C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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American Artifacts: Meadowcroft Rockshelter
51 minutesArchaeologist James Adovasio talked about his work sifting through layers of human history dating back 19,000 years inside a rural Pennsylvania stream valley rock shelter. He explained why this and other locations have led to revised theories about when humans arrived in the Americas.
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American Artifacts: Fort Monroe Casemate Museum
20 minutesFort Monroe Casemate Museum director Robin Reed gave us a tour showcasing the coastal Virginia fort's history from the colonial era through its completion in 1834, and its role in the Civil War.
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American Artifacts: Mayo Clinic
27 minutesThe Mayo Clinic is consistently ranked as one of the top hospitals in America. Brothers William and Charlie Mayo founded the clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in 1889. Learn about the origins of Mayo and how it grew to become a world-renown medical facility.
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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
33 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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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
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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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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1918 Flu Pandemic
1 hour, 42 minutesThe 1918 flu pandemic altered American life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Conflicting information left people wary and fearful, college classes were held outside, sports were cancelled, masks were challenged as un-American and fines imposed on those who refused to wear them. Christopher McKnight Nichols recounted how the country experienced the events of a century ago and the lessons we might learn. He directs Oregon State University's Center for the Humanities. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event and provided the video.
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Reel America: "Zip Code with the Swingin' Six" - 1967
18 minutesThe 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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History Bookshelf: Lawrence Kudlow & Brian Domitrovic, "JFK and the Reagan Revolution"
54 minutesLawrence Kudlow and Brian Domitrovic talked about their book "JFK and the Reagan Revolution: A Secret History of American Prosperity," in which they examine the conservative economic initiatives of President John F. Kennedy and report on how his reduction of tax rates and his faith in Republican Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon refuted his party's longstanding economic principles.
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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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The Civil War: Civil War Veterans & Opiate Addiction
1 hour, 15 minutesJonathan Jones of Penn State University talked about widespread opiate addiction among Civil War veterans. He explained how prescribing opium and morphine -- common treatments used for wartime injuries -- grew into lifelong drug dependence for many. Virginia Tech's Center for Civil War Studies hosted this event and provided the video.
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Veterans and Nuclear Radiation Exposure
35 minutesNational World War II Museum oral historian Hannah Dailey talked about "atomic veterans" -- servicemen assigned to nuclear bomb tests and clean-up -- many of whom suffered long-term health issues from radiation exposure. The program included interview clips with four of these veterans. The National World War II Museum hosted this discussion and provided the video.
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Plymouth Rock
10 minutesPlimoth Patuxet deputy executive director Richard Pickering told the story of the Pilgrims' landing in 1620 at Plymouth Rock and how it has been preserved.
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Lectures in History: New Deal Politics & Public Opinion
53 minutesUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County professor William Blake taught a class about New Deal-era politics and the role of public opinion on issues such as court packing and executive power. Professor Blake argued that while many of President Roosevelt's policies had broad support, the general public -- fearing an upset to the balance of power -- swayed Congress to block some of FDR's initiatives, such as increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. This class took place online and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County provided the video.
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San Antonio River Walk
6 minutesThe San Antonio River Walk is a major attraction for the city. Historian Lewis Fisher talked about how this depression era project became an oasis in the in the heart of the city's downtown.
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Leprosy Treatment & Stigma
1 hour, 1 minuteAuthor and National Public Radio correspondent Pam Fessler discussed her book, "Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice." It looks at the history of the residential hospital for Americans with leprosy in Carville, Louisiana which began operation in 1894 and closed in 1999. The Kansas City Library Public Library hosted the program and provided the video.
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Reel America: "The Pilgrims" - 1955
21 minutesThis classroom film dramatizes the Pilgrim's flight from religious persecution in England to the Netherlands, then twelve years later their ocean voyage on the Mayflower, and the founding of Plymouth Colony in 1620. The Encyclopaedia Britannica film was produced in Merton Park Studios in London, England.
