follow us on twitter twitter @cspanhistory, connect on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory and checkur upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ ♪ >> remember this? this was france august 1944. it was a kind of honeymoon for the american army and the american people. remember at home we were worrying about reconverting war plans to civilian production. i remember we were worrying we would be left with too many shells and too many tanks when the war ended. remember we were looking around for a job in some civilian industry that we wouldn't get cut short when the need for machine guns and need for bandages was suddenly over. well, the honeymoon ended.x on december 16th the triumphant cheers died down in europe and the christmas season of 1944 nobody was predicting that the war would end by saturday night or a week fromc(cúl wednesday. and today, with the good news from all fronts singing on all radios, let us remember the dying days of 1944 the infantry

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follow us on twitter twitter @cspanhistory. facebook.com/cspanhistory.ch week american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> 70 years ago on december 16th, 1944 the german army launched operation watch on the rhine better known as the battle of the bulge. in a plan by adolf hitler to surprise the allies and capture the port of antwerp. the u.s. army's "the big picture county "narrated by actor paul newman. it chronicles the story of the infantry division during the battle and including american and german veterans reflecting on their experience about 20 years later. >> all together we were on the siegfried line for about three weeks. my memories of that are pretty much blurred. it was mostly mud and cabbages. every now and then we did have a slight move forward but we were just in foxholes usually filled with water. >> american soldiers on the whole, i believe find it very difficult to hate. we spoke of the germans and thought of the germans as our enemy, enemy, but there was no such thing as

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follow us on twitter @cspanhistory. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. or you can leave comments, too. or check out our upcoming programs at our website, cspan.org/history. >> and we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for "reel america." featuring archival films by government, industry and educational institutions. join us as these films take you on a journey through the 20th century. again, that's "reel america," every sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span with the lighting of the national christmas tree followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama. and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. and just after 12:30 p.m., celebrity activists talk about their causes. then at 8:00, supreme court justice samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush on the bi

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facebook.com/cspanhistory.heck out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >>> each week american history's tv brings you reel america that brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> 70 years ago on december 16 1944, the german army launched "operation watch on the rhine," better known as the battle of the bulge to capture antwerp. next a 1965 episode of the u.s. army's "the big picture" narrated by actor paul newman. it chronicles the story of the 84th infantry division during the battle and includes american and german veterans reflecting on their experience about 20 years later. >> all together we were on the siegfried line for about three weeks. and my memories of that are pretty much blurred. it was mostly mud and cabbages and every now and then we did have a slight move forward but for the most part, we were just in the fox holes. usually filled with water. >> american soldier on the whole, i believe, find it very difficult to hate. we spoke of the germans and

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follow us on twitter @cspanhistory. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. where you can leave comments, too. and check out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >> new year's day on the c-span networks. here are some of our featured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern, the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with david crane. business magnate t. boone pickens. cake love owner warren brown. and inventor dean cayman. at 4:00 p.m. eastern the brooklyn historical society holds a conversation on race. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern from the explorer's club, apollo seven astronaut walt cunningham on the first manned space flight. new year's day on c-span2, just before noon eastern, author hector tobar on the 33 men that were buried in a chilean mine. and at 3:00 p.m. eastern richard norton smith on the life of nelson rockefeller. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern. former investigative correspondent for cbs news sharyl attkisson on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. new year's day on american history tv on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m. eastern

facebo facebook.com/cspanhistory. or you can leave comments, too. check out our upcoming programs at our website, cspan.org. /history. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for a look at "history bookshelf" watch as the country's best-known american history writers of the past decade talk about their books. again, that's "history book shelf" every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'd find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10:00 a.m. eastern with the lighting of the national christmas tree. followed by the white house decorations with the first lady michelle obama. and the lighting of the capitol tree. >>> just after 12:30 p.m. celebrity activists talk about their causes. >>> then at 8:00, samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding father. on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern venture into the art of good writing

follow us on twitter @cspanhistory. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory.where you can leave comments, too. and check out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >> new year's day on the c-span networks. here are some of our featured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern, the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with david crane. business magnate t. boone pickens. cake love owner warren brown. and inventor dean cayman. at 4:00 p.m. eastern the brooklyn historical society holds a conversation on race. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern from the explorer's club, apollo seven astronaut walt cunningham on the first manned space flight. new year's day on c-span2, just before noon eastern, author hector tobar on the 33 men that were buried in a chilean mine. and at 3:00 p.m. eastern richard norton smith on the life of nelson rockefeller. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern. former investigative correspondent for cbs news sharyl attkisson on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. new year's day on american history tv on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m. eastern

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connect on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory where you can leave some comments. and check out upcoming programs at our website c-span.org/history. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. in the last of a five-part look at hollywood directors who made films for the u.s. government during world war ii, we feature director john houston and the battle of san pietro a 32 minute film depicting the 1943 battle which destroyed the town of san pietro, italy. praised for a realistic portray portrayal of a battle that killed over 1,000 americans the film was composed almost entirely of re-enacted scenes. before showing the film we speak with film historian mark harris. the book is titled "five came back: a story of hollywood and the second world war" and joining us from new york is mark harris. as we look at some of the leading directors from this time period including john houston. what can you tell us about him? >> well houston was a really fascinating, larger than life figure. his career in

