C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Pilgrims and Liberty
56 minutesAuthor John Turner talked about his book, "They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty." He discussed the colony's views on religious and political liberty, as well as the residents' practice of enslaving Native Americans that they fought with. Museums on the Green hosted this event and provided the 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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Mayflower Compact & the Rule of Law
54 minutesIn an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation, participants examined the Mayflower Compact and other new laws the settlers agreed upon in when they arrived in 1620. The panelists discussed the basis for these laws and their relationship to America's founding documents. The Heritage Foundation provided the video for this event.
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The Mayflower Compact, Property Rights & Free Market 
1 hour, 1 minuteIn an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation, participants examined the role of property rights and free market in the Mayflower Compact. The panelists discussed why these concepts were important to early settlers and the influence it has had on today's economy. The Heritage Foundation provided the video for this event.
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William Bradford & Plymouth Colony
59 minutesMillersville 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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Religion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
45 minutesFounded in the early 17th century, the Massachusetts Bay Colony had a predominately Puritan population who governed from the basis of their beliefs. Richard Pickering of Plimoth Plantation gave the history of this New England settlement and the tumultuous period when Quaker missionaries arrived. The Nantucket Historical Association hosted this talk and provided the video.
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Pilgrims and Liberty
56 minutesAuthor John Turner talked about his book, "They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty." He discussed the colony's views on religious and political liberty, as well as the residents' practice of enslaving Native Americans that they fought with. Museums on the Green hosted this event and provided the 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.
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Mayflower Compact & the Rule of Law
53 minutesIn an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation, participants examined the Mayflower Compact and other new laws the settlers agreed upon in when they arrived in 1620. The panelists discussed the basis for these laws and their relationship to America's founding documents. The Heritage Foundation provided the video for this event.
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The Mayflower Compact, Property Rights & Free Market 
1 hour, 1 minuteIn an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation, participants examined the role of property rights and free market in the Mayflower Compact. The panelists discussed why these concepts were important to early settlers and the influence it has had on today's economy. The Heritage Foundation provided the video for this event.
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William Bradford & Plymouth Colony
59 minutesMillersville 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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Religion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
46 minutesFounded in the early 17th century, the Massachusetts Bay Colony had a predominately Puritan population who governed from the basis of their beliefs. Richard Pickering of Plimoth Plantation gave the history of this New England settlement and the tumultuous period when Quaker missionaries arrived. The Nantucket Historical Association hosted this talk and provided the video.
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Pilgrims and Liberty
56 minutesAuthor John Turner talked about his book, "They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty." He discussed the colony's views on religious and political liberty, as well as the residents' practice of enslaving Native Americans that they fought with. Museums on the Green hosted this event and provided the 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.
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Mayflower Compact & the Rule of Law
53 minutesIn an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation, participants examined the Mayflower Compact and other new laws the settlers agreed upon in when they arrived in 1620. The panelists discussed the basis for these laws and their relationship to America's founding documents. The Heritage Foundation provided the video for this event.
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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
40 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
52 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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History Bookshelf: Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
56 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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Reel America: "The Pilgrims" - 1955
23 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
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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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 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
40 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
51 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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History Bookshelf: Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
57 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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Reel America: "The Pilgrims" - 1955
22 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
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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Reel America: "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
12 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 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
40 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
51 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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History Bookshelf: Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
57 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.