All americans. Watch the commute caters, monday at it 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. Watch the communicators, monday, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. Author ran zwigenberg talked about how people remember world war ii and examined the accounts from the survivors of hiroshima, nagasaki, and the holocaust. This interview was recorded at the annual American Historical Association meeting. York isng us from new ran zwigenberg a professor of asian and jewish studies at penn state. The author of hiroshima and the global origins of memory. Thank you for joining us on cspans American History tv. Thank you for having me. You look at the two significant impacts upward or two, the holocaust and its impact on jews around the world and of course the bombings and reshma and nagasaki which ended the war in 1945. Has your research shown . My research now is on the psychiatric reaction, direction of the psychiatric establishment and that dealt with communities of survivors both in hiroshima and nag
One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landings, chase washington journal along with cspan American History tv, will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern spaceflight. For the next three hours we are live at the national air and space musician museum in washington, where well talk about apollo 11 with historians, the module pilot collins, and you. You can let us know you impression of the moon landing, and you want to talk about that day, you impressions of, it tool to 7000, two or two seven assions of the 50th 202 7488000. For all will be based here from the national air and space museum. A couple of facts about the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission. It was Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin, and Michael Collins the team for that day. The launch took place july 16, 1969. The moon landing on july 20, 1969. The first step by Neil Armstrong at about 10 4 56 p. M. On july 20. At about 10 56 p. M. On july 20. Astronauts returning to e
Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac i mean, like it will be really exciting when we can put some robots up on mars, wont it be exciting . Weve already done it, right . Okay. I dont hear now, when you put when you put [ applause ] when you put joe blow and jane doe up on mars, then i think you will see true excitement. That may not be [ applause ] you know, that may not be the way the world should be because charlie points out things that are of more importance than whether it is a machine or whether it is a human being, they each have their place, but the public, i do think, has a special Little Corner in the back of their brain reserved for people who go to these places and i dont think that will change. I mean, you see the reaction you still get 50 years later for having been part of the grand adventure of apollo 11. In my feeling its still something special. There are only 570 humans that have been in orbit, so there is something there that maintains potency and sending
The Smithsonian National air and space museum shows us artifacts that tell the story of Space Exploration from the moon to mar mars. Each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and Historic Sites around the country. Up next we visit the Smithsonian National air and space museum located on the National Mall in washington, d. C. Our tour guide is valerie neal, head of the Space History Department at the museum who shows us artifacts that tell the story of Space Exploration from the moon to mars. Im valerie neal. Were in the boeing milestones of flight hall at the center of the museum and this is the hall where we display the pioneering aircraft and spacecraft that transform the modern world. When this Museum Opened in july of 1976 almost every space artifact on display had recently been in the news. This was very much a museum of contemporary spaceflight and it was for most people their first chance to see what had been lauded in the 1960s and early 1970s during thi
Journey through the historical underbelly of europe. And most recently, cuba libre, che fidel and the improbable revolution that changed world history. As a college student, tony regular lay disappeared to hitchhike through the outback and travel through rural independent que where he briefly enjoyed now based in the east village of manhattan, he makes it a point to continue exploring in iceland, tee yes, sir ra del fuego, beijing, tasmania, to name a few. Tonys travel stories have been published in magazines like the New York Times, smithsonian magazine, have been translated into a dozen languages. Having been selected seven times for the best American Travel writing series. He is also a regular television guest on the History Channel where he has spoken about everything from the crusades to the birth of disco. Cuba low pray is available for sale and signing after the program. Please join me in welcoming tony perrottet. Thank you for coming out on a beautiful spring night. D. C. Is lo