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join the conversation, like @cspanhistory. >> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes every saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern. next, university of michigan professor martha jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. the class discusses what options she may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves and her master's white neighbors in her court case. that is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> today we will continue the discussion we were having, that we began a couple weeks ago, talking about the history of slavery, and in particular, of slave women. we already had a chance to look at the case of harriet jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. there, jacobs introduces us to that dimension of slavery that is exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women and that is sexual violence. we will come back a little bit to talk about jacobs in comparison to our

follow us on twitter@cspanhistory. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan history. or you can left comments, too. or check out our upcoming programs at our website c-span.org/history. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs, join us every sunday at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. for a look at american artifacts. travel with us to historic sites, museums, and archives, to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. again watch our show american artifacts every sunday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. on c-span3. >> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span with the lighting of the national christmas tree followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama. and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. and just after 12:30 p.m., celebrity activists talk about their causes. then at 8:00, supreme court justice samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush on

follow us on twitter twitter @cspanhistory. connect with us on facebook at faith facebook.com/cspanhistory or leave comments and check out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >>> robert wilson, author of "matthew brady, portraits of a nation" talks about brady's photography before the civil war and how it changed in the following years. he also talks about the difference in subject matter and composition between brady and other photographers at the time. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum's annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here again. our first speaker this morning robert wilson, the author of a new well-received book on matthew brady. will mr wilson has written for many prominent newspapers and journals and held editorial posts at many of those same institutions. he's currently editor of "the xhern scholar." he's written two previous books as well as "a certain somewhere: writers on the place they remember." he'll be ta

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arefrom you, twi follow us on twitter, connect and leave comments at face facebook.com facebook.com/cspanhistory films that tell the story of the 20th century. in the third of a five-part book at hollywood director who is made films for the u.s. . government during world war ii, we feature director john ford. in the 18-minute documentary he made for the u.s. navy about the june 1942 battle of mid-way. the film presented a victory in vivid color to an american public eager for good news in aton the year following pearl harbor. but first, we speak with author ha mark harris about john ford. >> in his book "five came back,"thor m author mark harris focusing on artory the story of hollywood and the t second world war and five leading directors at the time, including john ford who served in the u.s. navy during world t th serv war ii. the mark harris, thanks very much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> what can you tell us about rk of jo the work of john ford? of >> well, ford was one of the most respected directors in ted hollywood, probably the most before respected director before the

connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. check out our web site cspan.org/history. >> well, thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here again. our first speaker this morning is robert wilson. mr. wilson has written written for many of the prominent newspapers and journals and has held editorial journal at many institutions. he's written two previous books, the explorer king adventure science and the great diamond hoax, clarns king in the old west, as well as a certain somewhere, riders on the places they remember. he'll be talking about matthew brady today. i suspect many of you join me and not having known much about matthew brady the man himself who took so many of these photographs and consequently shaped so much of what we understand about the war. brady not only captured history, but he helped shape it. and mr. wilson will talk a little bit today about the 1860 photograph of abraham lincoln as well as the 1864 photographs of lincoln that not just captured history, but helped shape it as well. mr. wilson will tal

follow us on twitter connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory where you can leave commentsck out our upcoming programs on- our website. >> new year's day on the c-span networks, here are some of the featured programs, the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with david crane. business magnate t. boone pickens. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, the brooklyn historical society holds a conversation on race. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern from the explorers club, apollo seven astronaut object first man to space flight. new year's day on c-span 2, just beforen in author hector tobar three men buried in a mine. richard norton smith on the life of nelson rockefeller. then former investigative responder for cbs news sheryl ad kinson on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. new year's day on american history tv on c-span 3, at 10:00 a.m. eastern. wanita on her experiences and the role of women in the civil rights movement. at 4:00 p.m., brooklyn college professor benjamin carp between alcohol and politics. then at 8:00 p.m. cartoonist draws ten characters at historian david d

connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. leave comments, too. he also talks about the difference in subject matter and composition between brady and other photographers at the time. this hour-long event is part of the lincoln forums annual symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> well, thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here again. our first speaker this morning is robert wilson. the author of a new well received book on matthew brady. mr. wilson has written written for many of the prominent newspapers and journals and has held editorial posts at many institutions. he's written two previous books, the explorer king, adventure science and the great diamond hoax, clarence king in the old west, as well as a certain somewhere, riders on the places they remember. he'll be talking about matthew brady today. brady is an interesting character.usq7(pr(t&háhp a/e- we have looked at hundreds of dozens of brady's photographs. i suspect many of you join me and not having known much about matthew brady, the man himself, who took so many of these