C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Naval Power & Versailles Peace Conference
1 hour, 0 minuteWhile the victorious Allied Forces met during the Versailles Conference in 1919, the United States and Britain battled behind closed doors over the size of the U.S. Navy. Former Navy Commander and historian John Kuehn recounted the events leading up to Versailles and the tense moments between these two Allied nations. The National WWI Museum and Memorial hosted and provided the video for this event.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger on Richard Nixon and the Environment
37 minutesThe Environmental Protection Agency launched 50 years ago this month during the Richard Nixon administration. To mark the anniversary, Nixon Foundation president Hugh Hewitt interviewed former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about President Nixon's environmental record and the impact such issues had on his political career. The Nixon Foundation provided this video.
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Environmental Protection Agency Past & Future
1 hour, 4 minutesThe Environmental Protection Agency launched 50 years ago this month during the Richard Nixon administration. The Nixon Foundation marked the anniversary with a day-long series of events, including this panel discussion featuring two former EPA administrators looking at the past achievements and possible future endeavors of the agency. The Nixon Foundation provided this video.
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Reel America: "The Crooked River Dies" - 1966
24 minutesThis 1966 documentary traces the 100-mile-long Cuyahoga River from its source to Cleveland, where it empties, polluted, into Lake Erie. It originally aired on WKYC-TV's "Montage," an award-winning documentary series. More than 250 episodes were produced from September 1965 to December 1978, which are now archived at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University. This film is presented courtesy of the library and Dennis Gould, who produced and filmed this episode.
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Reel America: "The Crooked River Dies, An Epilogue" - 1971
26 minutesThis documentary is an update to the 1966 film "The Crooked River Dies." WKYC-TV Cleveland returned to the Cuyahoga River to see how things had changed in five years. The camera observes some progress, but the filmmakers argue that much more needs to be done, and the river still "dies" as it approaches Lake Erie. The film was featured on "Montage," an award-winning documentary series which aired from September 1965 to December 1978, and is now archived at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University. It is presented courtesy of the library and Dennis Goulden, who directed and filmed this episode.
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Reel America: Environmental Protection Agency History, 1970-1985
18 minutesOn its 15th anniversary in 1985, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created a twenty-minute film documenting the rationale for its creation by the Nixon administration in 1970, and highlighting its most significant achievements.
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World War I & the Environment
54 minutesTait Keller, co-editor of "Environmental Histories of World War I" talked about the diverse ecological impacts the First World War had across the globe. He explained how these went far beyond physical changes to European battlefields, and included shifts in agricultural production and displacement of wildlife and humans. National World War I Museum and Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.
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Reel America: "A Special Report on Polio" - 1955
15 minutesThis June 1955 broadcast by the radio and television networks in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service hoped to dispel fears about the safety of the new Salk vaccine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby - who resigned a month later - introduces Surgeon General Leonard Scheele, who details efforts to insure the vaccine's safety. In May of 1955, the Surgeon General of the United States temporarily shut down the distribution of the Salk vaccine. In what is known as the "Cutter Incident," about 200,000 children had received a defective vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories resulting in 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children with paralysis and 10 deaths. The problem led to congressional hearings, reforms, and the resignations of the National Institutes of Health director and Secretary Hobby. This film is part of the Library of Congress motion picture collections.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger on Richard Nixon and the Environment
38 minutesThe Environmental Protection Agency launched 50 years ago this month during the Richard Nixon administration. To mark the anniversary, Nixon Foundation president Hugh Hewitt interviewed former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about President Nixon's environmental record and the impact such issues had on his political career. The Nixon Foundation provided this video.
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Environmental Protection Agency Past & Future
1 hour, 4 minutesThe Environmental Protection Agency launched 50 years ago this month during the Richard Nixon administration. The Nixon Foundation marked the anniversary with a day-long series of events, including this panel discussion featuring two former EPA administrators looking at the past achievements and possible future endeavors of the agency. The Nixon Foundation provided this video.
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Reel America: "The Crooked River Dies" - 1966
24 minutesThis 1966 documentary traces the 100-mile-long Cuyahoga River from its source to Cleveland, where it empties, polluted, into Lake Erie. It originally aired on WKYC-TV's "Montage," an award-winning documentary series. More than 250 episodes were produced from September 1965 to December 1978, which are now archived at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University. This film is presented courtesy of the library and Dennis Gould, who produced and filmed this episode.
