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Bay of Pigs 60th Anniversary

Sixty years ago, on April 17, 1961, a force of more than 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on…
April 18, 2021
Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway Oral History Interview

Joseph Galloway was a correspondent for United Press International during the Vietnam War. He described his time in the war…

Featured Programs

April 19, 2015
House Where Lincoln Died

James Swanson, author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, gave a tour of the Petersen House, where President…
April 10, 2021
Vietnam, Walter Cronkite and Public Opinion

On February 27, 1968, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite closed a special report on Vietnam with a pessimistic assessment of the U.S. war effort. Mr.…

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Sunday
12:00AM EDTAmerican History TV
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Claire Gaudiani "Generosity Unbound"
9:25AM EDTGeorge Washington & Washington, D.C.
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Boat Burners on the Mississippi
11:15AM EDTEarly 20th Century Women Explorers
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam, Walter Cronkite & Public Opinion
1:00PM EDTChurchill, Truman & the "Iron Curtain" Speech
1:59PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
3:42PM EDTHistory of the Black Hills
4:00PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
4:28PM EDTJohn F. Kennedy Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors
4:42PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
4:59PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
5:50PM EDTCrazy Horse Memorial
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
6:30PM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
7:10PM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
7:47PM EDTGlass City
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
8:37PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Champion of Peace"
9:23PM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
9:45PM EDTRufus Edmisten & Richard Nixon's Impeachment
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
10:30PM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
11:10PM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
11:47PM EDTGlass City
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
12:37AM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Champion of Peace"
1:23AM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
1:44AM EDTRufus Edmisten & Richard Nixon's Impeachment
2:01AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
2:30AM EDTJohn F. Kennedy Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors
2:43AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
3:00AM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
3:51AM EDTBattle of Fallen Timbers
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
4:30AM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
5:10AM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
5:50AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
7:31AM EDTWillard-Dempsey Fight
7:35AM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
8:00AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Milton Jones
9:30AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
11:00AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis
12:29PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Donna Rowe
1:57PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Milton Jones
3:27PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
4:57PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis
6:26PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Donna Rowe
7:53PM EDTHistory of UNC
8:00PM EDTDouglas MacArthur's Military Career
8:52PM EDTHistory of Hawaii & The Life of Queen Liliuokalani
10:02PM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
10:53PM EDTJohnny Carson & Political Humor
11:37PM EDTHumorist Art Buchwald & Political Satire
Tuesday
12:13AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
1:03AM EDTDouglas MacArthur's Military Career
1:55AM EDTHistory of Hawaii & The Life of Queen Liliuokalani
3:05AM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
3:56AM EDTJohnny Carson & Political Humor
4:40AM EDTHumorist Art Buchwald & Political Satire
5:16AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
6:06AM EDTDouglas MacArthur's Military Career
6:58AM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
7:49AM EDTBasque Culture in Nevada
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
8:28PM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
9:27PM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
10:25PM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
11:24PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Mary Todd Lincoln
Wednesday
1:10AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
1:38AM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
2:37AM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
3:35AM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
4:34AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Mary Todd Lincoln
8:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
9:40PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
11:21PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran David Taylor
Thursday
12:55AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
2:13AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
3:53AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
5:34AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran David Taylor
6:54AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
8:00PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
8:42PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
8:59PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
9:49PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
10:48PM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
Friday
1:00AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
1:42AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
1:59AM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
2:49AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
3:48AM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
8:00PM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
9:08PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
9:28PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
9:55PM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
10:55PM EDTBaseball & American Cities
11:52PM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
Saturday
1:10AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
1:29AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
1:56AM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
2:56AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
3:53AM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
5:02AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
5:21AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
5:48AM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
6:49AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
8:00AM EDT19th Century Irish Immigration
9:10AM EDTStories from a U.S. Capitol Tour Guide
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
10:30AM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
11:10AM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
11:46AM EDTGlass City
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
12:40PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Champion of Peace"
1:25PM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
1:45PM EDTReno Divorce Industry
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
3:25PM EDTReel America "Where Dreams Come True" - 1979
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Mona Charen, "Sex Matters"
4:55PM EDTThe Iran Hostage Crisis & U.S. - Iran Relations
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
7:00PM EDTOkinawa & Survival of China During World War II
8:00PM EDTLectures in History 1864 Presidential Election
9:20PM EDTWomen Artists in the White House Collection
10:00PM EDTReel America
11:00PM EDTAmerican History TV
Sunday
12:05AM EDTLectures in History 1864 Presidential Election
1:25AM EDTWomen Artists in the White House Collection
2:05AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Mona Charen, "Sex Matters"
3:00AM EDTThe Iran Hostage Crisis & U.S. - Iran Relations
4:05AM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
5:05AM EDTOkinawa & Survival of China During World War II
6:05AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
7:30AM EDTReel America "Where Dreams Come True" - 1979
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Linda Greenhouse, "The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right"
9:00AM EDTJames Baker & the End of the Cold War
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on Civil War History
11:10AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
12:00PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
1:00PM EDTHispanic American Soldiers in World War II
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
3:40PM EDTRapid City Flood of 1972
4:00PM EDTReel America
5:00PM EDTAmerican History TV
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Washington, DC Tidal Basin & Cherry Blossoms
6:30PM EDTAmerican History TV

Most Recent American History TV Videos

April 19, 2015
House Where Lincoln Died

James Swanson, author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, gave a tour of the Petersen House, where President…
October 5, 2019
Crazy Horse Memorial

Started in 1948, the Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota honors the Oglala Lakota Warrior and is the centerpiece of the…
October 19, 2019
Fort Meigs

Fort Meigs is the largest wooden, walled Fort in North America. Interim Director Ashley Phlipot explained that General William Henry…
April 17, 2021
Cuba - The Battle of America

Educational television pioneer Albert Burke hosts a broadcast exploring the causes of the Cuban Revolution. He argues…

April 17, 2021
Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961

This compilation of Universal Newsreels from January 1959 to April 1961 covers the Cuban Revolution to the aftermath of…
April 17, 2021
Cuba - Bay of Pigs

Originally broadcast as an NBC “White Paper,” this Encyclopaedia Britannica edited classroom version of the report tells the story…
December 7, 2019
History of the Black Hills

Considered sacred by many Native Americans, South Dakota’s Black Hills have long been the source of contention over land claims between…
April 18, 2021
Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway Oral History Interview

Joseph Galloway was a correspondent for United Press International during the Vietnam War. He described his time in the war…