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October 21, 2017
Judge Learned Hand and Statutory Law

Professor Thomas Merrill talked about Learned Hand’s interpretation of statutory law, which are laws generated by a…
October 15, 2017
Fiesta Island

The Puerto Rico Visitors Bureau produced this film in 1953 to encourage tourism and celebrate the island’s history and…

October 14, 2017
Journalist Tom Brokaw's Life and Career

Journalist Tom Brokaw received the “Great Americans” award from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He talked…
October 8, 2017
Benjamin Franklin's Views on Honor

Professor Craig Smith talked about Benjamin Franklin’s goal to redefine who is honorable, comparing a hereditary honor given…

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Saturday
8:00AM EDTReel America ABC Scope, The Vietnam War - How Much Dissent? 1968
8:30AM EDTJudge Learned Hand & Statutory Law
10:00AM EDT50 Years Later
10:30AM EDTOral Histories Diana Walker Photojournalism Interview
11:45AM EDTLittle Rock, Arkansas After 1959
12:40PM EDTJohn Marshall's U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Cases
2:05PM EDTChief Justice John Marshall's Legacy
4:00PM EDTAngela Hudson, Real Native Genius
5:00PM EDTAmerican History TV
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War
7:00PM EDTAmerican History TV
8:00PM EDTLectures in History
9:00PM EDTAmerican History TV
10:00PM EDTReel America
11:00PM EDTAmerican History TV
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLuis Alvarez on Zoot Suits & Race Relations During World War II
1:25AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Railroads & Railcars
2:00AM EDTAngela Hudson, Real Native Genius
2:50AM EDTAmerica's Civil Religion & Cultural Wars
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Saving Slave Houses Project
4:40AM EDTJohn Marshall's U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Cases
6:05AM EDTChief Justice John Marshall's Legacy
8:00AM EDTMark Kurlansky, The Food of a Younger Land
9:05AM EDTThe Civil War A Conversation with Historian Allen Guelzo
10:35AM EDTJournalist Tom Brokaw's Life & Career
11:45AM EDTLectures in History Joseph Glatthaar on Korean War & Civil-Military Relations
12:45PM EDTAmerican Women in Politics Has Suffrage Mattered?
2:20PM EDTDesign & History of the M4 Sherman Tank During WWII
4:00PM EDTThe First Fighters in New Guinea, 1942-1944
4:35PM EDTWorld War I & Trench Warfare
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts
7:00PM EDTNationalism & U.S. Foreign Policy
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency
8:30PM EDTJohn Marshall's U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Cases
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts
11:00PM EDTNationalism & U.S. Foreign Policy
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency
12:30AM EDTJohn Marshall's U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Cases
2:00AM EDTThe First Fighters in New Guinea, 1942-1944
2:35AM EDTWorld War I & Trench Warfare
4:00AM EDTThe Presidency Eleanor Roosevelt's Relationship With Her Father
4:45AM EDTAmerican Women in Politics Has Suffrage Mattered?
6:20AM EDTDesign & History of the M4 Sherman Tank During WWII

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Space for Women

This recruitment and educational film contains interviews with women employed by NASA and shows the variety of work…
October 22, 2017
Senator John McCain Interview

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) talks about the 50th anniversary of his being shot down over North Vietnam as a Navy flier and the…
October 21, 2017
Judge Learned Hand and Statutory Law

Professor Thomas Merrill talked about Learned Hand’s interpretation of statutory law, which are laws generated by a…
October 21, 2017
The Vietnam War-How Much Dissent?

This episode of the weekly ABC Scope series examined resistance to the Vietnam War and the draft with footage of…

October 21, 2017
Fort Gorges

Paul Drinan visited Fort Gorges and explained what a local group was doing to restore it. Fort Gorges was a Civil War era fort that has…
October 21, 2017
"Creative Maine" Exhibit

Kate McBrian talked about some of the trades highlighted the “Creative Maine” exhibit, which highlights the role craftsmen and skilled…
October 21, 2017
Maine Historical Society Archives Artifacts

Jamie Kingman Rice highlighted some of the items in the Maine Historical Society’s archives, including a lock of George Washington’s hair…
October 21, 2017
Portland Observatory

Alessa Wylie gave a tour of the Portland Observatory and shows off its views of Portland, Maine. The Portland Observatory is a maritime…