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films. >> and annual wild pony roundup off the virginia coast descendents of spanish mustangs cast ashore in the 16th century, fiery and untamed, they run wild in great herds of the national wildlife refuge here. ♪ >> once a year the numbers are thin. they will be driven ashore to the auction but first, local youngsters get a chance. rumor has it if a fellow stays on, he can keep the pony but it is not put to the test this time. crowds climbs ashore for the stampede as the herd is driven across the water to the corrals. ♪ >> wild descendents of noble and ancient lineage, they are prized breeding stock.

the lineup of this event -- windup of this event will be a grand auction with wires traveling hundreds of miles for the wild horses. >> it is almost as if they were matter and antimatter. >> freedom breeds inequality. >> twice as enough. >> always to the right and almost always in the right. >> anything complicated confuses. >> filmmakers robert gordon and robert talk about their documentary "best of enemies" about the debate over war, politics, god, and sex. >> very unlike today. today, i believe, there is somebody saying the numbers are dwindling.

talk about hot topics, siliceous topic number two -- salacious topic number two. i do not think that was the norm at the time and i do not think they needed it. >> award was the moderator, a distinguished -- howard was the moderator, a distinguished news man. i think he was embarrassed. he disappears for four or five minutes at a time. now you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody stood back and let the fire burn. >> tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> coming up next on american history tv, the gettysburg college civil war institute summer conference holds a panel discussion with contributors to the book "lens of war"