Narrator in 1849, it took the clipper ship flying cloud 89 days to reach San Franciscos golden gate harbor from new york. In the spring of 1945, no point on earth was more than 40 flying hours away from San Francisco. In those 100 years, San Francisco grew larger as the world grew smaller. It developed into a vigorous and Cosmopolitan Center of culture and of industry and shipping for the war in the pacific. And for nine weeks in the spring of 1945, San Francisco was the center of mens hopes for lasting peace. Narrator delegates representing 46 nations came to San Francisco on april 25, 1945, representing almost 2000 Million People, more than 80 of humanity. All at war when the conference was begun, they came with hope born of common struggle. They came to design together machinery to end war, a curse which in 30 years had killed 40 million human beings. Narrator maimed countless millions more, both armed and unarmed. Narrator when the conference convened, Franklin Roosevelt was missin
Its clear she will bring an awful lot to Virginia Tech with teaching, research, and outreach programs as well. She specializes in 19thcentury u. S. History, including, of course, the civil war era, but also north american slavery more generally. Warfare more generally as well. Appeared inhas civil war monitor and Civil War History journal, among other publications. Her big project at the moment is converting her phd dissertation into a book. That will be well worth looking out for a few years down the line. It is on the very same topic. You can see the powerpoint is already up there. Under the rebel lash black prisoners of war in the confederate south. She will speak for about 25 to 35 minutes, which will give us plenty of time for discussion. And i think a big advantage of the zoom format is you will be able to type in your questions using the q a feature. You will not be able to use the chat in the webinar, but you can use the q a button if you have a question, and you can type those
Polls to cast the first ballot in nearly 80 years. They are turning out to vote through the medium of the free and secret bat lon. Members of the American Armed forces on battle lines around the world cast their ballots. Nearly four million servicemen and women voted. Governor and mrs. Dewey vote in new york city. President roosevelt casts his ballot. The counting of the National Vote begins. Radio stations and networks rich the returns throughout the nation and by short wave the voice of measuring informs the world. In times square in new york, half a Million People gathered to follow election results. At the Republican National headquarters, they closely follow country wide statistics. And the lead is maintained throughout the night. At 3 15 in the morning, governor dewey concedes the election. It is clear that mr. Roosevelt has been reelected for a fourth term and every Good American will whole heartedly accept the will of the people. I extend to president roost felt my hearty congr
Hey, joe joe yeah, sam take a look at todays timetable. Only one of these can get through to washington. 44 is a single track, you know . Yeah, but sam, arent the American People onboard to win the war special . Well, all, but a you see that switch, joe . Youve got to sidetrack. Im just the guy that can do it, sam. Look, joe, you can if you dont fall asleep at the switch like you did in november 1942. Asleep dont worry about me. Hell have to knock me out. Hey oh, my who are you . Not at all. Glad you dropped in, my boy, glad you dropped in. The hands are overworking and high production, and grab his hands and theyre overworking. Have a cigar. Lets talk this over, my boy. According to the papers youre on the wrong track. It says here that the war special isnt going through. All of the waiters are on strike. Thats a lie were out to win the war i tell you this is roosevelts war by and by, in the glorious land way up high the pie in the sky when you die ill be the farmers best friend and w
Coming up on American History tv, a discussion with the author of the book 1948, Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the clifton park half moon public library. We are very pleased to have david patrusia to talk about his latest book 1948. Harry trumans improbable victory and the year that france formed america kwoo. Hes been here in the past about his book about Arnold Rothstein and the book of 1920, the year of six president s and 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon, the silent cowls almanac and the homespun wit and wisdom of vermont, Calvin Coolidge and ted williams, my life in pictures. He produced a wmht documentary, local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman book talk about how lively it is and illuminating portraits and the evenhanded appraisal for truman is especially compelling. What it takes to get us to election day is one thats definitively become the best at leading