nancy bristow from the university of puget sound, watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> "why man creates" is a short film that uses animation, live action, narration to ponder the creative process. the film was created by the kaiser aluminum foundation. ♪♪ [ inaudible ] >>> harry, do you realize you just invented the wheel? >> i know. i know. [ chanting ] >> iron. >> all was in chaos until euclid arose and made order. what is the good life and how do you lead it? >> who shall rule the state? >> the philosopher king. >> the awrista cat. >> the people. >> you mean all the people? >> what is the nature of good? >> what is the nature of justice? >> what is happiness? >> hail cesar. >> roman law is now in session. >> what? >> nothing, nothing. >> what is the shape of the earth? >> flat. >> what happens when you get to the edge? >> you fall off. >> does the earth move? ♪ ♪ never ♪♪ >> the earth moves. >> the earth is round. >> the world circulates. >> there are worlds smaller than ours. >> there are worlds larger than ours. >> what are you doing? >> i

nancy bristow talks about the correlations between that earlier pandemic and today's global crisis. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> library of congress is an short documentary taking viewers on a tour through the library's reading rooms, collections and operations. including field recordings of folk musicians. the film highlights the institution's benefit to the public and scholars worldwide. part of a series entitled "the american scene." a world war ii office operating in europe and the pacific to support the war effort through print and film productions. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> to an upland village in the state of virginia, the first tuesday of every month, there comes a truckload of books. the traveling library has many friends among these remote farming people. the free book service provides them with a much-needed link to the world beyond their hills. the librarian has her friends too. they want to know whether the story has a sad ending or they need her help with a strange word now and then. copyright, that's not very

nancy bristow from the university of puget sound talks about the correlations between the earlier pandemic and today's global crisis. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >>> created for the motion picture industry by arkao pictures called "let's go to the movies" shows how sell yao lloyd film is manufactured and how hollywood films are created. ♪♪ >>> this is a series about motion pictures, how they are made and the people that make and show them. it started less than 60 years ago when the prospects were so pour thomas edison would not spend $150 to protect the rights of his kennic scope. where the automobile is+++68 in different languages and dialects, but it all means the same thing, let's go to the movies. the greatest medium for entertainment. to most people the movies in their theaters mean hollywood, hollywood, california, usa, the city that is not a city, only a post office branch of los angeles, where 30,000 specialists working in 272 separate arts and crafts, sciences and trades make the movies, working as a team to

nancy bristow from the university of puget sound talks about the correlations between the earlier pandemic and today's global crisis. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >>> created for the motion picture industry by arcao pictures, "let's go to the movies" is a short film that shows how celluloid film is manufactured and how hollywood films are created. ♪♪ >>> this is the first of a series of motion pictures about motion pictures, how they began, how they are made and the people who make and show them. it all started less than 60 years ago, when the prospects were so poor that thomas edison would not spend $150 to protect the foreign rights of his kinetoscope. the movies, like the automobile, grew up in the 20th century. but where the automobile is tangible and real, the movies are light and shadow. people first saw them in a penny arcade, where they appeared as a series of cards flipped in rapid fashion to assimilate motion. then a continuous projection machine was made and the nickelodeon was born. people could now gather

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nancy bristow. so a couple of other questions that i see here, we've got just a moment or two. has anyone addressed property and assets because of the flu. nancy, do you by chance have a -- >> i don't. it's a wonderful question. and the issue around the economics of the pandemic and its aftermath are just now being studied with obviously significant interest. there were some early studies that suggested that the same communities that had low death rates also recovered economically more quickly. but this was very preliminary work. so i don't know if that's been borne out over the last few months with additional research or not. but the questions around the economics of the earlier pandemic will be even of greater interest now. i'm even less of an economist than i am an epidemiologist. >> what u.s. city fared the best, the fewest deaths from 1918, which also kind of begs the question, is there one that fared the worst. >> the worst is probably pittsburgh and/or philadelphia. both had just disastrous, catastrophic experiences with it. philadelphia is always the story that gets told

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she's joined by nancy bristow from the university of puget sound. this event was hosted in partnership with the northeast kansas library system and the world war i museum which provided the video. and now i'd like to introduce and i'd like to bring to the proverbial stage here both rimsy and dr. nancy bristow of four our conversation about the fact that we might have been here before. thank you to all of you who have who are part of the rsvps you all gave us 250 over 250 amazing questions to answer and we are gonna do our best to in a dress some of them in broad strokes to begin with and then to really kind of run through and do as many deep dive questions as we possibly can at the end at the end of our conversation and again, i wanted to show out to there are people from across the united states from washington to pennsylvania. hello, texas, virginia, california, brooklyn, nebraska, georgia. kasimo olathe reno. it was everyone from the town's mentioned in your county libraries. hello catherine footer delighted that you're joining us from new york,