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Reel America: "The Crooked River Dies, An Epilogue" - 1971
25 minutesThis documentary is an update to the 1966 film "The Crooked River Dies." WKYC-TV Cleveland returned to the Cuyahoga River to see how things had changed in five years. The camera observes some progress, but the filmmakers argue that much more needs to be done, and the river still "dies" as it approaches Lake Erie. The film was featured on "Montage," an award-winning documentary series which aired from September 1965 to December 1978, and is now archived at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University. It is presented courtesy of the library and Dennis Goulden, who directed and filmed this episode.
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Reel America: Environmental Protection Agency History, 1970-1985
19 minutesOn its 15th anniversary in 1985, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created a twenty-minute film documenting the rationale for its creation by the Nixon administration in 1970, and highlighting its most significant achievements.
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World War I & the Environment
53 minutesTait Keller, co-editor of "Environmental Histories of World War I" talked about the diverse ecological impacts the First World War had across the globe. He explained how these went far beyond physical changes to European battlefields, and included shifts in agricultural production and displacement of wildlife and humans. National World War I Museum and Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.
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Reel America: "A Special Report on Polio" - 1955
16 minutesThis June 1955 broadcast by the radio and television networks in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service hoped to dispel fears about the safety of the new Salk vaccine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby - who resigned a month later - introduces Surgeon General Leonard Scheele, who details efforts to insure the vaccine's safety. In May of 1955, the Surgeon General of the United States temporarily shut down the distribution of the Salk vaccine. In what is known as the "Cutter Incident," about 200,000 children had received a defective vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories resulting in 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children with paralysis and 10 deaths. The problem led to congressional hearings, reforms, and the resignations of the National Institutes of Health director and Secretary Hobby. This film is part of the Library of Congress motion picture collections.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger on Richard Nixon and the Environment
37 minutesThe Environmental Protection Agency launched 50 years ago this month during the Richard Nixon administration. To mark the anniversary, Nixon Foundation president Hugh Hewitt interviewed former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about President Nixon's environmental record and the impact such issues had on his political career. The Nixon Foundation provided this video.
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Environmental Protection Agency Past & Future
1 hour, 4 minutesThe Environmental Protection Agency launched 50 years ago this month during the Richard Nixon administration. The Nixon Foundation marked the anniversary with a day-long series of events, including this panel discussion featuring two former EPA administrators looking at the past achievements and possible future endeavors of the agency. The Nixon Foundation provided this video.
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Reel America: "The Crooked River Dies" - 1966
25 minutesThis 1966 documentary traces the 100-mile-long Cuyahoga River from its source to Cleveland, where it empties, polluted, into Lake Erie. It originally aired on WKYC-TV's "Montage," an award-winning documentary series. More than 250 episodes were produced from September 1965 to December 1978, which are now archived at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University. This film is presented courtesy of the library and Dennis Gould, who produced and filmed this episode.
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Reel America: "The Crooked River Dies, An Epilogue" - 1971
26 minutesThis documentary is an update to the 1966 film "The Crooked River Dies." WKYC-TV Cleveland returned to the Cuyahoga River to see how things had changed in five years. The camera observes some progress, but the filmmakers argue that much more needs to be done, and the river still "dies" as it approaches Lake Erie. The film was featured on "Montage," an award-winning documentary series which aired from September 1965 to December 1978, and is now archived at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University. It is presented courtesy of the library and Dennis Goulden, who directed and filmed this episode.
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Reel America: Environmental Protection Agency History, 1970-1985
18 minutesOn its 15th anniversary in 1985, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created a twenty-minute film documenting the rationale for its creation by the Nixon administration in 1970, and highlighting its most significant achievements.
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Spanish Governor's Palace
6 minutesThe Spanish Governor's Palace in San Antonio is the last visual remnants of the Presidio San Antonio de Bejar. Colleen Swain, Director of the San Antonio World Heritage Office and Museum Assistant Charlotte Boord shared the story.
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World War I & the Environment
52 minutesTait Keller, co-editor of "Environmental Histories of World War I" talked about the diverse ecological impacts the First World War had across the globe. He explained how these went far beyond physical changes to European battlefields, and included shifts in agricultural production and displacement of wildlife and humans. National World War I Museum and Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.
