>> the dewey story is a republican national committee film promoting the 1948 nominee governor thomas dewey of new york by telling his life story. the film is part of the library of congress's online screening room. ♪ announcer: tom a. dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later, he was appointed special prosecutor to war on organized crime in new york. >> you have been given a most difficult task, helping the people of the city. what can we do to help you? >> there is a detective in new york, mr. mayor, who i think is one of the best detectives in the united states. i would like to have him head my squad of detectives. announcer: from the beginning, dewey faced a hopeless job, clearing out gangsters and racketeers. there hold upon the city had been tightening three years of tammy rule. -- tammany rule. >> now for the last time, are you going to keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. ♪ >> but i don't need any protection. announcer: dewey's handpicked staff began its attack on the underworld by singling out people and getting them to

feature several films from the 1940 four presidential campaign between franklin d roosevelt and thomas dewey. that's what's coming up here on american history tv. > i'll be the petersburg campaign certainly has quite a bit to discuss. c-span sake of our audience, who we deeply appreciate i want to run through keynote hlights of our speaker. wilson green is the former xecutive director of pamphlet historical park and the national museum of the civil war soldier located near petersburg ulysses virginia. he previously severed as the first president of the for the preservation of civil war

feature several short films from the 1944 presidential campaign, between franklin d roosevelt and thomas dewey. look at the 1981 nomination by president ronald reagan of sandra day o'connor, the first woman to serve on the u.s. supreme court. author evan thomas and one of o'connor's sons discusses the characteristics and qualifications that led to her appointment. un-american artifacts, we visit a -- on american artifacts, we visit a mobile emergency room that would have been located close to the front line. on "the presidency," we hear about pat nixon's work and contributions to the nixon administration. she entered the white house as first lady 50 years ago in january 1969. that's coming up on american history tv. ♪ [locomotive chugging] ♪

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feature several films from the 1940 four presidential campaign between franklin d roosevelt and thomas dewey. that's what's coming up here on american history tv. > i'll be the petersburg campaign certainly has quite a bit to discuss. c-span sake of our audience, who we deeply appreciate i want to run through keynote hlights of our speaker. wilson green is the former xecutive director of pamphlet historical park and the national museum of the civil war soldier located near petersburg ulysses virginia. he previously severed as the first president of the for the preservation of civil war sites from 1990 to 994 ulysses s. grant an early version of what today we know as battlefield trust. e's also spent time as a istorian including local fredericksburg in spotsylvania. he's also served in other capacities. dedicated research ulysses s. grant a prolific writer ulysses s. grant has published more than works on the civil wares ses on stonewall jackson ulysses s. grant st. petersburg ulysses s. grant 1861 to 1865 ulysses s. and my favorite ulysses s. grant the final battles of the petersburg campaig

the democratic candidate, president franklin roosevelt, and the republican candidate, governor thomas deweyrough the medium of a free and secret ballot. votes in cities and rural areas. members of the armed forces on battle lines around the world cast their ballots. nearly 4 million servicemen and women voted. ♪ governor and misses dewey vote .n new york city at the town hall in hyde park, new york, president roosevelt casts his ballot. the counting of the national vote begins. swiftly, bipartisan election boards tabulate the figures. radio stations and networks rush the election returns throughout the nation, and by shortwave the voice of america informs the world. ♪ in times square in new york, 500,000 people gathered to follow election results. [applause] at republican national headquarters, party officials closely follow countrywide statistics president roosevelt's early lead is maintained throughout the night. at 3:15 in the morning, governor dewey concedes the election. >> it is clear mr. roosevelt has been reelected for a fourth term, and every good american will wholeheartedly accep

in the governor's mansion in new york, thomas dewey awaits word from chicago.upporters nominated him on the first ballot as the next republican candidate for president. in liberated rome, city of 2.5 million inhabitants, the people hailed the new coalition cabinet made up of italy's six non-fascist political parties. the cabinet is headed by a lifelong liberal, seen here with a count. new york's colonel charles paoletti, as commissioner of rome, has pledged, the first thing i want to do is make a real effort to get fascists out. signs proclaiming massive thanksgiving for the allied victory. men of the fifth army are first to attend religious services. ♪ general clark, fifth army commander, is greeted by clergy as he joins forces to fight in the north. ♪ in the white house at washington, president roosevelt approves legislation to provide for america's war veterans in the piece to come. by law, federal loans, free schooling, job insurance and complete rehabilitation are among the benefits assured to every man and woman in the service. ♪ here is a typical center,