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Reel America: "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
16 minutesThis Coronet educational film dramatizes the Pilgrims' journey from England to Holland, and to New England in 1620, and ends with a depiction of the first Thanksgiving in Massachusetts. Much of the narration is taken from the book "Of Plymouth Plantation" written by Pilgrim William Bradford.
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Reel America: "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
11 minutesThis 1940 classroom film depicts the basics of colonial life, from household cooking and crafts, to farming, fishing, game hunting, and home construction methods.
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Reel America: "The Beginning at Plymouth Colony" - 1954
17 minutesThis Cold War classroom lecture film argues that the Pilgrims' early collectivist economic system failed, leading to a more successful capitalist system based on individual responsibility and private ownership. This is one of a series of lectures by historian Clifton Ganus, Jr. on the American system produced in the mid-1950s by the National Education Program at Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas.
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"Dogfight Over Tokyo"
55 minutesAuthor John Wukovits discussed his book "Dogfight Over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific, and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II." The book tells the story of a group of American aviators who took off on a bombing mission from the carrier USS Yorktown on August 15, 1945, and were attacked over Japan shortly after receiving word that the war had ended. The National World War II Museum hosted this online event and provided the video.
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Lectures in History: New Deal Politics & Public Opinion
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County professor William Blake taught a class about New Deal-era politics and the role of public opinion on issues such as court packing and executive power. Professor Blake argued that while many of President Roosevelt's policies had broad support, the general public -- fearing an upset to the balance of power -- swayed Congress to block some of FDR's initiatives, such as increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. This class took place online and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County provided the video.
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Leprosy Treatment & Stigma
1 hour, 0 minuteAuthor and National Public Radio correspondent Pam Fessler discussed her book, "Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice." It looks at the history of the residential hospital for Americans with leprosy in Carville, Louisiana which began operation in 1894 and closed in 1999. The Kansas City Library Public Library hosted the program and provided the video.
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History Bookshelf: Lawrence Kudlow & Brian Domitrovic, "JFK and the Reagan Revolution"
55 minutesLawrence Kudlow and Brian Domitrovic talked about their book "JFK and the Reagan Revolution: A Secret History of American Prosperity," in which they examine the conservative economic initiatives of President John F. Kennedy and report on how his reduction of tax rates and his faith in Republican Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon refuted his party's longstanding economic principles.
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Slavery & the Constitution
1 hour, 5 minutesIn a discussion hosted by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a law professor and two actors who portray free and enslaved blacks at Williamsburg discussed the role compromises over slavery played in drafting of the U.S. Constitution and the enduring legacy of those compromises. This program includes two performances by Colonial Williamsburg actors portraying African Americans in the 1780s. Colonial Williamsburg provided the video of this event.
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The Civil War: Civil War Veterans & Opiate Addiction
1 hour, 15 minutesJonathan Jones of Penn State University talked about widespread opiate addiction among Civil War veterans. He explained how prescribing opium and morphine -- common treatments used for wartime injuries -- grew into lifelong drug dependence for many. Virginia Tech's Center for Civil War Studies hosted this event and provided the video.
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Veterans and Nuclear Radiation Exposure
38 minutesNational World War II Museum oral historian Hannah Dailey talked about "atomic veterans" -- servicemen assigned to nuclear bomb tests and clean-up -- many of whom suffered long-term health issues from radiation exposure. The program included interview clips with four of these veterans. The National World War II Museum hosted this discussion and provided the video.
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Plymouth Rock
7 minutesPlimoth Patuxet deputy executive director Richard Pickering told the story of the Pilgrims' landing in 1620 at Plymouth Rock and how it has been preserved.
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Lectures in History: New Deal Politics & Public Opinion
53 minutesUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County professor William Blake taught a class about New Deal-era politics and the role of public opinion on issues such as court packing and executive power. Professor Blake argued that while many of President Roosevelt's policies had broad support, the general public -- fearing an upset to the balance of power -- swayed Congress to block some of FDR's initiatives, such as increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. This class took place online and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County provided the video.
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Marion Cheek Jackson Center
7 minutesMembers of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center discussed Chapel Hill's Civil Rights history, including the Chapel Hill Nine sit-in on February 28, 1960.