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1918 Influenza Pandemic and Public Information

Stony Brook University Professor Nancy Tomes taught a class about the 1918 influenza pandemic and public information…

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Tuesday
8:02AM EDTReel America "The Silent Invader" - 1957
8:33AM EDTReel America "Sniffles and Sneezes" - 1955
8:46AM EDTReel America "We Heard the Bells, The Influenza of 1918"
9:45AM EDTReel America "Mission, Measles - The Story of a Vaccine" - 1964
10:07AM EDTReel America "The Distant Drummer, Bridge from No Place" - 1969
10:32AM EDTReel America "Distant Drummer, A Movable Scene" - 1970
10:55AM EDTReel America "The Army Nurse - Soldier of Mercy"
11:25AM EDTReel America "Medical Service in the Invasion of Normandy" - 1944
11:42AM EDTReel America 1972 McGovern for President Campaign Film
12:12PM EDTReel America "Ronald Reagan, Citizen Governor" - 1968
12:44PM EDTLectures in History Women & Farm Work in the 20th Century
2:02PM EDTReel America "The Silent Invader" - 1957
2:33PM EDTReel America "Sniffles and Sneezes" - 1955
2:46PM EDTReel America "We Heard the Bells, The Influenza of 1918"
3:46PM EDTReel America "Mission, Measles - The Story of a Vaccine" - 1964
4:08PM EDTReel America "The Distant Drummer, Bridge from No Place" - 1969
4:32PM EDTReel America "Distant Drummer, A Movable Scene" - 1970
4:56PM EDTReel America "The Army Nurse - Soldier of Mercy"
5:25PM EDTReel America "Medical Service in the Invasion of Normandy" - 1944
5:42PM EDTReel America 1972 McGovern for President Campaign Film
6:12PM EDTReel America "Ronald Reagan, Citizen Governor" - 1968
6:43PM EDTLectures in History Women & Farm Work in the 20th Century
8:01PM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
9:03PM EDTThe Presidency Secret Service Protection
10:00PM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
Wednesday
12:06AM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
1:15AM EDTThe Presidency Camp David
2:16AM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
3:18AM EDTThe Presidency Secret Service Protection
4:15AM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
6:21AM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
7:30AM EDTThe Presidency Camp David
8:31AM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
9:33AM EDTThe Presidency Secret Service Protection
10:30AM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
12:36PM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
1:45PM EDTThe Presidency Camp David
2:47PM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
3:48PM EDTThe Presidency Secret Service Protection
4:45PM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
6:51PM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
8:01PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
9:18PM EDTReel America "Hell-Bent for Election" - 1944
9:32PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Off the Record Bar Political Cartoons
9:57PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
11:14PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Herblock Political Cartoons
11:50PM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
Thursday
1:13AM EDTReel America The Making of the Nazi" - 1943
1:25AM EDTReel America "What Makes Us Tick" - 1952
1:38AM EDTReel America "Brotherhood of Man" - 1947
1:50AM EDTReel America "Meet King Joe" - 1949
2:01AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
3:18AM EDTReel America "Hell-Bent for Election" - 1944
3:32AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Off the Record Bar Political Cartoons
3:57AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
5:14AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Herblock Political Cartoons
5:50AM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
7:13AM EDTReel America The Making of the Nazi" - 1943
7:25AM EDTReel America "What Makes Us Tick" - 1952
7:38AM EDTReel America "Brotherhood of Man" - 1947
7:50AM EDTReel America "Meet King Joe" - 1949
8:01AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
9:18AM EDTReel America "Hell-Bent for Election" - 1944
9:32AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Off the Record Bar Political Cartoons
9:57AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
11:14AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Herblock Political Cartoons
11:50AM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
1:13PM EDTReel America The Making of the Nazi" - 1943
1:24PM EDTReel America "What Makes Us Tick" - 1952
1:37PM EDTReel America "Brotherhood of Man" - 1947
1:49PM EDTReel America "Meet King Joe" - 1949
2:00PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
3:17PM EDTReel America "Hell-Bent for Election" - 1944
3:31PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Off the Record Bar Political Cartoons
3:56PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
5:13PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Herblock Political Cartoons
5:49PM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
7:12PM EDTReel America The Making of the Nazi" - 1943
7:23PM EDTReel America "What Makes Us Tick" - 1952
7:36PM EDTReel America "Brotherhood of Man" - 1947
7:49PM EDTReel America "Meet King Joe" - 1949
7:59PM EDTThe Civil War What Caused the Civil War?
9:01PM EDTThe Civil War The Soldier Experience
9:58PM EDTThe Civil War The Union's Moral Motivations in the War
10:59PM EDTThe Civil War Lincoln & Antebellum Views on Death
11:53PM EDTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln & Emancipation
Friday
12:35AM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Monuments
1:55AM EDTThe Civil War What Caused the Civil War?
2:59AM EDTThe Civil War The Soldier Experience
