The thing that amused and entertained our boys who were stationed all over england was westminster abbey, and there were quite a few americans who came there to see the sites and see westminster abbey, and these are the scenes that i wanted to photograph on one sunday afternoon. Another area that intrigued me was marble arch. The marble arch on one sunday afternoon was full of people. You must remember that london was being bombed almost every night in this particular time, and i was photographing these speakers that were addressing the crowds. Every speaker was speaking on a different assumptiosubject, but police stood around and watched, and as long as there was no arguments, nobody was hurt, and the people in the audience were arguing back with the speakers, but these were just typical shots of how we passed the time waiting for dday. Most of the children who lived in england or a great may i should say were sent out of the city, but a lot of them had to remain behind, but in spite
Hearse corporation newsreel. He created a traveling film and lecture program, the National Archives restored the film together with a recording of his original narration. This is 45 minutes. The one place that intrigued me was my first trip to london, and the house of parliament and big ben. Now these pictures you must remember are more than a quarter of a century old. The thing that amused and entertained our boys who were stationed all over england was westminster abbey, and there were quite a few americans who came there to see the sites and see westminster abbey, and these are the scenes that i wanted to photograph on one sunday afternoon. Another area that intrigued me was marble arch. The marble arch on one sunday afternoon was full of people. You must remember that london was being bombed almost every night in this particular time, and i was photographing these speakers that were addressing the crowds. Every speaker was speaking on a different assumptiosubject, but police stood
The iraqi armie jammed this highway as Coalition Forces moved to kuwait. They were perfect targets. It became known as the highway of death. And a harsh example of allied air power during Operation Desert Storm. The coalition used overwhelming air power to defeat a brutal dictator and free a nation. In this program, the air commanders of desert storm talk about how they fought the war, focusing on the u. S. Air forces role. August 7, 1990, president bush responding to the iraqi invasion of kuwait orders American Forces to decoy to saudi arabia. Deploy to saudi arabia. U. S. Central command air forces had to move its forces several thousand miles quickly. Within days five u. S. Air force squadrons and two u. S. Carriers arrived in the gulf. Lieutenant general chuck horner recalls the deployment. Gen. Horner we had to get people here rapidly because of the threat of iraqi invasion. We brought over those kinds of airplanes you need to defend and deter air defense aircraft. And also the f1
Weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv, Brooklyn Law School professor Chris Beauchamp talks about his new book invented by law Alexander Graham bell and the patent that changed america. He argues that the reason bell is remembered as the inventor of the telephone is because his lawyers. Although others contributed to his invention, bell won out because of america capozzi patent laws. Americas patent laws. Thank you for coming to tonights program. Can you hear me . Now . Tonight. For coming out of courtesy to the speaker, please turn off your electronic devices, he gets even though we are talking about telephones, we do not actually to hear them during the program. [laughter] like this . Ok. Thank you. The 1800s were a time of rough and ready idealism in the United States. Washe federal era transformed into a template for what we know now. It was a time in which are learning to cope with the , steel andught steam electricity and laid the foundations for the 20th century. It w
Released on june 6 of 1986. But first, the nasa video of the shuttle launch, followed by president reagans remarks to the nation from the oval office five hours after the accident. T 15 seconds. T 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 we have main engine start. 4, 3, 2, 1, and liftoff. Liftoff, the 25th spatial mission has cleared the tower. Confirmed. Challenger now heading downrange. Engines have begun throttling down now. 94 . Normal throttle for most of the plane. Will throttle down to 65 shortly. Engines at 65 , three engines running normally. Velocity, three nautical miles, downrange distance three. Engine is throttling up. 104 . Challenger, go at throttle up. Roger. One minute 15 seconds. Altitude, nine nautical miles. Downrange distance seven nautical miles. Flight controllers here, looking carefully of the situation. Obviously a major malfunction. We have no downlink. We have the report from the flight dynamics officer that the vehicle has exploded. We are looking at checking with recovery forces to