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August 7, 2020
Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Author and historian Greg Mitchell discusses a collection of films from the U.S. National Archives documenting the…
August 9, 2020
Potsdam Conference 75th Anniversary

Michael Neiberg -- war studies chair at the U.S. Army War College -- talks about the personalities and stakes involved…

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August 6, 2020
Hiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II

August 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, with the U.S. dropping a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days later. Japanese…
August 1, 2020
The Spirit of Hiroshima

This documentary looks at the August 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, through the stories of several…

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Friday
7:58AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit
8:30AM EDTStephen Walker, Shockwave - Countdown to Hiroshima
9:46AM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII Museum Road to Tokyo Exhibit
10:16AM EDTReel America "FDR and World War II"
10:47AM EDTHiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
12:51PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit
1:23PM EDTStephen Walker, Shockwave - Countdown to Hiroshima
2:40PM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII Museum Road to Tokyo Exhibit
3:08PM EDTReel America "FDR and World War II"
3:40PM EDTHiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
5:44PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit
6:16PM EDTStephen Walker, Shockwave - Countdown to Hiroshima
7:31PM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII Museum Road to Tokyo Exhibit
8:02PM EDTMari Yamaguchi
8:06PM EDTReel America "The Spirit of Hiroshima" - 1996
9:03PM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
9:28PM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
10:00PM EDTReel America "The Last Bomb - 1945"
10:37PM EDTReel America August 1945 Universal Newsreel
10:42PM EDTFDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
11:43PM EDTReel America "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
Saturday
12:02AM EDTMari Yamaguchi
12:06AM EDTReel America "The Spirit of Hiroshima" - 1996
1:03AM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
1:28AM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
2:00AM EDTReel America "The Last Bomb - 1945"
2:37AM EDTReel America August 1945 Universal Newsreel
2:42AM EDTFDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
3:43AM EDTReel America "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
4:02AM EDTMari Yamaguchi
4:06AM EDTReel America "The Spirit of Hiroshima" - 1996
5:03AM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
5:28AM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
6:00AM EDTReel America "The Last Bomb - 1945"
6:37AM EDTReel America August 1945 Universal Newsreel
6:42AM EDTFDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
7:43AM EDTReel America "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
8:00AM EDTReel America "The Spirit of Hiroshima" - 1996
8:55AM EDTOral Histories Eugene DiSabatino
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit
10:35AM EDTReel America President of the United States" - 1948
11:00AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
1:00PM EDTResearching the USS Indianapolis
1:55PM EDTOral Histories Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Johanna Neuman, "Gilded Suffragists"
5:00PM EDTU.S. Immigration Policy Since 1924 Law
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
6:45PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreel September 19, 1967
6:55PM EDTLife of Hollywood Artist Milicent Patrick
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Polio Epidemic in the United States
9:10PM EDTLife & Legacy of Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger
10:00PM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
10:30PM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
10:55PM EDTOral Histories World War II Veteran Harlan Twible
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Polio Epidemic in the United States
1:10AM EDTLife & Legacy of Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Johanna Neuman, "Gilded Suffragists"
3:00AM EDTU.S. Immigration Policy Since 1924 Law
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
4:45AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreel September 19, 1967
4:55AM EDTLife of Hollywood Artist Milicent Patrick
6:00AM EDTOral Histories Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
8:05AM EDTReel America "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
8:30AM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
9:00AM EDTAmerican History TV
10:00AM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
10:30AM EDTOral Histories World War II Veteran Ben Bederson
12:00PM EDTLectures in History 1920s Culture & Society
1:20PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
2:05PM EDTReel America President of the United States" - 1948
2:30PM EDTOral Histories World War II Veteran Ben Bederson
4:00PM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
4:30PM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
4:55PM EDTOral Histories World War II Veteran Harlan Twible
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 1930s-40s Color Photographs
6:30PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 1930s-40s Color Photographs Part 2
