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July 3, 2015
United Nations Charter Signing

United Newsreel that documents the UN Charter. It was signed in June 1945 in San Francisco.
October 25, 2020
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

Museum founder and director David Pilgrim and museum educator Cyndi Tiedt show a selection of artifacts from their…

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September 27, 2020
Barbara Perry on the 60th Anniversary of the Kennedy-Nixon Debates

University of Virginia Miller Center Presidential Studies Director Barbara Perry talked about the 60th anniversary of…

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Monday
8:00AM EDTPresidential Debates 1984 Vice Presidential Debate - Bush v. Ferraro
9:28AM EDTPresidential Debates 1988 Vice Presidential Debate - Bentsen v. Quayle
11:02AM EDTPresidential Debates 1992 Vice Presidential Debate - Quayle v. Gore v. Stockdale
12:33PM EDTPresidential Debates 1984 Vice Presidential Debate - Bush v. Ferraro
2:01PM EDTPresidential Debates 1988 Vice Presidential Debate - Bentsen v. Quayle
3:35PM EDTPresidential Debates 1992 Vice Presidential Debate - Quayle v. Gore v. Stockdale
5:07PM EDTPresidential Debates 1984 Vice Presidential Debate - Bush v. Ferraro
6:36PM EDTPresidential Debates in Historical Perspective
9:59PM EDTPresidential Debates 1976 Presidential Debate - Jimmy Carter & President Ford
11:28PM EDTReel America "Election 1976 - The Candidates & the Campaign"
11:58PM EDTThe Presidency Jimmy Carter 1976 Democratic National Convention
Tuesday
12:53AM EDTRoad to the White House Gerald Ford 1976 Republican National Convention
1:34AM EDTReel America "Assignment Washington, The Correspondent Marino de Medici" - 1977
4:03AM EDTPresidential Debates 1976 Presidential Debate - Jimmy Carter & President Ford
5:32AM EDTReel America "Election 1976 - The Candidates & the Campaign"
6:02AM EDTThe Presidency Jimmy Carter 1976 Democratic National Convention
6:57AM EDTRoad to the White House Gerald Ford 1976 Republican National Convention
7:38AM EDTReel America "Assignment Washington, The Correspondent Marino de Medici" - 1977
10:07AM EDTPresidential Debates 1976 Presidential Debate - Jimmy Carter & President Ford
11:36AM EDTReel America "Election 1976 - The Candidates & the Campaign"
12:06PM EDTThe Presidency Jimmy Carter 1976 Democratic National Convention
1:01PM EDTRoad to the White House Gerald Ford 1976 Republican National Convention
1:42PM EDTReel America "Assignment Washington, The Correspondent Marino de Medici" - 1977
8:00PM EDTPresidential Debates 1980 Presidential Debate - Jimmy Carter & Ronald Reagan
9:37PM EDTPresidential Debates 1984 Presidential Debate - Ronald Reagan & Walter Mondale
11:07PM EDTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan 1980 Republican National Convention
11:55PM EDTThe Presidency Jimmy Carter 1980 Democratic National Convention
Wednesday
12:49AM EDTPresidential Debates 1980 Presidential Debate - Jimmy Carter & Ronald Reagan
2:26AM EDTPresidential Debates 1984 Presidential Debate - Ronald Reagan & Walter Mondale
3:56AM EDTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan 1980 Republican National Convention
4:44AM EDTThe Presidency Jimmy Carter 1980 Democratic National Convention
5:38AM EDTPresidential Debates 1980 Presidential Debate - Jimmy Carter & Ronald Reagan
7:16AM EDTPresidential Debates 1984 Presidential Debate - Ronald Reagan & Walter Mondale
8:46AM EDTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan 1980 Republican National Convention
9:34AM EDTThe Presidency Jimmy Carter 1980 Democratic National Convention
8:00PM EDTPresidential Debates 1988 Presidential Debate - George H.W. Bush & Michael Dukakis
9:31PM EDTPresidential Debates 1996 Presidential Debate - Clinton v. Dole
11:06PM EDTThe Presidency Bill Clinton 1996 Democratic National Convention
Thursday
12:26AM EDTThe Presidency Bob Dole 1996 Republican National Convention
1:35AM EDTPresidential Debates 1988 Presidential Debate - George H.W. Bush & Michael Dukakis
3:06AM EDTPresidential Debates 1996 Presidential Debate - Clinton v. Dole
4:42AM EDTThe Presidency Bill Clinton 1996 Democratic National Convention
6:01AM EDTThe Presidency Bob Dole 1996 Republican National Convention
7:10AM EDTPresidential Debates 1988 Presidential Debate - George H.W. Bush & Michael Dukakis
8:41AM EDTPresidential Debates 1996 Presidential Debate - Clinton v. Dole
10:17AM EDTThe Presidency Bill Clinton 1996 Democratic National Convention
11:37AM EDTThe Presidency Bob Dole 1996 Republican National Convention
8:00PM EDTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - George W. Bush v. Al Gore
9:38PM EDTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - Al Gore v. George W. Bush
11:13PM EDTRoad to the White House 2000 George W. Bush 2000 Republican National Convention
Friday
