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August 18, 2024
3:00 AM EDT
Suffragists & the 19th Amendment. Author Rebecca Roberts talked about the decade leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment and how women gained their right to vote through marching, picketing, and persistence. Ms. Roberts is the author of "Suffragists in Washington, D.C.: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote." The White House Historical Association hosted this discussion.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?462077-2/suffragists-19th-amendment
August 18, 2024
4:20 AM EDT
Reel America: "Japan Surrenders" - 1945. This 1945 U.S. Office of War Information "United News" newsreel showed an overview of Japan at war in the Pacific since 1931 through the celebration of Japan's surrender and the end of World War II in Times Square. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?327643-1/japan-surrenders-1945
August 18, 2024
4:31 AM EDT
Q&A: World War II Veterans Steve Ellis & Rolf Slen. World War II veterans - former U.S. Navy gunnery officer Steven Ellis and former U.S. Army Air Force B-24 navigator Rolf Slen - talked about their experiences during the war. Mr. Ellis, age 99, and Mr. Slen, age 100, both served in the Pacific Theater.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?535977-1/qa-world-war-ii-veterans-steve-ellis-rolf-slen
August 18, 2024
5:30 AM EDT
Paul Hendrickson, "Fighting the Night". Author Paul Hendrickson discussed his father's World War II service as a fighter pilot who flew nighttime missions during the 1945 Iwo Jima campaign. This event was hosted by the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?535402-1/fighting-night
August 18, 2024
6:36 AM EDT
Reel America: "The Negro Sailor" 1945. This 1945 U.S. Navy film follows a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the Pacific. Completed after the surrender of Japan, the film celebrates teamwork, diversity, and the actions of several distinguished African American sailors. The film was restored by the National Archives in 2016.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?416445-1/the-negro-sailor
August 18, 2024
7:05 AM EDT
Historic Convention Speeches: Barack Obama - 2004. U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) emerged on the national stage while giving a keynote speech endorsing Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for president at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?182718-3/barack-obama-2004-democratic-national-convention-keynote-speech
August 18, 2024
7:24 AM EDT
Historic Convention Speeches: Mitt Romney - 2008. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney spoke at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, after losing the party's presidential nomination to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Romney won 22 percent of the party's vote and nominated Sen. McCain for president. Romney would later win the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?280790-7/mitt-romney-2008-convention-speech
August 18, 2024
7:36 AM EDT
NASA Historian Jennifer Ross-Nazzal. Jennifer Ross-Nazzal talked about her work on NASA oral history projects and described the wide range of jobs and positions women have held at NASA, from early human computers to the first female astronauts. C-SPAN conducted this interview at the Organization of American Historians meeting in New Orleans.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?534815-8/nasa-historian-jennifer-ross-nazzal
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