C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Henry Grabar, "Paved Paradise - How Parking Explains the World"
1 hour, 10 minutesSlate staff writer Henry Grabar explored how parking lots largely influence what urban spaces around the country look like. The Mercantile Library in Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: Worth Bagley & Civil War Reconciliation
1 hour, 15 minutesN.C. State professor Chris Laws taught a class about North Carolina native Worth Bagley, who was the first U.S. soldier to die during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Bagley was celebrated as a national hero and his death was seen as a key moment in reconciliation in the decades after the Civil War. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh.
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Reel America: "Wind, An Energy Alternative" - 1980
15 minutesThis 1980 Department of Energy video looked at the history and use of wind power for national energy resources. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films mostly from government agencies.
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Presidents in Comics & Cartoons
1 hour, 15 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how comics and cartoons have portrayed presidents. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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Reel America: "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
17 minutesThis is a 15 minute classroom film from 1946 that described how the three branches of government work. In "Meet Your Federal Government," high school senior Bill visits his Uncle Jim - who is also his congressman. He takes Bill to the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court, and finishes the day at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Lectures in History: Worth Bagley & Civil War Reconciliation
1 hour, 14 minutesN.C. State professor Chris Laws taught a class about North Carolina native Worth Bagley, who was the first U.S. soldier to die during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Bagley was celebrated as a national hero and his death was seen as a key moment in reconciliation in the decades after the Civil War. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh.
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Reel America: "Wind, An Energy Alternative" - 1980
14 minutesThis 1980 Department of Energy video looked at the history and use of wind power for national energy resources. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films mostly from government agencies.
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Presidents in Comics & Cartoons
1 hour, 15 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how comics and cartoons have portrayed presidents. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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Reel America: "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
16 minutesThis is a 15 minute classroom film from 1946 that described how the three branches of government work. In "Meet Your Federal Government," high school senior Bill visits his Uncle Jim - who is also his congressman. He takes Bill to the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court, and finishes the day at the Lincoln Memorial.
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The Civil War: Union Soldiers Confront the Dead at Antietam
1 hour, 1 minuteSam Houston State University professor Brian Matthew Jordan talked about how Union soldiers confronted the thousands of dead men and horses after the 1862 Battle of Antietam. This talk was part of a conference hosted by Shenandoah University's Civil War Institute.
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September 11, 2001 Presidential Address
5 minutesFollowing an attack by hijacked airliners on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, President Bush addressed the nation from the Oval Office about the incidents. He said the U.S. was resolved to find and punish those responsible, noting that the government was fully functional, and pledged the full resources of the federal government to emergency efforts.
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Father & Daughter Pilots Reflect on 9/11
1 hour, 23 minutesHeather Penney was one of the first DC Air National Guard F-16 pilots scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Her father, John Penney, was a United Airlines captain. In this program, Ms. Penney talks about her experiences that day, and the possibility that she might have to bring down United Airlines Flight 93, which terrorists had hijacked. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Constitutional Basis for U.S. Army" - 1988
50 minutesThis 1988 U.S. Army video explained the origins of the U.S. Constitution and specific provisions which deal with the creation and control of the U.S. Army. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Chris Serb, "War Football - World War I and the Birth of the NFL"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Chris Serb traced the development of professional football from the Army, Navy and Marine teams that competed against each other during World War I. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted this event.
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Women Spies of D-Day
51 minutesFormer U.S. Army Historian Kim Holien discussed the role of female spies leading up to the June 6, 1944, D-Day operation. This event took place at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia.
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President Truman's 1948 Recognition of Israel
45 minutesIsraeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog was among those marking President Harry Truman's 1948 decision to recognize the newly created State of Israel. The Truman Library Institute hosted this event at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.
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Lectures in History: Worth Bagley & Civil War Reconciliation
1 hour, 14 minutesN.C. State professor Chris Laws taught a class about North Carolina native Worth Bagley, who was the first U.S. soldier to die during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Bagley was celebrated as a national hero and his death was seen as a key moment in reconciliation in the decades after the Civil War. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh.
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Reel America: "Wind, An Energy Alternative" - 1980
15 minutesThis 1980 Department of Energy video looked at the history and use of wind power for national energy resources. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films mostly from government agencies.
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Presidents in Comics & Cartoons
1 hour, 13 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how comics and cartoons have portrayed presidents. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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Reel America: "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
17 minutesThis is a 15 minute classroom film from 1946 that described how the three branches of government work. In "Meet Your Federal Government," high school senior Bill visits his Uncle Jim - who is also his congressman. He takes Bill to the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court, and finishes the day at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Lectures in History: Worth Bagley & Civil War Reconciliation
1 hour, 15 minutesN.C. State professor Chris Laws taught a class about North Carolina native Worth Bagley, who was the first U.S. soldier to die during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Bagley was celebrated as a national hero and his death was seen as a key moment in reconciliation in the decades after the Civil War. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh.
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Reel America: "Wind, An Energy Alternative" - 1980
15 minutesThis 1980 Department of Energy video looked at the history and use of wind power for national energy resources. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films mostly from government agencies.
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Presidents in Comics & Cartoons
1 hour, 14 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how comics and cartoons have portrayed presidents. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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Reel America: "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
16 minutesThis is a 15 minute classroom film from 1946 that described how the three branches of government work. In "Meet Your Federal Government," high school senior Bill visits his Uncle Jim - who is also his congressman. He takes Bill to the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court, and finishes the day at the Lincoln Memorial.
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The Civil War: Union Soldiers Confront the Dead at Antietam
1 hour, 1 minuteSam Houston State University professor Brian Matthew Jordan talked about how Union soldiers confronted the thousands of dead men and horses after the 1862 Battle of Antietam. This talk was part of a conference hosted by Shenandoah University's Civil War Institute.
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September 11, 2001 Presidential Address
4 minutesFollowing an attack by hijacked airliners on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, President Bush addressed the nation from the Oval Office about the incidents. He said the U.S. was resolved to find and punish those responsible, noting that the government was fully functional, and pledged the full resources of the federal government to emergency efforts.
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Father & Daughter Pilots Reflect on 9/11
1 hour, 25 minutesHeather Penney was one of the first DC Air National Guard F-16 pilots scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Her father, John Penney, was a United Airlines captain. In this program, Ms. Penney talks about her experiences that day, and the possibility that she might have to bring down United Airlines Flight 93, which terrorists had hijacked. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Constitutional Basis for U.S. Army" - 1988
50 minutesThis 1988 U.S. Army video explained the origins of the U.S. Constitution and specific provisions which deal with the creation and control of the U.S. Army. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Chris Serb, "War Football - World War I and the Birth of the NFL"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Chris Serb traced the development of professional football from the Army, Navy and Marine teams that competed against each other during World War I. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted this event.
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Women Spies of D-Day
52 minutesFormer U.S. Army Historian Kim Holien discussed the role of female spies leading up to the June 6, 1944, D-Day operation. This event took place at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia.