Open the seas back up for the british. In particular, whats going to be the most precious thing . Where does this war have to be decided ultimately. On the ground. So what do you need . People. Troops. Thats sort of a long way to getting back to saying about mobilization. Payton c. March, another unsung hero of world war i because march is the guy who is going to organize the draft. Youre talking about an army of i think the United States army at the beginning before world war begins is less than 2,000 people. By the time the armistice comes about, there are about two million soldiers in europe, with another two million ready to go. We go from 0 to 4 million. Thats payton c. March. He didnt make it into any of the readings. Hes somebody we should keep in mind. Thats a pretty substantial task. My old boss when i was teaching at west point, general dodi wrote a book called empyrrhic victory, a great, great study talking about the french in the First World War. And i think i referenced th
Is best. Think about it a second. Which one we got a paper clip, binder clip and stapler. Which one is best . Asha, which one is best . What purpose you want them to serve. Its not that hard. Which one is best . We have an intellectual in the room. Im looking for someone with an answer. Which one is best, david . Stapler. Well, youre wrong. The stapler is not best. Jack, which one is best . The paper clip. Wrong again. The right answer is the binder clip. The binder clip is, in my opinion, the best. All right . Now i will admit that if i had a 100page document to fasten, binder clip would be best. Stapler is not going to do the job very well. On the other hand if i want to fasten a receipt to a note, maybe i need the paper clip so in effect, i think im coming around to ashas answer. Depends on what were talking about here. We are up against a point of view that takes these things and says one is definitely best. Our reading for today contends that the bottom device is just plain best.
One with a pedigree of nasa and aerospace history, which is deep abroad and will have a fascinating discussion today. Let me start out, dr. Bilberry to my right is a current nasa chief historian from nasa from watching nbc roger,right is dr. Currently the associate director of collection and Territorial Affairs at the smithsonian institution. To his right is dr. Eric conway, the gpl historian and former langley historian. He spent time here before we sent them out to jpl. Current glenn, the history and nasa ames. Let me introduce you dr. Bill barry from headquarters will moderate our panel, and give us the beginnings of a great story. Thanks, bill. [applause] thanks, walt. Good afternoon, everybody. This is a great opportunity for us all to learn about viking and what happened 40 years ago. I imagine that 40 years ago today, on the 19th of july 1976, there was a lot of nailbiting and concern going on in the langley area and perhaps the other side of the coast out in california. For goo
City tours takes you to denver. We will visit Historic Sites in colorados capital. People drive past the denver mint all the time. It is right on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know very much about its history. It has a fascinating history, and it was a story that needed to be told. Capitol,lorado state like any capital, serves as the heart of its community. It is where history is reserved. There are murals, paintings, stained glass windows that celebrate and educate the people anybody whoand comes to see the state. Announcer john murray talks about denver today and shows us some of the historic neighborhoods. This is downtown denver, colorados capital city. Lived downtown for over a decade. The city has changed. T is a city on the move this is john murray, the city hall reporter for the denver post. While we were in town on our cspan cities to her, he took a ride along in our vehicle cities tour, he took a ride along in our vehicle. Give me a sense of the city. Denver is a city
Exhibition. Museum director lonnie bunch and paul gar dull lo talk about the saga of the ship called sal jose. Take us back to december 27th, 1794 camps bay off south africa and the final hours of the sal jose. On december 27th, 1794, a ship that was heading from Mozambique Island around the cape of good hope heading towards brazil, northeast brazil, came close to capetown, south africa. Capetown was often a landing point for ships before they made their way across the long atlantic voyage. This ship came to close to shore and got call in swells in a storm and struck rocks about 100 yards, 350 feet or so from shore. The captain was captaining the ship called the sal jose tried to salvage what he could from the crew. They attempted a rescue from ship to shore. He rescued himself. He rescued along with the crew he rescued about half of the 400 enslaved mozambiquens were all aboard and the other half captured from the interior of africa and brought on board in early december perished in t