you might ask how is it i know all of this about murray liebowitz? he's just not in the image figure for this class, he is actually my grandfather. so we will stop there and we will talk about the irish on thursday. >> journeys every saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern as we join students and college classrooms to hear lectures on topics ranging from the american revolution to 9/11. lectures and history also available as podcasts. visit our website or download our podcasts from itunes. >> monday night, supreme court

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monday night at 10:00 eastern on c-span. and c-span.org. all week and come american history tv is featuring long beach california. located on california southern coast, about 20 miles south of los angeles. tour staffes recently visited many sites, showcase the city's history. learn more about long beach, all weekend, here on american history tv. transatlantic crossings during the golden age of travel is very significant. an esteemed character or vip, you sailed on the rms queen mary, it was on the threat of passage. your legacy is an individual. we are aboard the rms queen mary , located in long beach, california. rms queen mary starting construction in late 1929, 1930. unfortunately, due to the crash,

the world like depression, construction of the ship stopped. working with the british government, work began again in the early 1930's to get the ship back on track. it employed hundreds of thousands of people in the shipbuilding industry and so was a very important economic develop mental to get these people back to work so the ship was completed in 1936 and actually has the maiden voyage on may 30 7, 1936. the estimation was near carver, she felt was just over a combined total of 3500 people, combined guests, as well as good members. the crossing to just shy of five full days. she was hailed and wonderfully welcomed in your carpet. when she arrives. travels andhip's crossings, this was basically meant to be an entertainment destination. you could come during the day,

here like music, and socialize with fellow passengers. hours, thee evening stage would light up, and there would either be movies, projected on screens, or entertainment with live music, and dancing. the room was basically all wooden floors, parquet flooring. they would roll down the carpets during the day and will the carpets up at night for dancing entertainment. there are many built in original features in the room that remains. probably one of the most notable features of the first-class main lounge, now the queen salon, is the artwork behind me, that depicts to unicorns playing in battle. that is the name of the piece. unicorns in battle. it is said that when the horns mats, on the unicorns, you would hear music. because this room was basically built around the notion of entertainment and music, it was an appropriate art installation for this room.

we are located now in the original first-class dining room. now called the grand salon aboard rms queen mary. the first-class dining room was where first class passengers would meet to have their meals, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. occasionally, some entertainment, as well. it is a beautiful --, a lot of decorative release that indicates transportation at sea. we have a beautiful, huge chart that navigated rms queen mary and the queen elizabeth as they crossed the atlantic. passengers could actually look up and see the ships movement. throughout the crossing during their meals. the war world war ii or was a clear, and there was an agreement between kinnard and the allies that the queen mary and the queen elizabeth would be into tripconverted carriers, both of their capacity and their speed allowed both ships to be wonderful trip

carriers. once in church that due to the queen mary's capacity, and great speed, the ship actually helped win world war ii. for the allies. there was a conversion process that took place beginning in 1940. in your carpet. it lasted for well over a year. to react at the queen mary and to a true carrier including adding antiaircraft guns and other navigational technologies to help protect the queen mary when she was at sea. she was an impressive force. eight f hitler put a bounty of $200,000 on the queen mary for any summary captain to destroy the queen mary. she was very fortunate and many good skill captains navigated the ship. at one point in time, the queen mary carried over 16,800 troops. that capacity again, with great speed, i love the queen mary to serve during world war ii and a wonderful way in making sure that the troops are properly moves between the war efforts.

in 1945, the war was declared over, and the queen mary began to repatriate, the war brides and the children back to the various continents and america. during the war brides back to their families, or their in-laws into the united states. once that was completed, the queen mary went back to very evident back to a cruise ship. an ocean liner. in that effort, she is modernized in 1947, actually beating sailing again as a cruise line. transit letter crossing cruise liner. 1950's, as air travel became a popular, things to the jet engine, cruising across in the atlantic by ship, ocean liner was not that popular or affordable. towas quicker to go by air transatlantic jet traffic. it was less expensive. so, the crossings became light

in terms of population. int enjoyed selling across the queen mary and other transatlantic ships. by 1964, 1955, canard was looking to sell the queen mary. the city of long beach was very interested in developing its war complex to make it entertainment and tourism destination venue. they believe the queen mary would serve as a wonderful host, as an intimate venue, as a historic venue. as a hospitality venue. the city of long beach purchased the queen mary for just under $3.5 million. she arrived in the city of long beach on december 10, 1967. >> the queen mary approaches her final resting place at long beach. board, there will party of 1200 passengers. overhead, a giant jet is insular, a symbol of the future and saying goodbye to the past.

john: if you think about it, in 1971, when the queen mary reopened, to a great visitor crowd, she basically continues to do today what she was meant to do in the 1930's, bring people from all over the world to a one-of-a-kind asset, where you can make lifetime memories and hopefully lifetime friends. these wonderful legendary moments you can ever wear the queen mary and showed your family and friends. ♪ >> cities to her staff are easily long beach, california to learn about its rich history. learn more about long beach and other stops in our tour at c-span.org. you're watching american history tv, all weekends, every weekend. on c-span3.

>> monday on the communicators. executives of the american cable association, board chair robert gaston, and president and ceo matthew polka talk about the future of the cable industry and the issues it faces. just let consumers which is skinny, bundled passages over the current cable bundles with larger price tags and more channels. and sec plan to open up the market for companies to build or sell set-top boxes. and the regulation of the internet. fox, and all of their networks require that they be carried on the most widely distribute it level of service. and, so does everybody else. really, we end up with is this bundle of bundles that everybody has to take. as an operator, i would love to just aggregate the bundle and sell it to people as they wish. of course, most consumers do not recognize that if that happens, the price of the individual

channels or even the bundle channels is going to skyrocket. >> we agree with the commissioner said, about consumers is said that they do not want to box. the fact is, our members are providing choice through competitive set-top boxes, through applications, giving consumers choices about which box to purchase. and really, being part, again, commitment to the customer, being part of that relationship, with the customer to determine what is it that they were most that we can provide it. i especially make it is monday night 8:00 eastern on c-span2.