12:12AM EDTRoad to the White House 2000 Al Gore 2000 Democratic National Convention
4:24AM EDTRoad to the White House 2000 George W. Bush 2000 Republican National Convention
5:23AM EDTRoad to the White House 2000 Al Gore 2000 Democratic National Convention
9:35AM EDTRoad to the White House 2000 George W. Bush 2000 Republican National Convention
10:34AM EDTRoad to the White House 2000 Al Gore 2000 Democratic National Convention
9:30PM EDTLectures in History Presidential Debates
10:28PM EDTLectures in History Presidents & Campaign Communications Since 1900
Saturday
1:32AM EDTLectures in History Presidential Debates
2:30AM EDTLectures in History Presidents & Campaign Communications Since 1900
5:34AM EDTLectures in History Presidential Debates
6:32AM EDTLectures in History Presidents & Campaign Communications Since 1900
8:01AM EDTReel America U.S. Information Service Film, "San Francisco 1945"
8:20AM EDTReel America "The United Nations and World Disputes" - 1950
8:40AM EDTReel America "Seeds of Destiny" - 1946
9:00AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Cobra Strikes" - 1965
9:30AM EDTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
9:40AM EDTThe Presidency Lou Hoover's 1921 Cross Country Road Trip
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
10:55AM EDTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - George W. Bush v. Al Gore
12:35PM EDTThe Presidency The Presidency as an Institution
1:35PM EDTReel America U.S. Information Service Film, "San Francisco 1945"
2:00PM EDTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
2:35PM EDT20th Century African American Activism in Detroit
3:15PM EDTAfrican American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
4:05PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jonathan Darman,"Landslide" & Chase Untermeyer, "When Things Went Right"
4:50PM EDTNational World War I Memorial
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Black Religious Politics After Emancipation
6:55PM EDTThe Civil War Little Round Top & Union Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
8:00PM EDTLectures in History
9:15PM EDTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
10:00PM EDTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
10:15PM EDTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
10:30PM EDTReel America "Richard M. Nixon - the New President" - 1968
11:00PM EDTReel America "Election 1976 - Day of Decision"
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History
1:15AM EDTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
1:45AM EDTNational World War I Memorial
1:56AM EDTAmerican History TV
2:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf
3:05AM ESTThe Civil War Black Religious Politics After Emancipation
4:00AM ESTThe Civil War Little Round Top & Union Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
5:01AM ESTAmerican History TV
6:20AM ESTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
7:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Ian Buruma, "Year Zero"
8:15AM ESTThe Presidency John F. Kennedy & Women's Rights
9:00AM ESTThe Civil War Interpreting Appomattox
9:55AM ESTThe Civil War Civil War Monuments
10:50AM EST"Dogfight Over Tokyo"
12:00PM ESTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - Al Gore v. George W. Bush
1:35PM ESTSpeaker of the House Elections
2:30PM ESTPresidential Debates 2004 Presidential Debate - George W. Bush v. John Kerry
4:00PM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
4:15PM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
4:30PM ESTReel America "Richard M. Nixon - the New President" - 1968
5:00PM ESTReel America "Election 1976 - Day of Decision"
6:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Congress Hall
6:35PM ESTAfrican American Voting Rights
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt
9:20PM ESTReel America President Richard Nixon "Silent Majority" Speech on Vietnam War
10:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Congress Hall
10:35PM ESTAfrican American Voting Rights
Monday
12:00AM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt
1:20AM ESTReel America President Richard Nixon "Silent Majority" Speech on Vietnam War
1:50AM ESTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
2:00AM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
2:15AM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
2:30AM ESTReel America "Richard M. Nixon - the New President" - 1968
3:00AM ESTReel America "Election 1976 - Day of Decision"
3:55AM ESTAfrican American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
4:45AM ESTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
4:55AM ESTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - Al Gore v. George W. Bush
6:30AM ESTPresidential Debates 2004 Presidential Debate - George W. Bush v. John Kerry

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