C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Lectures in History: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger & U.S. Foreign Policy
1 hour, 10 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
51 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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History Bookshelf: Sidney Blumenthal, "All the Powers of Earth"
1 hour, 11 minutesSidney Blumenthal talked about his book, All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860, in which he continued his multi-volume political biography of Abraham Lincoln with a focus on the years leading up to Lincoln's presidential victory, 1856-1860.
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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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The Civil War: Juneteenth and Free Black Marriage
1 hour, 0 minuteAuthor Tera Hunter spoke with the co-editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era about the significance of Juneteenth and her book "Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century." Ms. Hunter explained the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth as well as how freed people navigated family ties and relationships after the war. The Journal of the Civil War Era provided this video.
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Progressive Era Tax Reform
1 hour, 0 minuteLegal and tax historian Ajay Mehrotra discussed his book, "Making the Modern American Fiscal State: Law, Politics, and the Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877-1929." He explained how and why the United States shifted from generating most of its revenue from consumption taxes to a national income tax with the passage of the 16th Amendment. The National Archives Center for Legislative Archives hosted this event in December 2014.
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Lectures in History: Electoral College
1 hour, 5 minutesUniversity of Utah political science professor James Curry taught a class about the creation of the Electoral College and explains how it works as a part of the presidential election process. Professor Curry taught the class prior to this year's vice presidential debate, which took place October 7 at the University of Utah.
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African American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
49 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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Bush Family Gravesite
5 minutesWarren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, took a walk to the burial site of President George H.W. Bush at his Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas. The 41st President was laid to rest next to his wife Barbara, and their daughter Robin.
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Former Senator Sam Nunn D-Georgia - the Cold War at 75
1 hour, 3 minutesThe Georgia Historical Society's senior historian Stan Deaton interviewed former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn about the Cold War 75 years after it began. Senator Nunn served from 1972 to 1997 as a Democrat from Georgia, and as Senate Armed Services Committee chair from 1987 to 1995. In 2001, he co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Senator Nunn reflected on his experience during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the leadership of presidents from Harry Truman to George H.W. Bush, foreign leaders who influenced events during the Cold War years, as well as the continuing threat of nuclear war.
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Henry Kissinger & American Power, A Political Biography
58 minutesVanderbilt University history professor Thomas Schwartz talked about his book, "Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography." After his talk, Professor Schwartz took questions from a panel of three foreign policy scholars. The Wilson Center and National History Center hosted this online event and provided the video.
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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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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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American Artifacts: History of St. Elizabeths Hospital 1852-2017
1 hour, 0 minuteTour of the National Building Museum exhibition that explores the architecture and history of St. Elizabeths. Opened in 1855 and originally named the Government Hospital for the Insane, the facility was the first federally-operated hospital for the mentally ill.
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The Civil War: Juneteenth and Free Black Marriage
59 minutesAuthor Tera Hunter spoke with the co-editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era about the significance of Juneteenth and her book "Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century." Ms. Hunter explained the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth as well as how freed people navigated family ties and relationships after the war. The Journal of the Civil War Era provided this video.
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First Lady Florence Harding
45 minutesCarl Sferrazza Anthony, author of "Florence Harding: The First Lady, the Jazz Age, and the Death of America's Most Scandalous President" discussed the life of President Warren G. Harding's wife, and dispelled some of the myths surrounding her time in the White House. The White House Historical Association hosted this event and provided the video.
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William Faulkner & Civil War Memory
1 hour, 16 minutesAuthor and Smith College English professor Michael Gorra discussed his book "The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War." The book examines how the legacies of the Civil War & the South's defeat are represented in Faulkner's novels. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and provided the video.
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American Artifacts: History of St. Elizabeths Hospital 1852-2017
59 minutesTour of the National Building Museum exhibition that explores the architecture and history of St. Elizabeths. Opened in 1855 and originally named the Government Hospital for the Insane, the facility was the first federally-operated hospital for the mentally ill.
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The Civil War: Juneteenth and Free Black Marriage
1 hour, 1 minuteAuthor Tera Hunter spoke with the co-editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era about the significance of Juneteenth and her book "Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century." Ms. Hunter explained the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth as well as how freed people navigated family ties and relationships after the war. The Journal of the Civil War Era provided this video.
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First Lady Florence Harding
45 minutesCarl Sferrazza Anthony, author of "Florence Harding: The First Lady, the Jazz Age, and the Death of America's Most Scandalous President" discussed the life of President Warren G. Harding's wife, and dispelled some of the myths surrounding her time in the White House. The White House Historical Association hosted this event and provided the video.
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William Faulkner & Civil War Memory
1 hour, 17 minutesAuthor and Smith College English professor Michael Gorra discussed his book "The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War." The book examines how the legacies of the Civil War & the South's defeat are represented in Faulkner's novels. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and provided the video.
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Reel America: "We, the Mentally Ill..." - 1955
28 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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Carolina Basketball Museum
10 minutesThe Carolina Basketball Museum chronicles the history of UNC Basketball. Steve Kirshner, Director of Athletic Communications at the University of North Carolina, toured the museum and discussed the storied history of UNC's Basketball program, which dates back to 1910.
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First Lady Florence Harding
45 minutesCarl Sferrazza Anthony, author of "Florence Harding: The First Lady, the Jazz Age, and the Death of America's Most Scandalous President" discussed the life of President Warren G. Harding's wife, and dispelled some of the myths surrounding her time in the White House. The White House Historical Association hosted this event and provided the video.
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William Faulkner & Civil War Memory
1 hour, 15 minutesAuthor and Smith College English professor Michael Gorra discussed his book "The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War." The book examines how the legacies of the Civil War & the South's defeat are represented in Faulkner's novels. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and provided the video.
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American Artifacts: History of St. Elizabeths Hospital 1852-2017
57 minutesTour of the National Building Museum exhibition that explores the architecture and history of St. Elizabeths. Opened in 1855 and originally named the Government Hospital for the Insane, the facility was the first federally-operated hospital for the mentally ill.
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Former Senator Sam Nunn D-Georgia - the Cold War at 75
1 hour, 3 minutesThe Georgia Historical Society's senior historian Stan Deaton interviewed former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn about the Cold War 75 years after it began. Senator Nunn served from 1972 to 1997 as a Democrat from Georgia, and as Senate Armed Services Committee chair from 1987 to 1995. In 2001, he co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Senator Nunn reflected on his experience during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the leadership of presidents from Harry Truman to George H.W. Bush, foreign leaders who influenced events during the Cold War years, as well as the continuing threat of nuclear war.