C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Lectures in History: Women in the Late-19th Century
1 hour, 10 minutesProfessor Heather Cox Richardson talked about the new roles women assumed in the workforce and in politics during the late-19th century. She described the gains women made in fields such as nursing, teaching, and social work. She also spoke about the growth of political organizations run by women that focused on issues such as Prohibition and women's suffrage.
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The Chautauqua Movement & Women's Suffrage
48 minutesScholar 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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Presidential Debates: 1960 Presidential Debate - John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon
1 hour, 4 minutesSenator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Vice President Richard Nixon met via remote link for the third of four presidential debates prior to the 1960 presidential election. Vice President Nixon was in Los Angeles and Senator Kennedy was in New York. The candidates responded to questions from a panel of correspondents. The debate was moderated by Bill Shadel. Other panelists included Frank McGee, Charles Von Fremd, Douglass Cater, and Roscoe Drummond. The candidates were questioned in turn and given two-and-a-half minutes to respond.
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1960 Presidential Debates
58 minutesWe look back at the first-ever televised presidential debates in 1960 between incumbent Vice President Richard NIxon and Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts with Barbara Perry, University of Virginia Miller Center presidential studies director.
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Presidential Debates: 1960 Presidential Debate - John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon
1 hour, 0 minuteSenator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Vice President Richard Nixon met in New York City for the last of four presidential debates prior to the 1960 presidential election. The debate focused on foreign policy issues, and the candidates debated questions introduced by a panel of correspondents. The debate was moderated by Quincy Howe. Other panelists included Frank Singiser, John Edwards, Walter Cronkite, and John Chancellor. The candidates were given eight minutes for opening statements. Each candidate was questioned in turn and given two-and-a-half minutes to respond. The candidates were given three minutes for closing statements.
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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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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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Georgia's Milledgeville Asylum'
49 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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Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
11 minutesTexas A&M University Corp of Cadets is a student military organization established in 1876. Col. Byron Stebbins, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commandant, and Cadet Colonel Daniel Strong, Deputy Corps Commander shared the history of one of the university's oldest traditions, the Corp of Cadets.
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End of World War II 75th Anniversary
24 minutesOn September 2, 1945, government and military officials from the Empire of Japan signed surrender documents in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing the Pacific War and the hostilities of World War II to a close. Japanese Emperor Hirohito had announced Japan's unconditional surrender 18 days earlier on August 15, 1945. To mark the 75th anniversary, the Friends of the National World War II Memorial hosted an online commemorative program, including remarks by Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Mark Milley and former NBC News anchor and author Tom Brokaw.
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End of World War II 75th Anniversary
1 hour, 11 minutesOn September 2, 1945, government and military officials from the Empire of Japan signed surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing the Pacific War and World War II to a close. The USS Missouri is now a memorial and museum docked at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 75th World War II Commemoration Committee hosted this ceremony aboard the ship marking the 75th anniversary of the surrender. Speakers included Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Mark Milley and Hawaii Gov. David Ige. The Defense Department provided the video.
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National Museum of American History Coronavirus Artifacts
23 minutesAlexandra 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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Reel America: "The Roswell Reports" - 1997
25 minutesIn 1995 and 1997, the U.S. Air Force published reports on the so-called Roswell Incident in 1947 in the New Mexico desert. The alleged sightings of aliens and UFOs have led to numerous books, conferences, documentaries, Hollywood films, and several museums alleging a U.S. government cover-up. This video companion to the Air Force reports argues that experiments involving high altitude balloons, parachute-dropped crash test dummies, NASA test flights, and several Air Force accidents were behind the public sightings.
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Reel America: "Angels in Paradise, Development of the U-2 at Area 51" - 1960
21 minutesAccording to the CIA, this film was made for family members of those working on the U-2 spy plane to inform them about the remote location and difficulty of working at Area 51, a U.S. military installation in Nevada. The film tells the story of the design, manufacture, and testing of the top secret U-2 plane between 1954 and 1960. "Angel" was a code word for the plane, which could fly at over 70,000 feet, and "Paradise" was a nickname for Area 51, which was a harsh desert setting with hot summers and cold winters. It is believed that sightings of the secret U-2 flights in Nevada were the source of many 1950s and 1960s UFO stories.
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National World War I Memorial
1 hour, 11 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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American Artifacts: Slavery & Freedom Exhibit Tour
30 minutesMuseum Specialist & Co-Curator Mary Elliott gives a tour of the "Slavery & Freedom: 1400-1877" exhibit inside the History Galleries of the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
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American Artifacts: Segregation Through Freedom Exhibits 1877-2000s
36 minutesNational Museum of African American History & Culture Senior Curator William Pretzer gives a tour of exhibits that cover the period from 1877 through the Civil Rights Era.
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Presidential Debates: 1960 Presidential Debate - John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon
59 minutesSenator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Vice President Richard Nixon met via remote link for the third of four presidential debates prior to the 1960 presidential election. Vice President Nixon was in Los Angeles and Senator Kennedy was in New York. The candidates responded to questions from a panel of correspondents. The debate was moderated by Bill Shadel. Other panelists included Frank McGee, Charles Von Fremd, Douglass Cater, and Roscoe Drummond. The candidates were questioned in turn and given two-and-a-half minutes to respond.
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1960 Presidential Debates
1 hour, 2 minutesWe looked back 60 years at the first-ever televised presidential debates in the fall of 1960 between incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Barbara Perry, presidential studies director at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, talked about how the debates came to be, the issues, the candidates and how the debates created public expectations for later presidential campaigns. This was a co-production of American History TV and the Washington Journal.
