C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Historical Perspectives on Pandemics
1 hour, 7 minutesHistorians discussed previous global pandemics such as cholera, typhoid, and smallpox. They examined preventative measures, spread, and how the diseases affected different populations. This video was provided by the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research.
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Reel America: "African Americans in World War II - A Legacy of Patriotism and Valor" - 1997
1 hour, 9 minutesThis Defense Department documentary uses archival film and interviews with veterans to pay what the film argues is an overdue tribute to the contributions of African Americans during World War II. The film documents the barriers faced by men and women who volunteered to serve, and culminates with the 1997 award of the Medal of Honor to seven African Americans.
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Reel America: "The Army Nurse" - 1945
16 minutesAccording to this 1945 War Department film, 57,000 women served as Army nurses during World War II. Produced by the Army Signal Corps for the Treasury Department, this short film was released at the end of 1945 to help sell Victory Bonds to finance the care of wounded servicemen, and to show the critical role played by nurses during and after the conflict.
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Reel America: "The Army in Taiwan" - 1966
29 minutesThis Cold War-era film from the U.S. Army's "Big Picture" series focuses on the efforts of U.S. military advisers to arm, train, and help Taiwan prepare for a potential attack by Communist China. The film also sketches the history of the tiny independent nation off the coast of its giant neighbor, China.
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Reel America: "Movies at War" - 1943
25 minutesThis "Film Bulletin" produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps shows how training, informational, and Hollywood films were distributed by ship, airplane, train, truck, and sometimes camel to theaters during World War II. The film also shows a variety of improvised mobile theaters in Europe and the Pacific and includes scenes from some of the motion pictures shown to U.S. troops.
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American Artifacts: U.S. In France, Chateau-Thierry & Belleau Wood
45 minutesHistorian Mitchell Yockelson led a tour of American monuments, battlefields, and a cemetery in northeastern France to commemorate the centennial of several battles in May and June of 1918. The program began 60 miles from Paris at the Chateau-Thierry American Monument on a hill overlooking a small city of that name where American & French forces helped to stop a German offensive towards Paris. The tour continued a short distance away at Belleau Wood, where U.S. Marines fought Germans for three weeks. The program ended at the Aisne-Marne Cemetery, the final resting place of almost 2300 Americans who died in this region in 1918.
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Thomas Jefferson's White House
48 minutesJames Conroy discussed his book, "Jefferson's White House: Monticello on the Potomac," which examines the physical state of the White House during Thomas Jefferson's presidency and how he utilized the White House as a social and political tool.
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Thomas Jefferson's Life & Legacy
56 minutesUniversity of Mary Washington history professor William Crawley discussed the life and legacy of third president Thomas Jefferson, paying particular attention to his words and actions on issues of slavery and race. University of Mary Washington hosted the event and provided the video. It's from their "Great Lives" lecture series.
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History of UNC
6 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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Global History of the 19th Amendment
1 hour, 4 minutesHistorian Mona Siegel talked about her book, "Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women's Rights After the First World War." The Sacramento State history professor argued that a great diversity of women from around the world pushed for greater rights in the wake of the horrors of the Great War. Professor Siegel also argues that some of these women who were attending the 1919-1920 Paris Peace Conference helped push President Woodrow Wilson to support the 19th amendment. The National World War I Museum & Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.
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Historical Research in Fiction & Nonfiction
1 hour, 6 minutesTwo best-selling authors discussed how they use historical research in their work. Novelist Kathleen Rooney's latest is the World War I story "Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey" and Miles Harvey focused on his new nonfiction book, "The King of Confidence." The conversation was moderated by DePaul history professor Amy Tyson, and the University's English and History departments co-hosted this event and provided the video. Kathleen Rooney and Miles Harvey both teach in the DePaul English department.
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Thomas Jefferson's White House
55 minutesJames Conroy discussed his book, "Jefferson's White House: Monticello on the Potomac," which examines the physical state of the White House during Thomas Jefferson's presidency and how he utilized the White House as a social and political tool.
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History Bookshelf: Cara Robertson, "The Trial of Lizzie Borden"
49 minutesLegal scholar Cara Robertson examined the murder trial of Lizzie Borden in 1893. The case received international attention as Ms. Borden was tried for the murder of her father and step-mother in Falls River, Massachusetts.
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Remaking the FDR & Truman Presidential Museums
1 hour, 11 minutesCurators Herman Eberhardt from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Clay Bauske of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library talked about the factors that lead to the remaking of their museums and the thought that goes into overhauling their exhibits. The two also discussed what their jobs as curators entail. The FDR Presidential Library hosted this conversation and provided the video.
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The Civil War: Gettysburg & Antietam
1 hour, 18 minutesGettysburg College Civil War Institute hosted a online discussion with Scott Hartwig, former Gettysburg National Military Park historian and author of a book on Antietam. He described the changes in Gettysburg park interpretation and the addition of a new visitor center as well as how he got started researching the Battle of Antietam. Gettysburg College Civil War Institute provided the video.
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American Artifacts: World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel
41 minutesC-SPAN visited monuments, villages, and an American cemetery associated with the September 12 to 16, 1918 World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel, France. Locations included the Montsec American Monument, the villages of Hattonchatel and Saint-Benoit, and the Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery. The battle was the first independent operation of the American Expeditionary Force led by Gen. John J. Pershing. Approximately 550,000 U.S. soldiers participated.
