C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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National Native American Veterans Memorial Design
54 minutesArtist Harvey Pratt shared his vision for the National Native American Veterans memorial in a conversation with Kevin Gover, the director of the National Museum of the American Indian. Mr. Pratt discussed his background as an artist, as well as his own experience as a former U.S. Marine in Vietnam. This event was hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
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American Artifacts: National Museum of the American Indian Photo Collections
42 minutesThe National Museum of the American Indian's Michelle Anne Delaney traced photography's evolution while describing a selection of the museum's images of Native Americans. She also demonstrated how to navigate their online collection of 25,000 photographs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this program was recorded via Zoom.
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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
12 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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Reel America: "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
9 minutesThis Castle Films newsreel documents the 1957 Atlantic crossing of the Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.
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Virtual Mayflower Project
35 minutesDirector Robert Stone talked about the Virtual Mayflower Project which uses virtual reality to recreate the ship that travelled from Plymouth, England to America in 1620 and the harbor from which it set sail. Using avatars and 360-degree images of the virtual world, professor Stone described what life might have been like for the Pilgrims and crew in the 17th-century English port, and narrated the walk a Pilgrim might have taken through the streets before boarding the ship.
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American Artifacts: Pilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
45 minutesPlimoth Patuxet deputy executive director Richard Pickering told the story of the Pilgrims' Atlantic crossing in 1620 from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts and the origins of the Mayflower Compact. On Mayflower II, a reproduction of the original ship, Mr. Pickering and Plimoth Patuxet's maritime preservation director Whit Perry described the living conditions on the Mayflower for the Pilgrims and crew.
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Wampanoag People
55 minutesDarius Coombs, Wampanoag & Eastern Woodlands director at Plimoth Patuxet discussed the culture of the Wampanoag people who lived in the Plymouth area prior to the arrival of the Pilgrims. He explained how they adapted to the presence of the English and how the remaining members, including him, live today. The Nantucket Historical Association hosted this event and provided this video.
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Harry S. Truman - The Accidental President
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Mary Washington history professor William Crawley gave a talk titled: "Harry S. Truman: The Accidental President and the Triumph of True Grit." Professor Crawley argued that many at the time underestimated Truman -- thinking he was not up to the job. This video is courtesy of the university -- it's from their "Great Lives" lecture series.
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Slavery & the Constitution
1 hour, 4 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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Theodore Roosevelt on Race and Women
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Navy
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Reel America: "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
17 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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History Bookshelf: Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
1 hour, 1 minuteNathaniel Philbrick talked about his book Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, published by Viking. He read from his book and talked about the history of Plymouth Colony, founded in the west of present-day Massachusetts in 1620. Mr. Philbrick detailed the complex relationship between the English settlers and the Wampanaog Indians, describing the first Thanksgiving celebration and the early years in New England as peaceful. He explained that over 50 years after the Pilgrims settled, the Indians waged war against them beginning with the burning of Springfield and King Philip's War. After his presentation he responded to audience members' questions.
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William Bradford & Plymouth Colony
1 hour, 0 minuteMillersville University history professor Francis Bremer discussed William Bradford, one of the first governors of Plymouth Colony in the 1620s. He focused on how perceptions of Bradford and the Pilgrims have changed in the four hundred years since their arrival in North America. The Boston Public Library and New England Historic Genealogical Society hosted this event and provided the video.
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The Civil War: Labor, Money & Manpower During the Civil War
59 minutesGettysburg College Civil War Institute hosted a online discussion with Brian Luskey, author of "Men is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America." Mr. Luskey talked about the relationship of money, the labor market and manpower needs for the Union and Confederate armies. Gettysburg College Civil War Institute provided the video.
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Former Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
49 minutesFormer Secretary of State James Baker talks about leadership and his career with attorney and historian Talmage Boston. Mr. Baker served as secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush, and as Ronald Reagan's White House chief of staff and Treasury secretary. Baylor University Law School hosted the conversation and provided the video.
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Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
11 minutesThe Morehead Planetarium was the first built in the south and is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Todd Boyette, Director of the Morehead Planetarium & Science Center, explained how NASA used the facility to train over 60 astronauts for space missions.
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Lectures in History: James Buchanan & William Rufus King Relationship
1 hour, 3 minutesEastern Connecticut State University professor Thomas Balcerski taught a class on the relationship between two prominent mid-19th century politicians: James Buchanan, elected the nation's 15th president in 1856, and William Rufus King, who served briefly as vice president under Buchanan's predecessor, Franklin Pierce. Both men were lifelong bachelors and Professor Balcerski explored the gossip of the time that the two close confidants might have been more than friends -- an notion that persists to this day. Eastern Connecticut State University provided this video.
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Mayflower Compact & Religious Liberty
59 minutesThe Heritage Foundation hosts a discussion about the Mayflower Compact, the document signed by the Mayflower passengers shortly before their arrival in North America 400 years ago. Scholars talk about its role as a political agreement and as an inspiration for later documents and arguments for religious liberty. The Heritage Foundation provided this video.
