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Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. Every weekend from 8am ET Saturday to 8am ET Monday on C-SPAN3.

In January, 2011, C-SPAN expanded its programming offerings with a new history-based service airing weekends on C-SPAN3. American History TV (AHTV) features programming geared toward history lovers with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the American story.

C-SPAN began C-SPAN3 operations in January 2001 as a digital service. C-SPAN3 is currently available in 49 million digital cable TV households and is streamed live online at C-SPAN.org.

At the time of the launch of American History TV, C-SPAN co-president Susan Swain said: "We’re hoping American History TV does for history enthusiasts what Book TV has done for non-fiction book lovers."

Upcoming Programs

May 8, 2021
1970s American Car Culture & Film

University of Dayton professors John Heitmann and Todd Uhlman teach a class about 1970s American car culture and films…
May 8, 2021
A Time for Peace

This U.S. Information Agency film documents President Nixon’s historic 1972 trips to the People’s Republic of China,…

Featured Programs

"Mayday 1971" Anti-Vietnam War Protests

Tens of thousands of anti-Vietnam War protesters -- young people and military veterans alike -- converged on Washington, D.C. in May 1971. More than 7,000…
May 25, 2015
Grand Review Parade

Civil War living historians and re-enactors recreated a May 1865 parade of the Grand Army of the Republic down…

Most Recent American History TV Videos

May 2, 2021
First Ladies and Civil Rights

Michelle Obama moved into the White House 45 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson shepherded the Civil Rights Act of…
April 10, 2021
Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis Oral History Interview

Leon Ellis served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. His plane was shot down during a bombing run and he was held…
May 25, 2015
Grand Review Parade

Civil War living historians and re-enactors recreated a May 1865 parade of the Grand Army of the Republic down…

April 18, 2021
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust

General Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered that the horrors of the Holocaust be documented as World War II came to an end,…
May 1, 2021
Moscow Strikes Back

Originally a Soviet film on the World War II Battle of Moscow titled Rout of the German troops near Moscow, this…
May 1, 2021
It's Everybody's War

Narrated by actor Henry Fonda, this film dramatizes the gradual realization by a town’s citizens that they must…

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Clips from this Series

Mar 31, 2021
Tim McCarthy and the University of Illinois
- 1 minute
- 23 views
Apr 26, 2021
Tradition of Gifting Trees between the U.S. and Japan
- 35 seconds
- 17 views
Apr 26, 2021
FDR and MLK Memorials
- 2 minutes
- 23 views

