Open Phones on The Birth of a Nation
Dick Lehr and Hari Jones spoke about the 1915 silent film The Birth of a Nation, and responded to viewer questions and…
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Russell Kirk and the Future of Conservatism
National Review Institute senior fellow John O’Sullivan and Modern Age editor Daniel McCarthy talked about conservative…
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Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
American History TV visited the “Baseball Americana” exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. to learn…
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Green Book Travel Guide for African Americans
University of Delaware Professor Tiffany Gill talked about the Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans…
TV Schedule
This Week
View/Print Sunday
- 12:00AM ESTAmerican History TV
- 10:00AM ESTThe Civil War Women During the Civil War
- 1:35PM ESTThe Cold War, CIA and Radio Free Europe
- 4:35PM ESTRecovering Soldiers' Remains on Tarawa
- 8:27PM ESTTour of Springfield, IL
- 8:40PM ESTConflicting Memories of World War II
Monday
- 12:40AM ESTConflicting Memories of World War II
- 2:35AM ESTRecovering Soldiers' Remains on Tarawa
- 6:26AM EST1908 Race Riot
- 6:40AM ESTConflicting Memories of World War II
- 9:25AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Cold War Museum
- 11:00AM EST93rd Annual Black History Luncheon
- 4:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Cold War Museum
- 5:30PM EST93rd Annual Black History Luncheon
- 6:53PM ESTIllinois Political Corruption
- 7:48PM ESTOld State Capitol
- 9:30PM ESTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Image
Tuesday
- 1:48AM ESTOld State Capitol
- 3:30AM ESTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Image
- 7:48AM EST1908 Race Riot
- 9:20PM ESTSurviving Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Wednesday
- 1:45AM ESTSurviving Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- 6:11AM ESTSurviving Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- 8:00PM EST50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
- 11:26PM ESTOral Histories NASA - James Lovell Interview
Thursday
- 3:02AM EST50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
- 8:00PM EST93rd Annual Black History Luncheon
- 10:30PM ESTShirley Chisholm
- 10:44PM ESTReel America A Time for Freedom - 1957
Friday
- 2:04AM EST93rd Annual Black History Luncheon
- 4:34AM ESTShirley Chisholm
- 4:49AM ESTReel America A Time for Freedom - 1957
- 10:29PM ESTJehovah's Witnesses & Human Rights
- 11:07PM ESTSupreme Court Trivia
Saturday
- 2:20AM ESTJehovah's Witnesses & Human Rights
- 2:58AM ESTSupreme Court Trivia
- 6:11AM ESTJehovah's Witnesses & Human Rights
- 6:49AM ESTSupreme Court Trivia
- 8:35AM ESTRecovering Soldiers' Remains on Tarawa
- 12:30PM ESTConflicting Memories of World War II
- 2:05PM ESTChinese Americans in California
- 5:45PM ESTEducation Reform in 1960s Chicago
- 10:25PM ESTEducation Reform in 1960s Chicago
- 10:40PM ESTReel America Unconditional Surrender -1956
- 10:55PM ESTWriting World War II Fiction
Sunday
- 5:00AM ESTConflicting Memories of World War II
- 6:05AM ESTStephen Decatur's Naval Career & Legacy
- 8:00AM ESTAmerican History TV
Most Recent American History TV Videos
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Conflicting Memories of World War II
Keith Lowe discussed the different ways in which the public remembers World War II, and what we can learn from…
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George Washington and Designing the Capital City
Matthew Costello reached back to 1790s politics to explain George Washington’s vision for the capital city later named for him.…
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TV's Influence on Race and Politics in the 1990s
Panelists discussed the impact of television on race and politics in the 1990s. Topics included the 1992 presidential…
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U.S. Army Medical Advances
We toured the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio to see several advances made by…
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With the Marines at Tarawa
This documentary about the November 1943 Battle of Tarawa was filmed by U.S. Marine cameramen and won the 1944 Academy…
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Recovering Soldiers' Remains on Tarawa
On November 20, 1943, 18,000 U.S. Marines landed on the Pacific island of Tarawa, occupied by Japan. After three days of…
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Booker T. Washington, The Life and Legacy
Directed by William Greaves for the National Park Service, this film portrays the life of Booker T. Washington through…
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Old Illinois State Capitol
The Old State Capitol served as Illinois fifth capitol building from 1840 to 1876. Troy Gilmore, with State Historic Sites, gave a tour of the…
Clips from this Series
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KKK
- 8 minutes
- 2,705 views
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House vs Senate
- 9 minutes
- 3,036 views
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CSPAN
- 5 minutes
- 1,447 views