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Reel America: "Crisis in Levittown, PA" - 1957
31 minutesThis film explores the attitudes of homeowners after an African American family moves into the all-white suburban development of 60,000. Located about 25 miles from Philadelphia, Levittown was the second of seven post-World War II developments geared towards veterans. Levittown management prohibited the sale of homes directly to African Americans, although it allowed private owners to do so.
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Reel America: "All the Way Home" - 1957
30 minutesThis film dramatizes the prejudice and rumors that arise in a fictional white suburb when a black family is seen visiting a home with a "For Sale" sign on the front lawn. Written by poet and political activist Muriel Rukeyser, the film was supported by over a dozen civic groups including the NAACP, National Council of Churches, Anti-Defamation League, United Auto Workers, and National Urban League.
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Reel America: "In the Suburbs" - 1957
19 minutesThis Redbook Magazine film shows how young adults with children are a booming demographic and argues that the magazine can help them navigate a new way of life. It uses photographs, magazine text, and color and black and white film to show families engaged in leisure activities at home and at the new hub of suburban activity - the shopping center.
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Reel America: "American Look" - 1958
38 minutesThis vivid color film highlights the work of interior, industrial, product, and auto designers who create stylish new looks for mass-produced consumer goods. The narrator states that "the greatest freedom of the American people is the freedom of individual choice," and the film celebrates American abundance. It ends by showing designers at work on the 1959 Chevrolet Impala at General Motors' colorful Technical Center in Warren, Michigan.
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Lectures in History: James Buchanan & William Rufus King Relationship
1 hour, 5 minutesEastern Connecticut State University professor Thomas Balcerski taught a class on the relationship between two prominent mid-19th century politicians: James Buchanan, elected the nation's 15th president in 1856, and William Rufus King, who served briefly as vice president under Buchanan's predecessor, Franklin Pierce. Both men were lifelong bachelors and Professor Balcerski explored the gossip of the time that the two close confidants might have been more than friends -- an notion that persists to this day. Eastern Connecticut State University provided this video.
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Mayflower Compact & Religious Liberty
57 minutesThe Heritage Foundation hosts a discussion about the Mayflower Compact, the document signed by the Mayflower passengers shortly before their arrival in North America 400 years ago. Scholars talk about its role as a political agreement and as an inspiration for later documents and arguments for religious liberty. The Heritage Foundation provided this video.
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History Bookshelf: Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
58 minutesNathaniel Philbrick talked about his book Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, published by Viking. He read from his book and talked about the history of Plymouth Colony, founded in the west of present-day Massachusetts in 1620. Mr. Philbrick detailed the complex relationship between the English settlers and the Wampanaog Indians, describing the first Thanksgiving celebration and the early years in New England as peaceful. He explained that over 50 years after the Pilgrims settled, the Indians waged war against them beginning with the burning of Springfield and King Philip's War. After his presentation he responded to audience members' questions.
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William Bradford & Plymouth Colony
1 hour, 0 minuteMillersville University history professor Francis Bremer discussed William Bradford, one of the first governors of Plymouth Colony in the 1620s. He focused on how perceptions of Bradford and the Pilgrims have changed in the four hundred years since their arrival in North America. The Boston Public Library and New England Historic Genealogical Society hosted this event and provided the video.
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The Civil War: Labor, Money & Manpower During the Civil War
1 hour, 5 minutesGettysburg College Civil War Institute hosted a online discussion with Brian Luskey, author of "Men is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America." Mr. Luskey talked about the relationship of money, the labor market and manpower needs for the Union and Confederate armies. Gettysburg College Civil War Institute provided the video.
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Former Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
50 minutesFormer Secretary of State James Baker talks about leadership and his career with attorney and historian Talmage Boston. Mr. Baker served as secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush, and as Ronald Reagan's White House chief of staff and Treasury secretary. Baylor University Law School hosted the conversation and provided the video.
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Lectures in History: James Buchanan & William Rufus King Relationship
1 hour, 3 minutesEastern Connecticut State University professor Thomas Balcerski taught a class on the relationship between two prominent mid-19th century politicians: James Buchanan, elected the nation's 15th president in 1856, and William Rufus King, who served briefly as vice president under Buchanan's predecessor, Franklin Pierce. Both men were lifelong bachelors and Professor Balcerski explored the gossip of the time that the two close confidants might have been more than friends -- an notion that persists to this day. Eastern Connecticut State University provided this video.
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Mayflower Compact & Religious Liberty
58 minutesThe Heritage Foundation hosts a discussion about the Mayflower Compact, the document signed by the Mayflower passengers shortly before their arrival in North America 400 years ago. Scholars talk about its role as a political agreement and as an inspiration for later documents and arguments for religious liberty. The Heritage Foundation provided this video.