This is the campus of Stanford University, one of americas great schools. This is the memorial church. This is memorial theater. And this is the library on war, revolution and peace. I am meeting a Great American and an old friend. I am here to have a talk with the 31st president of the United States, mr. Herbert hoover. Sit down, ray. Thank you, sir. Can you tell us what it means . Well, it is the library on war, revolution and peace. The purpose of it is to present the complete history of this world since the beginning of First World War i. It has many objectives. One of them is to aid in development of measures of peace. It covers economic, military, other questions. It is now the haven of historians from all over the world. Because the german war library was destroyed in the last war, the french war library was destroyed and the British War Library was greatly damaged, this is practically the only complete story of what has happened in the last 50 years. How do the idea of the libr
Chair. On one side of her desk theres a stapler, and then next to it a fragment of a cannonball that ez soo using as a paperweight something she could have picked up on the civil war battlefield. All sorts of other useful and interesting things are here on this desk. Red cross windows are here. People on the street car could see those windows. People on the road would know what this house was about by the windows and the red cross flag that ordinarily flies above the windows. Clara barton died in her bedroom in this house three days before the titanic sank april 12th, 1912. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs anytime by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. Keep track of the Republicanled Congress and follow its new members through its first session. New congress best access. On cspan, cspan 2, cspan radio, and cspan. Org. Each week American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. Republican Herbert Hoo
De kooning, narrating when i start something and the unexpected happens but not always for the good. I mean, i work very spontaneously. In other words i make the best of it. Narrator born in rotterdam in 1904, de kooning was apprenticed at age 12 to a local painting and decorating firm. At night, he attended the Rotterdam Academy of fine arts and techniques. There he received formal training, drawing from the model and rendering traditional subjects such as still lifes. Recent avantgarde movements such as jugendstil with its sensuous line fascinated the young painter. [foghorn sounding] at age 22, de kooning emigrated to america working his way aboard a ship. He settled in hoboken, new jersey where he supported himself as a house painter. De kooning soon moved across the hudson river to new york city. There, he met other aspiring painters, including Arshile Gorky and stuart davis. De koonings art duri these lean years revealed his interest in abstraction. These compositions echoed the
Great american master. De kooning, narrating when i start something and the unexpected happens but not always for the good. I mean, i work very spontaneously. In other words i make the best of it. Narrator born in rotterdam in 1904, de kooning was apprenticed at age 12 to a local painting and decorating firm. At night, he attended the Rotterdam Academy of fine arts and techniques. There he received formal training, drawing from the model and rendering traditional subjects such as still lifes. Recent avantgarde movements such as jugendstil with its sensuous line fascinated the young painter. [foghorn sounding] at age 22, de kooning emigrated to america working his way aboard a ship. He settled in hoboken, new jersey where he supported himself as a house painter. De kooning soon moved across the hudson river to new york city. There, he met other aspiring painters, including Arshile Gorky and stuart davis. De koonings art duri these lean years revealed his interest in abstraction. These c
There are report that this kidnapping is in retaliation of the raid on the country. Were joined from beirut. Atia, whats the latest with this kidnapping . Good morning, bept i. The details are murky. Gunmen went in where the Prime Minister was. They pulled up in a convoy of cars. His Current Location remains unknown. A rebel group did take responsibility for his abduction. They say its because they took him in for charges of corruption. But as you mentioned, there are reports that it could possibly, possibly be linked to a u. S. Commando raid on saturday in which u. S. Commandos took in and captured abu a nas al libi. Its a connection to the 1998 bombings of africa in kenya and tanzania. The u. S. Embassies there. That was a capture by u. S. Commandos by government groups and they were not happy that the u. S. Invaded their sovereignty. That all said and done, still the details are very murky toos why the Prime Minister was taken. Were waiting to hear more information on that. This sho