C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Free to Choose: Milton Friedman on Free Market Principles
1 hour, 0 minuteNobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode one was titled "The Power of the Market."
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Lectures in History: Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolutionary War
58 minutesIthaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.
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Reel America: "Library of Congress" - 1945
25 minutesThis Academy Award-winning short documentary takes viewers on a tour through the Library's reading rooms and facilities, highlighting how the institution benefits the public and scholars worldwide. The U.S. Office of War Information Overseas Branch, which included many Hollywood veterans, created this film and dozens of others which were designed to showcase American society and institutions for foreign audiences.
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Ned Blackhawk "The Rediscovery of America"
1 hour, 6 minutesYale University professor Ned Blackhawk, winner of the 2023 National Book Award, talked about the role of native people across five centuries of American history - from Spanish colonial exploration to 20th century reservation policies. The Athenaeum of Philadelphia hosted this program.
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Jordan Taylor, "Misinformation Nation"
1 hour, 7 minutesAuthor Jordan Taylor discussed how foreign news affected American politics in colonial America, plaguing the Revolution with misunderstandings. The American Revolution Institute in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Reel America: U.S. Navy in 1942
14 minutesThis 1942 U.S. Navy film showed life at the Naval Academy, sailors aboard aircraft carriers, submarines, and planes, as well as enlisted recruits training after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This film was released as "Roar Navy, Roar." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Reel America: History of the Air Force - 1953
15 minutesThis 1953 video created by the Department of Defense explained how the U.S. Air Force came to be a separate service branch of the American military. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Maurizio Valsania, "First Among Men"
1 hour, 12 minutesMaurizio Valsania recreated the 18th century world George Washington lived in and the masculine ideals that shaped him as a man, husband, military commander and president. George Washington's Mount Vernon Virginia estate hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: The Church in Colonial California
56 minutesSanta Clara University professor Meg Eppel Gudgeirsson discussed the spread of Catholicism and role of missions in 18th and early 19th century Spanish California. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in California.
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Lectures in History: Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolutionary War
59 minutesIthaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.
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Reel America: "Library of Congress" - 1945
21 minutesThis Academy Award-winning short documentary takes viewers on a tour through the Library's reading rooms and facilities, highlighting how the institution benefits the public and scholars worldwide. The U.S. Office of War Information Overseas Branch, which included many Hollywood veterans, created this film and dozens of others which were designed to showcase American society and institutions for foreign audiences.
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Ned Blackhawk "The Rediscovery of America"
1 hour, 6 minutesYale University professor Ned Blackhawk, winner of the 2023 National Book Award, talked about the role of native people across five centuries of American history - from Spanish colonial exploration to 20th century reservation policies. The Athenaeum of Philadelphia hosted this program.
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Jordan Taylor, "Misinformation Nation"
1 hour, 6 minutesAuthor Jordan Taylor discussed how foreign news affected American politics in colonial America, plaguing the Revolution with misunderstandings. The American Revolution Institute in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Reel America: U.S. Navy in 1942
13 minutesThis 1942 U.S. Navy film showed life at the Naval Academy, sailors aboard aircraft carriers, submarines, and planes, as well as enlisted recruits training after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This film was released as "Roar Navy, Roar." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Reel America: History of the Air Force - 1953
14 minutesThis 1953 video created by the Department of Defense explained how the U.S. Air Force came to be a separate service branch of the American military. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Maurizio Valsania, "First Among Men"
1 hour, 13 minutesMaurizio Valsania recreated the 18th century world George Washington lived in and the masculine ideals that shaped him as a man, husband, military commander and president. George Washington's Mount Vernon Virginia estate hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: The Church in Colonial California
56 minutesSanta Clara University professor Meg Eppel Gudgeirsson discussed the spread of Catholicism and role of missions in 18th and early 19th century Spanish California. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in California.
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Lectures in History: Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolutionary War
59 minutesIthaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.
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Reel America: "Library of Congress" - 1945
21 minutesThis Academy Award-winning short documentary takes viewers on a tour through the Library's reading rooms and facilities, highlighting how the institution benefits the public and scholars worldwide. The U.S. Office of War Information Overseas Branch, which included many Hollywood veterans, created this film and dozens of others which were designed to showcase American society and institutions for foreign audiences.
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Ned Blackhawk "The Rediscovery of America"
1 hour, 5 minutesYale University professor Ned Blackhawk, winner of the 2023 National Book Award, talked about the role of native people across five centuries of American history - from Spanish colonial exploration to 20th century reservation policies. The Athenaeum of Philadelphia hosted this program.
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Jordan Taylor, "Misinformation Nation"
1 hour, 7 minutesAuthor Jordan Taylor discussed how foreign news affected American politics in colonial America, plaguing the Revolution with misunderstandings. The American Revolution Institute in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Reel America: U.S. Navy in 1942
13 minutesThis 1942 U.S. Navy film showed life at the Naval Academy, sailors aboard aircraft carriers, submarines, and planes, as well as enlisted recruits training after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This film was released as "Roar Navy, Roar." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Reel America: History of the Air Force - 1953
19 minutesThis 1953 video created by the Department of Defense explained how the U.S. Air Force came to be a separate service branch of the American military. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Maurizio Valsania, "First Among Men"
1 hour, 14 minutesMaurizio Valsania recreated the 18th century world George Washington lived in and the masculine ideals that shaped him as a man, husband, military commander and president. George Washington's Mount Vernon Virginia estate hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: The Church in Colonial California
56 minutesSanta Clara University professor Meg Eppel Gudgeirsson discussed the spread of Catholicism and role of missions in 18th and early 19th century Spanish California. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in California.
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Lectures in History: Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolutionary War
1 hour, 11 minutesIthaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.
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Reel America: "Library of Congress" - 1945
22 minutesThis Academy Award-winning short documentary takes viewers on a tour through the Library's reading rooms and facilities, highlighting how the institution benefits the public and scholars worldwide. The U.S. Office of War Information Overseas Branch, which included many Hollywood veterans, created this film and dozens of others which were designed to showcase American society and institutions for foreign audiences.
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Ned Blackhawk "The Rediscovery of America"
1 hour, 5 minutesYale University professor Ned Blackhawk, winner of the 2023 National Book Award, talked about the role of native people across five centuries of American history - from Spanish colonial exploration to 20th century reservation policies. The Athenaeum of Philadelphia hosted this program.
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Jordan Taylor, "Misinformation Nation"
1 hour, 7 minutesAuthor Jordan Taylor discussed how foreign news affected American politics in colonial America, plaguing the Revolution with misunderstandings. The American Revolution Institute in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Reel America: U.S. Navy in 1942
12 minutesThis 1942 U.S. Navy film showed life at the Naval Academy, sailors aboard aircraft carriers, submarines, and planes, as well as enlisted recruits training after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This film was released as "Roar Navy, Roar." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Reel America: History of the Air Force - 1953
17 minutesThis 1953 video created by the Department of Defense explained how the U.S. Air Force came to be a separate service branch of the American military. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Maurizio Valsania, "First Among Men"
1 hour, 12 minutesMaurizio Valsania recreated the 18th century world George Washington lived in and the masculine ideals that shaped him as a man, husband, military commander and president. George Washington's Mount Vernon Virginia estate hosted this event.