3:56AM EDTThe Civil War The Union's Moral Motivations in the War
4:57AM EDTThe Civil War Lincoln & Antebellum Views on Death
5:51AM EDTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln & Emancipation
6:33AM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Monuments
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts George Washington's Crossing Reenactment
8:31PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 4th Infantry Division & D-Day
9:03PM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II Soviet Army
9:34PM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII U.S. Army Battalion Aid Station
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank
10:40PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Civil War Surgery & Embalming
11:10PM EDTAmerican Artifacts George Washington's Crossing Reenactment
11:41PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 4th Infantry Division & D-Day
Saturday
12:13AM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II Soviet Army
12:44AM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII U.S. Army Battalion Aid Station
1:10AM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank
1:50AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Civil War Surgery & Embalming
2:20AM EDTAmerican Artifacts George Washington's Crossing Reenactment
2:51AM EDTAmerican Artifacts 4th Infantry Division & D-Day
3:23AM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II Soviet Army
3:54AM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII U.S. Army Battalion Aid Station
4:20AM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank
5:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Civil War Surgery & Embalming
5:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts George Washington's Crossing Reenactment
6:01AM EDTAmerican Artifacts 4th Infantry Division & D-Day
6:33AM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II Soviet Army
7:04AM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII U.S. Army Battalion Aid Station
7:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank
8:01AM EDTReel America "The Silent Invader" - 1957
8:35AM EDTWomen & Computers
9:50AM EDTRethinking America's Founding Narrative
11:40AM EDTReel America "Firm Alliance" - 1962
12:05PM EDTThe Presidency Eisenhower's Influence on Ronald Reagan
1:10PM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Cavalryman Thomas Wallace Colley
2:05PM EDTInterpreting the American Revolution & Civil War
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Stephen Kinzer, "The True Flag"
5:10PM EDT1944 Japanese Invasion of British India
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln and African Americans
7:00PM EDTOral Histories James Salerno Interview on Battles of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima
8:00PM EDTLectures in History African Americans, Emancipation & Defining Freedom
9:00PM EDTPrisoners of War During the American Revolution
10:00PM EDTReel America "The Work of the Public Health Service" - 1936
10:55PM EDTReel America "Army Medical Laboratories" - 1947
11:35PM EDTReel America "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
11:50PM EDTReel America "Community Health and You" - 1954
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History African Americans, Emancipation & Defining Freedom
1:00AM EDTPrisoners of War During the American Revolution
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Stephen Kinzer, "The True Flag"
3:10AM EDT1944 Japanese Invasion of British India
4:05AM EDTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln and African Americans
5:05AM EDTOral Histories James Salerno Interview on Battles of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima
6:10AM EDTLectures in History African Americans, Emancipation & Defining Freedom
7:05AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Meadowcroft Rockshelter
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sonia Shah, "Pandemic"
8:50AM EDTSmithsonian Founder James Smithson
9:50AM EDTThe Civil War Confederate General Hood's Texas Brigade
11:00AM EDTOral Histories James Salerno Interview on Battles of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima
12:05PM EDTLectures in History 1918 Influenza Pandemic & Public Information
1:20PM EDTCrispus Attucks in American Memory
2:35PM EDTReel America "Preventing the Spread of Diseases" - 1940
2:45PM EDTU.S. & Japanese Perspectives on World War II
4:00PM EDTReel America "The Work of the Public Health Service" - 1936
4:55PM EDTReel America "Army Medical Laboratories" - 1947
5:35PM EDTReel America "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
5:50PM EDTReel America "Community Health and You" - 1954
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 101st Airborne World War II Living History Camp
6:45PM EDTCrispus Attucks in American Memory
8:00PM EDTBooknotes Doris Kearns Goodwin, "No Ordinary Time"
9:00PM EDTQ&A Richard Norton Smith
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts 101st Airborne World War II Living History Camp
10:45PM EDTCrispus Attucks in American Memory
Monday
12:00AM EDTBooknotes Doris Kearns Goodwin, "No Ordinary Time"
1:00AM EDTQ&A Richard Norton Smith
2:00AM EDTReel America "The Work of the Public Health Service" - 1936
2:55AM EDTReel America "Army Medical Laboratories" - 1947
3:35AM EDTReel America "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
3:50AM EDTReel America "Community Health and You" - 1954
4:00AM EDTBooknotes Doris Kearns Goodwin, "No Ordinary Time"
5:00AM EDTCrispus Attucks in American Memory
6:15AM EDTInterpreting the American Revolution & Civil War

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