C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Public Affairs Events
7 hours, 2 minutesPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
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1909 Disappearance of the Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 Ship
58 minutesHistorian Carrie Sowden discussed the disappearance of the Marquette & Bessemer No. 2, a 338-foot steel vessel, which set sail for a five-hour steam across Lake Erie on December 7, 1909, but was never seen again. The Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg 1863
1 hour, 15 minutesHistorian Timothy Smith discussed the Vicksburg Campaign, which ended with the Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863. Union control of the Mississippi River split the Confederacy in half and gave Union control to an important route to move soldiers and supplies. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Presidents & Film
1 hour, 6 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how presidents are portrayed in film. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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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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Lectures in History: C.S. Lewis & Natural Law
1 hour, 20 minutesCalvin University Professor Micah Watson discussed C.S. Lewis's views on law, politics and government and how they connected to his Christian beliefs. This lecture took place at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Rachel Swarns, "The 272"
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Reel America: 1st Infantry Division in WWII 1946
14 minutesThis 1946 War Department film showed combat operations in the 1st Infantry Division during World War II. The 1st Infantry was the first to reach England; the first to fight in North Africa and Sicily and the first on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
1 hour, 6 minutesCurator Kenny Libben discussed the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, founded by FDR in 1933, with a specific focus on Camp Mohican, an early forestry project camp that enabled workers to live in and develop projects in Ohio's Mohican State Forest. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville, Ohio, hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg 1863
1 hour, 14 minutesHistorian Timothy Smith discussed the Vicksburg Campaign, which ended with the Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863. Union control of the Mississippi River split the Confederacy in half and gave Union control to an important route to move soldiers and supplies. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Presidents & Film
1 hour, 7 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how presidents are portrayed in film. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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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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Lectures in History: C.S. Lewis & Natural Law
1 hour, 19 minutesCalvin University Professor Micah Watson discussed C.S. Lewis's views on law, politics and government and how they connected to his Christian beliefs. This lecture took place at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Rachel Swarns, "The 272"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Reel America: 1st Infantry Division in WWII 1946
14 minutesThis 1946 War Department film showed combat operations in the 1st Infantry Division during World War II. The 1st Infantry was the first to reach England; the first to fight in North Africa and Sicily and the first on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
1 hour, 5 minutesCurator Kenny Libben discussed the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, founded by FDR in 1933, with a specific focus on Camp Mohican, an early forestry project camp that enabled workers to live in and develop projects in Ohio's Mohican State Forest. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville, Ohio, hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg 1863
1 hour, 15 minutesHistorian Timothy Smith discussed the Vicksburg Campaign, which ended with the Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863. Union control of the Mississippi River split the Confederacy in half and gave Union control to an important route to move soldiers and supplies. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Presidents & Film
1 hour, 6 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how presidents are portrayed in film. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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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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Lectures in History: C.S. Lewis & Natural Law
1 hour, 20 minutesCalvin University Professor Micah Watson discussed C.S. Lewis's views on law, politics and government and how they connected to his Christian beliefs. This lecture took place at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Rachel Swarns, "The 272"
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Reel America: 1st Infantry Division in WWII 1946
14 minutesThis 1946 War Department film showed combat operations in the 1st Infantry Division during World War II. The 1st Infantry was the first to reach England; the first to fight in North Africa and Sicily and the first on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
1 hour, 5 minutesCurator Kenny Libben discussed the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, founded by FDR in 1933, with a specific focus on Camp Mohican, an early forestry project camp that enabled workers to live in and develop projects in Ohio's Mohican State Forest. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville, Ohio, hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg 1863
1 hour, 14 minutesHistorian Timothy Smith discussed the Vicksburg Campaign, which ended with the Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863. Union control of the Mississippi River split the Confederacy in half and gave Union control to an important route to move soldiers and supplies. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Presidents & Film
1 hour, 6 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how presidents are portrayed in film. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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Lectures in History: C.S. Lewis & Natural Law
1 hour, 19 minutesCalvin University Professor Micah Watson discussed C.S. Lewis's views on law, politics and government and how they connected to his Christian beliefs. This lecture took place at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Reel America: 1st Infantry Division in WWII 1946
14 minutesThis 1946 War Department film showed combat operations in the 1st Infantry Division during World War II. The 1st Infantry was the first to reach England; the first to fight in North Africa and Sicily and the first on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
1 hour, 5 minutesCurator Kenny Libben discussed the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, founded by FDR in 1933, with a specific focus on Camp Mohican, an early forestry project camp that enabled workers to live in and develop projects in Ohio's Mohican State Forest. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville, Ohio, hosted this event.