Prime Time Schedule: Congressional Holiday Recess, December 30, 2019 -January 3, 2020
American History TV Prime Time Schedule
December 30 , 2019 to January 3, 2020
Starts at 8pm Each Night on C-SPAN 3
Monday, December 30
Aviation
Stony Brook University professor Aviation writer and filmmaker Paul Glenshaw talks about the first U.S. military airplane - the 1909 Wright Flyer - designed by the pioneering Wright Brothers, and shows film footage of early demonstrations of the plane at Fort Myer, Virginia. Smithsonian Associates hosted this program.
Tuesday, December 31
1969
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place 50 years ago from August 16 to 18, 1969 at a dairy farm in upstate New York. The three-day rock concert attracted nearly half a million people. American History TV and Washington Journal marked the anniversary with historian David Farber, who joined us to talk about the social movements of the time, how this unexpected cultural phenomenon unfolded, and the music festival's legacy. Mr. Farber is the author of "The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s." This program kicks off a night looking back at notable events from the year 1969, including the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court decision on student free speech, and the Stonewall Riots in New York City, a key turning point in the gay rights movement.
Wednesday, January 1
Fal of Berlin Wall 30th Anniversary
November 9th marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. After its 1961 construction, the barrier symbolized the ideological Cold War divisions between East and West. American History TV and Washington Journal were LIVE with three hours of interviews and viewer calls from the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Guests included: Angela Stent, head of Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian & East European Studies; Hope Harrison, author of "After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present"; Steve Vogel, who covered the fall of the wall for the Washington Post and author of "Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War's Most Audacious Espionage Operation"; and Carrie Christoffersen of the Newseum, who'll talk about their Cold War Berlin exhibit, which includes the largest display of unaltered portions of the wall outside of Germany as well as an intact East German guard tower p>
Thursday, January 2
Forgotten Battles of the Civil War
Civil War Trails executive director Drew Gruber talks about the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg in Virginia - and why it was overshadowed that year by larger and bloodier battles. We also hear why Williamsburg's colonial history has long obscured its Civil War story. This talk begins a night of programs from the "Emerging Civil War" Blog's annual symposium. This year's theme was "Forgotten Battles of the Civil War." .
Friday, January 3
Battle of the Bulge 75th Anniversary
Seventy-five years ago, on December 16, 1944, Adolf Hitler launched a surprise counteroffensive against Allied forces in the Ardennes Forest region of Belgium, northeastern France, and Luxembourg. Known as the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler committed more than 1,000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last Nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of Antwerp. "Tigers on the Loose" is a 1965 U.S. Army film highlighting the 10th Armored Division - known as the "Tiger Division." Narrated by actor Lorne Greene, the story is told primarily by the veterans themselves, who detail the battle and the division's experience up to the surrender of Germany in May of 1945. The program is from American History TV's archival film series "Reel America."
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