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Lectures in history, with top College Professor developing into americas past. And our new series, real america, featuring archival government and educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. Cspan3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. During this Holiday Season we are showing you American History programs. Today, we are focusing on our series, reel america. Next, the first of two profiles of american film directors and the Second World War. We will start with a look at frank capras work and focus on George Stevens. Later, its director john ford and his movie the battle of midway. Each wee ....
He actually came up doing laurel and hardy silent shorts and then once sound came in he did everything from swing time, one of the best fred astaire and Ginger Rogers movies to wochlt year with Katherine Hepburn and spencer tracy. Each of these movies had reasons for directors going in. For stevens, who like all of the directors was old enough so he could have gotten a civilian exemption from the war, really wanted what he called a seat on the 50 yard line of history. He felt that it was a patriotic duty to go. He had been chafing in hollywood because he felt pigeonholed into making these very light movies when he had wanted to make some films with more contemporary or warrelated content. And when he was wasnt able to do it at rko or columbia, he jumped at the chance to do it in the army and for the army. Interestingly, of the five directors, stevens is the only one who nev ....
Twitter. Monday night on American History tv, and american used American News special report on communist saigon from 1975. Nbc news reports on the capture of South Vietnam pots capital by north vietnamese communist forces. It details events in the weeks following the vietnam war. An nbc news special report from 1975 communist saigon, on American History tv on cspan3. Each week, American History tvs reel america bring you archival films that tell the story of the 20 century. The true glory is a reduction of the office of war and information the british information British Ministry of information, chronicling events from the dday invasion until the ea ....
Lyndon johnson regarding the u. S. Role in vietnam. A look at events surrounding apollo 13 space mission. Each week American History tvs real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. True glory 1945 coproduction and the british information of information. Chronicling events in europe from june 1944 dday envision until surrender of nazi germany may 1945, the film utilized work over 1400 combat cameramen. Last year to mark the anniversary of dday the Preservation Lab digitally restored the film using software and a tedious manual process to remove dirt dust, scratches from scans of each frame of the 81minute film. I have been asked to be the spokesman for this allied Expeditionary Force in saying a word of introduction to what youre about to see. It is a story of the nazi def ....
Dust and scratches from scans of each frame of the 81minute l. 81minute film. I have been asked to be this nooks men. It is the story of the nazi defeat on the western front. I mean the enlisted soldiers, sailors and airmen that foster every obstacle through victory. Teamwork among nations servicemen and men. On the way down the line. Our enemy in this campaign was strong, resourceful and cunning. But he made a few mistakes. His greatest wonder was this. He not he could break up our partnership. But we were welded together by fighting for one great cause. In one great team, a team in which you were an indispensable and working member. That spirit of free people working, fighting and living together in one great cause has served as well on the western front. We pray that spirit of comradeship will persist for ever among the free people among the united nations. Do you who now living in love of hope who since the future in this rounding air, this testament, he may look among the violent ....