our guest is greg mitchell, thank you for taking the time. >> i am going to vote for upton sinclair. >> i am going to vote for frank miriam for governor for the reason -- for frank miriam up for governor for the reason that he has for democracy rather than governor. >> i am born and raised in america. >> i am not going to vote for mr. sinclair because he is a little too radical. ♪ ♪ >> in magnificent natural beauty of the american national parks comes the controversy of the civilian board against the destruction of men in nature. since it came into existence in 1916, the national park service has set up long-range plans for the preservation and enjoyments of the park. the coming of the conservation board put the service of strong boards to put this into action. atop the high country of north carolina and tennessee lands the smoky mountains national park. acres of wilderness which an act of congress gave national park status in 1933. national parks, god gave that in the beginning. working with them is the preservation of the splendid pictures. making these pictures more accessible wit

we are joined now by greg mitchell, he spoke on their campaign of the century and the birth of mediaolitics. the announcer said he was the inquiring cameraman and these were not actors. what can you tell us about what we have just seen? mr. mitchell: in 1934, the famous author upton sinclair who had written the jungle decades before but then wrote other muckraking books and novels that made him one of the most famous authors in the world, decided to run for governor of california in the depth of the depression. switching his party allegiance from socialist to democrat. at a time when fdr was popular. lo and behold, he inspired one of the greatest mass movements in the history of the country called and property -- called and poverty. they could push their own newspaper, they had drawn the state, so forth. amazingly, he went on to win the democratic primary in a landslide. in august of 1934. and appeared headed for victory. so all the forces against them, republicans, sir -- conservatives, moderate democrats, others, big business, hollywood certainly. form together to defeat him at all

three and we will talk with journalist greg mitchell about the first modern attack ads.he civilian conservation corps or ccc, its emergency conservation corps and the smoky mountains parks in 1936. in 50 minutes, we travel back to 1937 outdoors in the garden state shows young men employed by the ccc working to protect and maintain new jersey state parks. and, finally, in about 55 minutes, rebuilding indian country. on interior film on preservation status and across the country. ♪

sinclair's race for governor of california and the birth of media politics and our guest has been greg mitchell. thank you for taking the time happy to do this. i am going to vote for option saint clair. i see and i will tell it to the house tops. i'm going to vote for frank miriam for governor. for the reason that he is for democracy rather than socialism. i feel it's sinclair is too radical. i'm an american. i'm born and raised in america. i'm not gonna vote for mr. sinclair because your little too radicals. here here in magnificent natural beauty of the american national parks have gone many companies

three newsreels produced by mgm studios for the 1934 governor's and we will speak to greg mitchell who argues they were the first modern attack ads. in 40 minutes, the first of three interior department films which highlights the efforts of the civilian conservation corps or ccc. its emergency conservation work in the great smoky mountains from 1936. in 50 minutes, we travel back to 1937 outdoors in the garden state shows young men employed by the ccc working to protect and maintain new jersey state parks. and, finally, in about 55 -- 65 minutes, rebuilding indian country. on interior film on preservation status and across the country. from forest, to desert, to the northwest coast.

in two hours, greg mitchell discusses three mgm studios newsreels produced for the successful 1934 campaign to defeat democratic editorial candidate upton sinclair. >> i am from northeastern texas. my relatives migrated here and my father-in-law and some other relatives migrated here during the manhattan project back in 1943. i was a young man back home and 10, 11, 12 years old, and we would hear people talking about hanford. they worked on the hanford project. when i got out of high school in 1947, i was 16 years of age, and i ended up coming to hanford. i came into east pascoe first. >> tell us about -- you were a lord -- allured by the stories of your uncle. cj: they had worked out here and they came back home and they got much more money. the word got around pretty fast and people were going not only to -- not only out here, but they were going to california, houston, dallas, beginning to migrate to different places. >> did you go by yourself as a 16-year-old? cj: when i came out to washington, the first time, it was myself and two first cousins and two other people from the community.

4pm eastern here on american american history tv on c-span 3 tonight on real america journalist greg mitchell discusses his book the campaign of the century which argues that a series of 1934 newsreels produced by mgm studios, which he screens for the audience were the first modern attack ads. here's a preview. 1934 the famous author upton sinclair who had written the jungle decades before but then wrote many other muckraking books and novels that made him one of the most famous authors in the world. decided to run for governor of california in the depths of the depression. switching his party allegiance from socialist to democrat at a time when fdr was popular. and lo and behold he inspired one of the greatest mass movements in the history of the country called end poverty in california or epic they published their own newspaper. they got two million circulation. they had hundreds of clubs around the country around the state and so forth. and amazingly he went on to win the democratic primary in a landslide. in august of 1934 and appeared headed for victory. so all the forces rate against hi

and in two hours on reel america greg mitchell discusses three mgm studios newsreels produced for the successful 1934 campaign to defeat democratic gubernatorial candidate upton sinclair. in this introductory course, we're continuing our historical survey of american intelligence under each presidential administration. and now we've come to the presidency of john f kennedy. january 1961 to november 1963. kennedy was a formal former naval officer. so he thought he knew something about intelligence. he was also a big fan of the james bond novels written by ian fleming. i've pictured him with his brother robert kennedy because the brothers together had great influence on us intelligence. there's a lot to say about us intelligence center kennedy, even though he served less than a full term because of course he was assassinated by a pro-cuban american leftist a disturbed former marine named lee harvey oswald at the end. i'll have some reflections about the assassination. before we get to the main intelligence events of this administration. i want to mention a couple of other developments t

in two hours, greg mitchell discusses three mgm studios newsreels produced for the successful 1934 campaignto defeat democratic editorial candidate upton sinclair. >> i am from northeastern texas. my relatives migrated here and my father-in-law and some other relatives migrated here during the manhattan project back in 1943. i was a young man back home and 10, 11, 12 years old, and we would hear people talking about hanford.

and in two hours on reel america greg mitchell discusses three mgm studios newsreels produced for the successful 1934 campaign to defeat democratic gubernatorial candidate upton sinclair. in this introductory course, we're continuing our historical survey of american intelligence under each presidential administration. and now we've come to the presidency of john f kennedy. january 1961 to november 1963. kennedy was a formal former naval officer. so he thought he knew something about intelligence. he was also a big fan of the james bond novels written by ian fleming. i've pictured him with his brother robert kennedy because the brothers together had great influence on us intelligence. there's a lot to say about

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newsreels produced by mgm studios for the 1934 governors campaign and we'll talk with journalist greg mitchell who argues they were the first modern attack ads in 40 minutes the first of three interior department films that highlight the efforts of the civilian conservation corps or ccc. it's emergency conservation work in the great smoky mountains national park from 1936. in 50 minutes we travel back to 1937 outdoors in the garden stage shows young men employed by the ccc working to protect and maintain new jersey state parks. and finally