us on facebook at c-span history. >> this weekend, politics, books, and american history. on c-span today, that's is a p.m. eastern, hurricane .atrina's 10th anniversary speakers include president bill clinton and new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. p.m., evening at 6:30 speeches from hillary clinton and bernie sanders at the democratic national committee summer meeting in minneapolis. on c-span 2, book tv tonight, at p.m.,evening -- 10:00 dan-el padilla peralta talks "undocumented," tracing his track from an undocumented anchorman to the top of his class at princeton -- immigrant to the top of his class at princeton. markhen events to

hurricane katrina featuring hayley bauer -- barber. , a few minutes past 2:00 p.m., don thomas discusses the history of space stations, compared the development of russia and american programs since the 1950's, and look at the future of evidence. "appointment in tokyo" is a u.s. army single core film documenting the course of world war ii through the japanese invasion of the philippines through december 2, 1945. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. history tv'serican america brings you films.

>> whiting, indiana, is a must and golf in flames and smoke as an oil refinery runs amok for more than two days on the shores of lake mission. it is almost impossible for firefighters. they are coming from all communities. in addition to the towering frames, a series of blasts rock the countryside. flames, a series of blasts rocked the countryside. despite heroic efforts, the explosions throw steel into the can beee, and the force seen from the cave in walls and windowless residences. upended cars top four 700 feet. before the holocaust had been brought under control, damage estimates had reached 10 million, in one of the worst fires of its kind on record.

the tragic aftermath of another "incident" in korea. at the border of the demilitarized zone, united nations officers await the return by the reds and the captain brown,of shut down six days before. encased in a coffin, the remains of captain brown and his personal effects are turned over to united states officers. nurses accompany the pilot of the plane who was found to be much more seriously injured than indicated by the treatment given to him by the north koreans, another proof of the nature of the enemy. scotland, comes the royal family -- queen mother, queen duke, prince, and princess to help behind a counter at the church bazaar. sales are brisk, and why not -- with a royal hello and a word or two dispensed with every purchase, the matter how

insignificant the article, it takes on added significance when sold by royalty. one, a souvenir to show the folks at home. the younger generation pitches in -- both prince charles and princess and are a big hit with the customer, taking cues from their dad, duke philip, a royal salesman. technicians make last-minute adjustments for the world's first demonstration of the telephone of tomorrow at the products convention in san francisco. it is the often forecast video phone -- how does it work -- lift the receiver, and you see your own image. this feature is for the girls, at long last, a reason for the printing that precedes a woman's phone call. no picture is transmitted over the line since no call is placed. dial your number with -- as with an old obsolete phone, and when your party enters, there he is, almost as big as life on the

10-inch video screen. the system could have disadvantages as well as virtues, there are columns to iron out problems. this hook up would cost $5,000 per phone. until this price comes down, the video phone remains the phone of the future. see you then, good-looking. furs for fall and winter on display in california. as a starter, a chinchilla coat. as a starter -- i call it a stopper. forly, it is a mink charity. the top in society turn out to .ee the latest the gracious hostess receives an orchid corsage and a thanks for opening her home and heart to charity.

-- 5000 getting an eye full of fancy furs. stunnerance, this mink worth a cool 10 -- 10 grand. looking is for free, and so is dreaming. it suggests winter, and christmas. and christmas -- so soon? davis cup tennis. the americans defending the cup against the australians. in the doubles, tony against lewis and rest. the eggs in the -- yankees in the near code battle to keep the trophy they took from the aussies eight months ago. victory today will clinch the cup and the down on the kings took the previous day's matches. it is all even. this is the fifth and final set.

point four australia, and it is set and match point. he dives and mrs.. it is all over, and the australians go on to make it a clean sweep. the davis cup returns down under. three cheers and more for the national chairmanships where 80-year-old martha ann williams waltzes alongside was on water skis and where stars from far away places and near vie for national honors. she defends her title, and look at her zoom as once again she wins the event. feet world record of 125 set by butch rosenberg of miami university, but there is only one winner and many who got the deep six. up, over, and under.

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