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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In 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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Filmed in the mountains of Kentucky, this documentary funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation was produced to show the educational and economic needs of rural, working class Americans. It features a struggling, undernourished farm family, and scenes in the nearby one-room schoolhouse.

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This City of New York Board of Education film promotes a program for gifted elementary school students by showing how they are selected and visiting classrooms to observe students and teachers at work. The film argues that future leaders in government, science, and business need to be identified and challenged early in their lives in order to reach their full potential.

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This film shows the wide variety of American businesses and industries that produce the materials needed to manufacture Chevrolet cars including cotton, steel, corn, lumber, glass, copper, and leather. Made in an era before auto factories were moved to other countries, "American Harvest" celebrates the domestic production of raw materials and the skill of U.S. workers.

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Intended to encourage careers in the dairy industry, this film shows jobs on the farm and in the production of various milk products. Produced by Vocational Guidance Films, Inc., this is part of the 1940s "Your Life Work" series of educational films meant to inspire and inform young workers in the wake of the Great Depression.

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This short film is part of the 1940s "Your Life Work" series of educational films designed to inform young people about job responsibilities in a variety of careers. This film shows several types of restaurants, describes the details of food service and the challenges of managing a successful dining business.

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This short film shows the variety of workers needed in the growing 1940s airline industry including in reservations, maintenance, sales, weather, and flight crews. The film is one of a series produced by Vocational Guidance Films, Inc. to highlight new career opportunities in the wake of the Great Depression.

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