Highlights This Weekend on American History TV April 15 - 17
C-SPAN3's American History TV
8am Saturday - 8am, Monday April 15-17, 2017
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Saturday 8pm & midnight ET
Lectures in History: 1916 San Francisco Bombing
Providence College professor Jeffrey Johnson teaches a class about the 1916 bombing of a San Francisco parade that killed 10 and wounded 40. The bombing took place on what was called "Preparedness Day," organized by pro-business groups to keep people vigilant in case the United States entered World War I. The attack remains the worst act of terrorism in San Francisco history.
Saturday 10pm & Sunday 4pm ET
Reel America: "On the Firing Line with the Germans" - 1915
In the spring of 1915, almost a year after the start of the first World War, American journalist Wilbur Durborough & cinematographer Guy Ries left Chicago bound for Berlin, Germany. They traveled with the German army to the front lines in East Prussia and Poland and shot 25,000 feet of film, about five and a half hours of footage. They returned to the U.S. in September of 1915 and, in November, released a 108-minute feature film - "On the Firing Line with the Germans." The film received positive reviews and was screened widely in the United States - despite the fact that it presented a favorable view of the Germans. We learn about how the once-lost film was rediscovered and restored by the Library of Congress. Then we watch the entire film with commentary by two scholars who helped reassemble it.
Sunday 6pm & 10pm ET
American Artifacts: Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery
Located between the new Museum of the American Revolution and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the Portrait Gallery of the Second Bank of the United States houses more than 150 paintings of notable 18th and 19th century leaders, military officers, explorers, and scientists. We visit the gallery to learn about a selection of works by Charles Willson Peale. More than 100 of his portraits make up the core of the collection.
Sunday 8pm & midnight ET
The Presidency: Washington & Hamilton
Historians discuss the relationship between Alexander Hamilton and George Washington. They talk about Thomas Jefferson's opposition to Hamilton's Federalist Party platform and how Hamilton's immigrant experience affected his political views. They also explain how Hamilton may have helped shift Washington's opinion on slavery. The New-York Historical Society hosted this event.
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