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Reel America: "A Special Report on Polio" - 1955
15 minutesThis June 1955 broadcast by the radio and television networks in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service hoped to dispel fears about the safety of the new Salk vaccine. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby - who resigned a month later - introduces Surgeon General Leonard Scheele, who details efforts to insure the vaccine's safety. In May of 1955, the Surgeon General of the United States temporarily shut down the distribution of the Salk vaccine. In what is known as the "Cutter Incident," about 200,000 children had received a defective vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories resulting in 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children with paralysis and 10 deaths. The problem led to congressional hearings, reforms, and the resignations of the National Institutes of Health director and Secretary Hobby. This film is part of the Library of Congress motion picture collections.
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Q&A: Presidential Transitions
58 minutesHistorians Susan Schulten and Eric Rauchway talked about two of the most contentious presidential transitions in U.S. history - in 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and in 1933, between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt.
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Bush v. Gore 20 Years Later
1 hour, 31 minutesIn the 2000 presidential election, Texas Governor George W. Bush defeated Vice President Al Gore in one of the most highly contested races in U.S. history. The outcome was not decided until December 12 -- five weeks after voters went to the polls -- when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Florida recount. This ultimately awarded the state's electoral votes -- and the presidency -- to Governor Bush. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal looked back 20 years to the 2000 election and the landmark Bush v. Gore decision with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne and The Bulwark editor at large William Kristol. They are co-editors of the book "Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary."
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History Bookshelf: 1876 Disputed Presidential Election
1 hour, 3 minutesMichael Holt talked about his book By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 (University Press of Kansas, 2011). Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 presidential election over Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York by a single electoral vote in one of the most disputed American presidential elections ever. Their contest produced the highest voter turnout in U.S. history" 81.8 percent of males over 21 cast a ballot. Michael Holt talked about why this election was so close and what were the areas of dispute. He responded to questions from members of the audience. "By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876" was a Miller Center Forum held on March 4, 2011, at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Lectures in History: Abraham Lincoln & the 1860 Election
1 hour, 14 minutesUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas professor Michael Green taught a class on Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 presidential election. He described the political climate of the antebellum era, background on the other candidates and the deliberations at the party conventions. Lincoln won the presidency over three other candidates with just under 40 percent of the popular vote.
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Q&A: Presidential Transitions
58 minutesHistorians Susan Schulten and Eric Rauchway talked about two of the most contentious presidential transitions in U.S. history - in 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and in 1933, between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt.
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Bush v. Gore 20 Years Later
1 hour, 31 minutesIn the 2000 presidential election, Texas Governor George W. Bush defeated Vice President Al Gore in one of the most highly contested races in U.S. history. The outcome was not decided until December 12 -- five weeks after voters went to the polls -- when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Florida recount. This ultimately awarded the state's electoral votes -- and the presidency -- to Governor Bush. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal looked back 20 years to the 2000 election and the landmark Bush v. Gore decision with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne and The Bulwark editor at large William Kristol. They are co-editors of the book "Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary."
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History Bookshelf: 1876 Disputed Presidential Election
1 hour, 3 minutesMichael Holt talked about his book By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 (University Press of Kansas, 2011). Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 presidential election over Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York by a single electoral vote in one of the most disputed American presidential elections ever. Their contest produced the highest voter turnout in U.S. history" 81.8 percent of males over 21 cast a ballot. Michael Holt talked about why this election was so close and what were the areas of dispute. He responded to questions from members of the audience. "By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876" was a Miller Center Forum held on March 4, 2011, at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Lectures in History: Abraham Lincoln & the 1860 Election
1 hour, 13 minutesUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas professor Michael Green taught a class on Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 presidential election. He described the political climate of the antebellum era, background on the other candidates and the deliberations at the party conventions. Lincoln won the presidency over three other candidates with just under 40 percent of the popular vote.
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Q&A: Presidential Transitions
58 minutesHistorians Susan Schulten and Eric Rauchway talked about two of the most contentious presidential transitions in U.S. history - in 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and in 1933, between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt.
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Bush v. Gore 20 Years Later
1 hour, 31 minutesIn the 2000 presidential election, Texas Governor George W. Bush defeated Vice President Al Gore in one of the most highly contested races in U.S. history. The outcome was not decided until December 12 -- five weeks after voters went to the polls -- when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Florida recount. This ultimately awarded the state's electoral votes -- and the presidency -- to Governor Bush. American History TV and C-SPAN's Washington Journal looked back 20 years to the 2000 election and the landmark Bush v. Gore decision with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne and The Bulwark editor at large William Kristol. They are co-editors of the book "Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary."