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AHTV: Gene Kranz Oral History Interview - Part 2
AHTV: Gene Kranz Oral History Interview - Part 2
Gene Kranz had a prolific career as a NASA flight and mission operations director. As lead flight director of the Apollo 13 mission, he played a significant role in guiding three astronauts back to Earth after an explosion on that spacecraft. This oral history interview was conducted in 1999 for NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Today : Washington, DC : 1 hr. 20 min.
watch Gene Kranz Interview: Part 1    watch Part 2    visit NASA Johnson Space Center History    read NASA Admin. Charles Bolden, Human Space Flight
AHTV: Four Presidents and the Civil War - Jefferson
AHTV: Four Presidents and the Civil War - Jefferson
Every president prior to Abraham Lincoln confronted a domestic situation, which contributed to events leading up to the Civil War. The Museum of the Confederacy held a symposium in Richmond looking at four presidents including Thomas Jefferson.
Today : Washington, DC : 1 hr.
watch Four Presidents and the Civil War - Jefferson    visit Museum of the Confederacy
AHTV: Female Farmers of WWI
AHTV: Female Farmers of WWI
During World War I, women volunteered to create a Woman’s Land Army, replacing men on farms called to wartime. They became known as "farmerettes" with thousands enlisting to run American farms. Elaine Weiss spoke about these working women at the National Archives.
Today : Washington, DC : 59 min.
watch Female Farmers of WWI    visit National Archives
AHTV: Media Coverage of the War in Vietnam and Beyond
AHTV: Media Coverage of the War in Vietnam and Beyond
Bernard Fall, a journalist who covered the wars in Vietnam from 1953 until he was killed there in 1967, is the subject of a panel discussion on media coverage of major U.S. wars, including the conflict in Iraq. His wife, Dorothy Fall, speaks about her book, "Bernard Fall: Memoirs of a Soldier-Scholar."
Today : Washington, DC : 1 hr. 2 min.
watch Media Coverage: Vietnam War and Beyond
AHTV: The Senator and the Sharecropper
AHTV: The Senator and the Sharecropper
In "The Senator and the Sharecropper," Chris Myers Asch explores the social upheaval in civil rights-era Mississippi through profiles of Sen. James O. Eastland (D), a segregationist, and Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper-activist. The event took place in the Sunflower County (MS) Public Library.
Today : Washington, DC : 59 min.
watch The Senator and the Sharecropper
AHTV: Gene Kranz Oral History Interview - Part I
AHTV: Gene Kranz Oral History Interview - Part I
Gene Kranz had a prolific career as a NASA flight and mission operations director. As lead flight director of the Apollo 13 mission, he played a significant role in guiding three astronauts back to Earth after an explosion on that spacecraft. This oral history interview was conducted in 1999 for NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Saturday : Washington, DC : 1 hr. 31 min.
watch Gene Kranz Oral History Interview - Part I     visit NASA Johnson Space Center History Collection
read NY Times: Pres. Obama on NASA
AHTV: Four Presidents and the Civil War - Washington
AHTV: Four Presidents and the Civil War - Washington
Every president prior to Abraham Lincoln confronted a domestic situation, which contributed to events leading up to the Civil War. The Museum of the Confederacy held a symposium in Richmond looking at four presidents including George Washington.
Saturday : Washington, DC : 58 min.
watch Four Presidents and the Civil War - Washington    visit Museum of the Confederacy
AHTV: New York and the Impeachment of Pres. Johnson
AHTV: New York and the Impeachment of Pres. Johnson
Impeachment authority Hans Trefousse draws parallels between the trials of the only two American Presidents to be impeached: Pres. Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Pres. Bill Clinton in 1998. Mr. Trefousse also describes the impact of the Johnson impeachment on New York politics.
Saturday : Washington, DC : 46 min.
watch New York and the Impeachment of Pres. Johnson
AHTV: National Archives Building
AHTV: National Archives Building
The National Archives building is one of the top tourist destinations in the nation’s capital. Architect John Russell Pope designed the National Archives as a shrine to Democracy and American History. A new book explores its history, home to the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States.
Saturday : Washington, DC : 59 min.
watch National Archives Building    visit National Archives
AHTV: President Benjamin Harrison
AHTV: President Benjamin Harrison
Historian Charles Calhoun details the "front-porch" campaigns of Pres. Benjamin Harrison and changes in American foreign policy during Harrison’s term in the White House. "Benjamin Harrison: The 23rd President, 1889-1893" is published by Henry Holt and Company.
Saturday : Washington, DC : 1 hr. 16 min.
watch President Benjamin Harrison
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