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Presidential Debates: 1960 Presidential Debate - John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon
59 minutesSenator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Vice President Richard Nixon met in New York City for the last of four presidential debates prior to the 1960 presidential election. The debate focused on foreign policy issues, and the candidates debated questions introduced by a panel of correspondents. The debate was moderated by Quincy Howe. Other panelists included Frank Singiser, John Edwards, Walter Cronkite, and John Chancellor. The candidates were given eight minutes for opening statements. Each candidate was questioned in turn and given two-and-a-half minutes to respond. The candidates were given three minutes for closing statements.
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American Artifacts: Slavery & Freedom Exhibit Tour
30 minutesMuseum Specialist & Co-Curator Mary Elliott gives a tour of the "Slavery & Freedom: 1400-1877" exhibit inside the History Galleries of the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
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American Artifacts: Segregation Through Freedom Exhibits 1877-2000s
35 minutesNational Museum of African American History & Culture Senior Curator William Pretzer gives a tour of exhibits that cover the period from 1877 through the Civil Rights Era.
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Presidential Debates: 1960 Presidential Debate - John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon
1 hour, 0 minuteSenator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Vice President Richard Nixon met via remote link for the third of four presidential debates prior to the 1960 presidential election. Vice President Nixon was in Los Angeles and Senator Kennedy was in New York. The candidates responded to questions from a panel of correspondents. The debate was moderated by Bill Shadel. Other panelists included Frank McGee, Charles Von Fremd, Douglass Cater, and Roscoe Drummond. The candidates were questioned in turn and given two-and-a-half minutes to respond.
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1960 Presidential Debates
1 hour, 2 minutesWe looked back 60 years at the first-ever televised presidential debates in the fall of 1960 between incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Barbara Perry, presidential studies director at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, talked about how the debates came to be, the issues, the candidates and how the debates created public expectations for later presidential campaigns. This was a co-production of American History TV and the Washington Journal.
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Presidential Debates: 1960 Presidential Debate - John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon
59 minutesSenator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Vice President Richard Nixon met in New York City for the last of four presidential debates prior to the 1960 presidential election. The debate focused on foreign policy issues, and the candidates debated questions introduced by a panel of correspondents. The debate was moderated by Quincy Howe. Other panelists included Frank Singiser, John Edwards, Walter Cronkite, and John Chancellor. The candidates were given eight minutes for opening statements. Each candidate was questioned in turn and given two-and-a-half minutes to respond. The candidates were given three minutes for closing statements.
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Reel America: "The Roswell Reports" - 1997
26 minutesIn 1995 and 1997, the U.S. Air Force published reports on the so-called Roswell Incident in 1947 in the New Mexico desert. The alleged sightings of aliens and UFOs have led to numerous books, conferences, documentaries, Hollywood films, and several museums alleging a U.S. government cover-up. This video companion to the Air Force reports argues that experiments involving high altitude balloons, parachute-dropped crash test dummies, NASA test flights, and several Air Force accidents were behind the public sightings.
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Reel America: "Angels in Paradise, Development of the U-2 at Area 51" - 1960
21 minutesAccording to the CIA, this film was made for family members of those working on the U-2 spy plane to inform them about the remote location and difficulty of working at Area 51, a U.S. military installation in Nevada. The film tells the story of the design, manufacture, and testing of the top secret U-2 plane between 1954 and 1960. "Angel" was a code word for the plane, which could fly at over 70,000 feet, and "Paradise" was a nickname for Area 51, which was a harsh desert setting with hot summers and cold winters. It is believed that sightings of the secret U-2 flights in Nevada were the source of many 1950s and 1960s UFO stories.
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National World War I Memorial
1 hour, 11 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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American Artifacts: Slavery & Freedom Exhibit Tour
30 minutesMuseum Specialist & Co-Curator Mary Elliott gives a tour of the "Slavery & Freedom: 1400-1877" exhibit inside the History Galleries of the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
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American Artifacts: Segregation Through Freedom Exhibits 1877-2000s
34 minutesNational Museum of African American History & Culture Senior Curator William Pretzer gives a tour of exhibits that cover the period from 1877 through the Civil Rights Era.
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President Eisenhower & Infrastructure
44 minutesThe U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted a discussion about President Eisenhower's work to build up the nation's infrastructure in the post-World War II years with an interstate highway system, construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the creation of what became the Federal Aviation Administration.
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C-SPAN Cities Tour- The Atomic Bomb
35 minutesThe C-SPAN Cities Tour explores the American story with a look at the creation and use of the first atomic weapon by the United States on Japan in 1945.
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End of World War II 75th Anniversary
25 minutesOn September 2, 1945, government and military officials from the Empire of Japan signed surrender documents in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing the Pacific War and the hostilities of World War II to a close. Japanese Emperor Hirohito had announced Japan's unconditional surrender 18 days earlier on August 15, 1945. To mark the 75th anniversary, the Friends of the National World War II Memorial hosted an online commemorative program, including remarks by Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Mark Milley and former NBC News anchor and author Tom Brokaw.
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End of World War II 75th Anniversary
1 hour, 11 minutesOn September 2, 1945, government and military officials from the Empire of Japan signed surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing the Pacific War and World War II to a close. The USS Missouri is now a memorial and museum docked at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 75th World War II Commemoration Committee hosted this ceremony aboard the ship marking the 75th anniversary of the surrender. Speakers included Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Mark Milley and Hawaii Gov. David Ige. The Defense Department provided the video.