7:00PM EDTHiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Potsdam Conference 75th Anniversary
9:00PM EDTThe Presidency President Truman & the Atomic Bomb
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 1930s-40s Color Photographs
10:30PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 1930s-40s Color Photographs Part 2
11:00PM EDTHiroshima, Nagasaki and End of World War II
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Potsdam Conference 75th Anniversary
1:00AM EDTThe Presidency President Truman & the Atomic Bomb
2:00AM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
2:30AM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
2:55AM EDTOral Histories World War II Veteran Harlan Twible
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts 1930s-40s Color Photographs
4:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts 1930s-40s Color Photographs Part 2
5:00AM EDTLife & Legacy of Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency Potsdam Conference 75th Anniversary
7:00AM EDTThe Presidency President Truman & the Atomic Bomb
8:00AM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
8:25AM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
8:57AM EDTReel America "The Last Bomb - 1945"
9:34AM EDTFDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
10:36AM EDTReel America August 1945 Universal Newsreel
10:52AM EDTReel America "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
11:11AM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
11:36AM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
12:08PM EDTReel America "The Last Bomb - 1945"
12:44PM EDTFDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
1:46PM EDTReel America August 1945 Universal Newsreel
2:02PM EDTReel America "Combat Bulletin No. 65" - July 1945
2:22PM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
2:47PM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
3:20PM EDTReel America "The Last Bomb - 1945"
3:57PM EDTFDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
4:59PM EDTReel America August 1945 Universal Newsreel
5:17PM EDTReel America "A Thousand Cranes - The Children of Hiroshima" - 1962
5:43PM EDTReel America "Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki"
6:15PM EDTReel America "The Last Bomb - 1945"
6:52PM EDTFDR, Truman and the Atomic Bomb
8:00PM EDTUSS Indianapolis Gold Medal Ceremony
8:35PM EDTOral Histories World War II Veteran Harlan Twible
9:35PM EDTResearching the USS Indianapolis
10:25PM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Spreading Holocaust" - 1965
10:54PM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Slumbering Giant Awakens" - 1965
11:22PM EDTReel America "Army in Action - Global War" - 1965
Tuesday
12:01AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Tide Turns" - 1965
12:29AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Victory" - 1965
12:57AM EDTUSS Indianapolis Gold Medal Ceremony
1:33AM EDTOral Histories World War II Veteran Harlan Twible
2:33AM EDTResearching the USS Indianapolis
3:23AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Spreading Holocaust" - 1965
3:51AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Slumbering Giant Awakens" - 1965
4:20AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - Global War" - 1965
4:49AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Tide Turns" - 1965
5:17AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Victory" - 1965
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Herbert Hoover & FDR Transition
8:27PM EDTThe Presidency Roosevelts & Kennedys - Political Relationships
8:52PM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
9:50PM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
10:34PM EDTJefferson & the Federalists in Washington, DC
11:28PM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
Wednesday
12:34AM EDTThe Presidency Herbert Hoover & FDR Transition
1:02AM EDTThe Presidency Roosevelts & Kennedys - Political Relationships
1:26AM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
2:25AM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
3:09AM EDTJefferson & the Federalists in Washington, DC
4:03AM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
8:00PM EDTLife of Hollywood Artist Milicent Patrick
8:59PM EDTBaseball & American Cities
9:55PM EDTWorld War II POW & Concentration Camp Escapes & Rescues
11:11PM EDTAllied Liberation of Paris
Thursday
12:20AM EDTHistory of the Kansas City Mafia
1:28AM EDTLife of Hollywood Artist Milicent Patrick
2:27AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
3:24AM EDTWorld War II POW & Concentration Camp Escapes & Rescues
4:40AM EDTAllied Liberation of Paris
5:42AM EDTHistory of the Kansas City Mafia
8:00PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
8:45PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
9:26PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
10:10PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
10:53PM EDTThe Civil War Robert E. Lee after the War
Friday
12:11AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Origins of Frontier Outlaws
1:03AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
1:49AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
2:30AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
3:13AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
3:57AM EDTThe Civil War Robert E. Lee after the War
5:07AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Origins of Frontier Outlaws

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