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TV Schedule

This Week

Saturday
7:50AM EDTMuseum of the Great Lakes
8:01AM EDTReel America "It's Everybody's War" - 1942
8:17AM EDTReel America "Moscow Strikes Back" - 1942
9:15AM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Grand Review Parade
10:30AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies & Civil Rights
1:00PM EDTQ&A Julia Sweig, "Lady Bird Johnson"
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Oliver Halle
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Kellie Carter Jackson, "Force and Freedom"
4:54PM EDTSanta Fe Trail Brides
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Robert E. Lee & Battle of Chancellorsville
7:10PM EDTJack Wilpers & Hideki Tojo Arrest
7:59PM EDTLectures in History 1970s American Car Culture & Film
9:14PM EDTAfrican American Soldiers & World War II
9:59PM EDTReel America "A Time for Peace" - 1972
10:29PM EDTRemembering John Lewis
11:49PM EDTNevada Mining
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History 1970s American Car Culture & Film
1:15AM EDTAfrican American Soldiers & World War II
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Kellie Carter Jackson, "Force and Freedom"
2:55AM EDTSanta Fe Trail Brides
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Robert E. Lee & Battle of Chancellorsville
5:10AM EDTJack Wilpers & Hideki Tojo Arrest
6:00AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Oliver Halle
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, "When Women Invented Television"
9:15AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sally Bedell Smith, "Elizabeth The Queen"
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Library of Congress Civil War Manuscripts
11:15AM EDTWomen Spies of World War II
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Grover Cleveland's 1884 Election
1:00PM EDTSmallpox & the First Vaccine
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Charlotte Henry
3:09PM EDTLesser Known Battles of World War II
4:01PM EDTReel America "A Time for Peace" - 1972
4:30PM EDTRemembering John Lewis
5:49PM EDTCol. James M. Schoonmaker
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 1
6:29PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 2
6:59PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 3
7:30PM EDTThe Constitution & Equal Rights
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Virginia Presidents
8:43PM EDTBertrand Patenaude, "The Big Show in Bololand"
9:00PM EDTQ&A Karen Tumulty, "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan"
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 1
10:29PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 2
10:59PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 3
11:30PM EDTThe Constitution & Equal Rights
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Virginia Presidents
12:43AM EDTBertrand Patenaude, "The Big Show in Bololand"
1:00AM EDTQ&A Karen Tumulty, "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan"
2:00AM EDTReel America "A Time for Peace" - 1972
2:30AM EDTRemembering John Lewis
3:49AM EDTCol. James M. Schoonmaker
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 1
4:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 2
5:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 3
5:30AM EDTThe Constitution & Equal Rights
5:58AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Charlotte Henry
7:08AM EDTLesser Known Battles of World War II
8:18PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sally Bedell Smith, "Elizabeth The Queen"
9:05PM EDTLectures in History Colonial America Before the Revolution
10:12PM EDTBritish Army & the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
11:17PM EDTBritish Investment in U.S. Cattle Industry
Tuesday
12:25AM EDTWinston Churchill in Washington, DC
1:52AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sally Bedell Smith, "Elizabeth The Queen"
2:38AM EDTLectures in History Colonial America Before the Revolution
3:46AM EDTBritish Army & the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
4:50AM EDTBritish Investment in U.S. Cattle Industry
6:00AM EDTWinston Churchill in Washington, DC
7:26AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sally Bedell Smith, "Elizabeth The Queen"
8:12AM EDTLectures in History Colonial America Before the Revolution
9:19AM EDTCarolina Basketball Museum
8:00PM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on Civil War History
9:08PM EDTThe Civil War Library of Congress Civil War Manuscripts
10:19PM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
11:15PM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Places
Wednesday
12:40AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Violence
1:42AM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on Civil War History
2:50AM EDTThe Civil War Library of Congress Civil War Manuscripts
4:01AM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
4:57AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Places
6:11AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Violence
9:58PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies
10:36PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies & Civil Rights
11:31PM EDTThe Presidency Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Partnership
Thursday
12:40AM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
3:31AM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies
4:10AM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies & Civil Rights
5:05AM EDTThe Presidency Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Partnership
6:04AM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 1
8:29PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 2
8:59PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 3
9:28PM EDTChinese Americans in California
Friday
12:10AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 1
12:39AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 2
1:09AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 3
1:38AM EDTChinese Americans in California
8:00PM EDTEspionage in Washington, DC
9:30PM EDTWomen Spies of World War II
10:14PM EDTSoviet Spy Klaus Fuchs
11:08PM EDTEspionage at the National Press Building
Saturday
12:35AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Kenneth Daigler, "Spies, Patriots, and Traitors"
1:28AM EDTAmerican Artifacts International Spy Museum Exhibit on Cold War Berlin
1:55AM EDTEspionage in Washington, DC
3:26AM EDTWomen Spies of World War II
4:10AM EDTSoviet Spy Klaus Fuchs
5:04AM EDTEspionage at the National Press Building
6:20AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Kenneth Daigler, "Spies, Patriots, and Traitors"
7:13AM EDTAmerican Artifacts International Spy Museum Exhibit on Cold War Berlin
8:01AM EDTReel America "A Time for Peace" - 1972
8:30AM EDTRemembering John Lewis
9:48AM EDTCol. James M. Schoonmaker
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 1
10:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 2
11:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Chinese in America Part 3
11:30AM EDTThe Constitution & Equal Rights
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Virginia Presidents
12:40PM EDTBertrand Patenaude, "The Big Show in Bololand"
1:00PM EDTQ&A Karen Tumulty, "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan"
1:58PM EDTAmerican History TV

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