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Lectures in History: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger & U.S. Foreign Policy
1 hour, 7 minutesEmory University professor Patrick Allitt taught a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and some of their key foreign policy initiatives. Professor Allitt focused on Nixon and Kissinger's attempts to thaw relations with the Soviet Union, which resulted in the first arms control treaty between the two countries. He also talked about their diplomatic overtures towards China, including Nixon's visit in 1972, which re-established official communications with the communist nation for the first time in 25 years. Later in the class, Professor Allitt and his students discused Kissinger's 1979 memoir recounting his activities during Nixon's first term. Emory University provided this video.
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America the Ingenious
53 minutesNovelist, historian, and journalist Kevin Baker discussed his book, "America the Ingenious: How a Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World." In an online event hosted by the Falmouth, Massachusetts Historical Society's Museum on the Green, Mr. Baker showed examples from the span of American history and described what he thinks are the key factors in the nation's innovative spirit.
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Reel America: "We, the Mentally Ill..." - 1955
29 minutesHosted by a self-identified mental patient, this "March of Medicine" television broadcast begins with a play about 19th century mental health reformer Dorothea Dix, staged by patients from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. The program then visits the New Jersey State Hospital in Trenton, which Dix founded, to observe crowded conditions in a plea for public sympathy and funding. The program also looks at advances in treatment using new medications, and includes an appeal for more hospital space by the New Jersey governor.
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Reel America: "Under Pressure" - 1965
30 minutesThis Louisiana Association for Mental Health police training film features four Cleveland, Ohio officers and the difficult situations they face on a daily basis. The two pairs of partners are shown dealing with reckless youth and criminals on the street, issuing traffic citations, resolving domestic disputes, helping with the mentally ill, and providing medical aid. The film also shows the obstacles police must overcome in trying to balance work and family life.
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Reel America: "The Inside Story" - 1944
27 minutesThis U.S. Coast Guard training film dramatizes the most common emotional problems a new recruit might experience when first entering military service. The Paramount Pictures World War II film profiles the lives of several fictional sailors, and includes animation scenes illustrating the workings of the unconscious mind, and the causes of anxiety, self doubt, and loneliness.
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Reel America: "Roots of Happiness" - 1953
23 minutesThis film by the Puerto Rico Health Department contrasts a happy family where the father respects and loves his wife and children with a struggling and unhappy family where hostility and neglect reign supreme. The film offers advice on how to achieve family harmony and raise well-adjusted children. One in a series titled "Emotions of Everyday Living" sponsored by the New York Mental Health Film Board, each episode was produced by regional health departments.
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Indigenous People of the Great Plains
12 minutesBill Mercer, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, guided us through the Native Lifeways of the Plains exhibition which showcases items from the indigenous people of the Great Plains.
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Lectures in History: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger & U.S. Foreign Policy
1 hour, 6 minutesEmory University professor Patrick Allitt taught a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and some of their key foreign policy initiatives. Professor Allitt focused on Nixon and Kissinger's attempts to thaw relations with the Soviet Union, which resulted in the first arms control treaty between the two countries. He also talked about their diplomatic overtures towards China, including Nixon's visit in 1972, which re-established official communications with the communist nation for the first time in 25 years. Later in the class, Professor Allitt and his students discused Kissinger's 1979 memoir recounting his activities during Nixon's first term. Emory University provided this video.
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African American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
54 minutesAuthor Brandon Winford discussed his book "John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights" with a panel of scholars. They examined the role Wheeler played in the civil rights movement in North Carolina through his position as the president of Mechanics & Farmers Bank in the 1950s & 60s. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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History Bookshelf: Cara Robertson, "The Trial of Lizzie Borden"
50 minutesLegal scholar Cara Robertson examined the murder trial of Lizzie Borden in 1893. The case received international attention as Ms. Borden was tried for the murder of her father and step-mother in Falls River, Massachusetts.
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Remaking the FDR & Truman Presidential Museums
1 hour, 4 minutesCurators Herman Eberhardt from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Clay Bauske of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library talked about the factors that lead to the remaking of their museums and the thought that goes into overhauling their exhibits. The two also discussed what their jobs as curators entail. The FDR Presidential Library hosted this conversation and provided the video.
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American Artifacts: Quentin Roosevelt Memorial
6 minutesU.S. Army Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's youngest son, was shot down and killed near the village of Chamery, France during World War I. American History TV visited a memorial fountain in the village with historian Mitchell Yockelson to learn about the death of the young aviator on July 14, 1918.
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The Civil War: Gettysburg & Antietam
1 hour, 19 minutesGettysburg College Civil War Institute hosted a online discussion with Scott Hartwig, former Gettysburg National Military Park historian and author of a book on Antietam. He described the changes in Gettysburg park interpretation and the addition of a new visitor center as well as how he got started researching the Battle of Antietam. Gettysburg College Civil War Institute provided the video.
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American Artifacts: World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel
41 minutesC-SPAN visited monuments, villages, and an American cemetery associated with the September 12 to 16, 1918 World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel, France. Locations included the Montsec American Monument, the villages of Hattonchatel and Saint-Benoit, and the Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery. The battle was the first independent operation of the American Expeditionary Force led by Gen. John J. Pershing. Approximately 550,000 U.S. soldiers participated.
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Lectures in History: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger & U.S. Foreign Policy
1 hour, 7 minutesEmory University professor Patrick Allitt taught a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and some of their key foreign policy initiatives. Professor Allitt focused on Nixon and Kissinger's attempts to thaw relations with the Soviet Union, which resulted in the first arms control treaty between the two countries. He also talked about their diplomatic overtures towards China, including Nixon's visit in 1972, which re-established official communications with the communist nation for the first time in 25 years. Later in the class, Professor Allitt and his students discused Kissinger's 1979 memoir recounting his activities during Nixon's first term. Emory University provided this video.