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nancy bristow is a distinguished professor of history at the university of puget sound where she specializes in 20th century american history with an emphasis on race, gender, and social change, and serves on the leadership team of the race and pedagogy institute. she is the author of 1996 "making moral social engineering and the great war." and 2012's "american pandemic: the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic." whose content she'll be addressing this afternoon. you might've seen her on the american experience great war, her most recent research will be published as steeped in the blood of racism, black power, law and order and the 1970s shootings at jackson state college, that is going to be coming out in may of 2020 by oxford university press. but to find out more about this very pressing issue, ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together and welcome dr. bristow to the stage. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. it is an absolute pleasure to be here. i am so grateful to the museum, to camille, to laura, to all of you for the tech people for making this jus

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nancy bristow from the university at puget sound talks about the correlations between that earlier pandemic and today's global crisis, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> film make and her author jon wilkman discusses his book "screening reality: how documentary filmmakers reimagined america" which explores the history of nonfiction films and television. from thomas edison's films to reality tv. the burbank public library hosted the event and the video was provided by the burbank channel. >> i just wanted to say thank you all for coming. i'm hubert kozak of the library's staff. tonight's program is a series of programs that the library presents from time to time on topics related to the film industry. sometimes we take a look behind the scenes at how films in a specific genre are made or explore how a particular movie was made. we did this recently, for example, with "queens of animation" and a look at the making of the movie "chinatown" just a few weeks ago now. tonight we're presenting a program on the craft and varied history of documenta

nancy bristow talks about the correlations between that earlier pandemic and today's global crisis. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> library of congress is an short documentary taking viewers on a tour through the library's reading rooms, collections and operations. including field recordings of folk musicians. the film highlights the institution's benefit to the public and scholars worldwide. part of a series entitled "the american scene." a world war ii office operating in europe and the pacific to support the war effort through print and film productions. ♪♪

nancy bristow. [ applause ] truly we also i think need to thank her for expanding probably your already too long reading list. that was amazing. no, we do not. you asked a question in the lecture. i checked the -- checked the books, we don't have that particular title, but it's now on our short list. so do check out -- you may find that there are other great books that you might like to get during the break. i have gotten a text message urgently from our incredible public programs specialist, camille, who has really done so much of the heavy lifting to make this event happen and she has made one request of all of you, just one cookie, please. ladies and gentlemen, enjoy your break. we'll see you back here promptly for the next lecture. [ applause ] >>> weeknights this month, we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, we look at crime and forensics. author of "18 tiny deaths: the untold story of francis lee and the invention of modern forensics" shows us several dollhouse-sized crime scenes that are used for training.

nancy bristow from the university at puget sound talks about the correlations between that earlier pandemic and today's global crisis, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> film make and her author jon wilkman discusses his book "screening reality: how documentary filmmakers reimagined america" which explores the history of nonfiction films and television. from thomas edison's films to reality t

nancy bristow from the university of puget sound talks about the correlations between that earlier pandemic and today's global crisis watch tuesday beginning at 8pm eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3 filmmaker and author john wilkman discusses his book screening reality how documentary filmmakers reimagined america which explores the history of nonfiction films and television from late 19th century thomas edison films to 21st century reality tv. the burbank public library hosted this event and the video was provided by the burbank channel. i just wanted to say that thank you all for coming. i'm a hubert kozak of the library staff and tonight's program is part of a series of programs that the library presents from time to time on topics related to the film industry. sometimes we take a look behind the scenes that help films in a specific genre army or explore how our particular movie was made. we did this recently for example with queens of animation. and with a look at the making of the movie chinatown just a few weeks ago now. tonight we're presenting a program

you guys can all see why i always enjoy having conversations with doctor nancy bristow. so a couple of other questions that i see here we, we've got just a moment or two, has anyone stated to transfer our property and other assets that occurred because of the? and there's a lot of good economic questions that were asked. nancy, dubai jones have a? >> i don't. it's a wonderful question, and the issue around the economics of the pandemic and its aftermath are just now being started with obviously significant interest. there were some early studies that suggested that the same communities that had low death rates also recovered economically more quickly. this was very preliminary or, so i don't know if that's been borne out over the last few months with additional research or not. but the questions around the economic economics of this early pandemic will be of even greater interest now. but no, i'm not well skilled in that, i'll be honest. he unevenness often economists than i am and epidemiologist. >> bob johnson asked, what u.s. city fared the best, with the fewest death

nancy bristow talks about the correlation between that earlier pandemic and today's global crisis. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> filmmakers and former white house officials describe their work on productions depicting the white house and the presidency. the discussion hosted by the white house historical association was recorded at the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts in washington, d.c. [ applause ] >>> good evening, i hope you've been enjoying tonight's program. it's been fascinating and there's more to come. a year ago, i was honored when fred ryan, the chair of our board, asked me to chair the white house historical association's board committee for this important four-day summit. i want to thank the members of our committee, marsha, mike, ann, and our historian adviser michael for their contributions to the planning of the summit. h