-- schwartz had this example ready for sale. this is far less than the descent of the wally dress. we see this. the spread of ideas is instantaneous. furthermore the acceptance by consumers to hunt for the latest style at the cheapest price becomes further cemented in this industry. i leave you with this great -- what i think is great -- advertisement from 1923. this company says -- i think we can probably think about this in relationship to today. this company, oppenheimer collins, says you may find an original here. you may buy a copy here. you may buy an adaptation here. but never a forgery of fashion. all right, guys. thank you so much. listen -- next time you meet on friday, it will be back over in moral hall and we will be doing an artifact analysis of garments

from the 20th century to try to identify which garment fits into which decade. so that's friday. hope to see you then. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> join us each saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern for classroom lectures from across the country on different topics and eras of american history. lectures in history are also available as a podcast. visit our website -- c-span.org/history/podcasts or download them from itunes. >> h week, -- each week "reel america" brings you archival films that tell the story of american history.

up next, sniper employment. some of these techniques may have been used by the late u.s. navy seal sniper chris kyle whose memoir was the basis of the academy award nominated film "american sniper." >> since the revolutionary war snipers have been employed in every war and conflict. during the civil war, general gordon helped refine techniques snipers used. world war i saw german soldiers outfitting rifles with telescopic sights. during world war ii the united states armed snipers with special rifles to conduct sniper operations for real world war ii taught us that the sniper is a weapon of opportunity and a typical rifleman cannot be assigned a sniper mission.

every marksman is not a sniper. but every sniper is a marksman. a sniper school was founded by the u.s. army infantry school in 1955-56. it was noted that a well-trained sniper is the best protection against enemy snipers. they must be experts with specialized weapons and combat skills. also their commanders education in this area is vital. the sniper program was short-lived, but the army regarded the need for trained snipers under varying tactic conditions. snipers use two point three rounds per kill versus thousands per round expended by conventionally -- conventional

units. for these reasons the sniper conducted sniper education courses and educated commanders on every level of sniper deployments. in grenada, army snipers were successful up to 800 meters. during the recent action just cause in panama, the longest range confirmed kill was -- 923 meters. the role of the modern sniper is a means of a limiting the enemy. it is the sole means by which a unit can engage point targets beyond to the standard service rifle. one-shot -- one kill.

united states army snipers. >> up next on american history tv historian kenneth boling recounts the story of how washington, d.c., became the capital of the united states. he spoke about how the location was chosen, and the figures that shaped the city's creation, and the plan that architect peter charles l'enfant presented to president george washington in 1791. this is about one hour. >> i don't have any visuals and i could claim that is because i do not know how to do it, but the truth is i never know what i am going to say and how i am going to say it until i get here. at so, i hope you will forgive me for the lack of visuals.