Battlefields and key events. Touring sitesacts to reveal about our past. Book shelf, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our chief, s commanders in lectures in history, top college delving into our past. And archival government and sducational films from the 1930 to the 70s. Cspan 3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by the local satellite provider. On h us on hd, like us facebook, and follow us on twitter. Each week, American History tvs reel america brings archival films to tell the story of the 20th century. Hilda blows into is it town of franklin, louisiana streets ind the deserted. 3400 residents were evacuated to covering an area of 0,000 square miles, hilda hit the gulf coast states with winds of 150 mileperhours. Theres disaster alert and the escue work goes off like lockwork, storm, School Houses became emergency shelters. When the full force of the urricane hit, all of the residents of franklin were safe and sound. People e coast, 150,000 left their homes for safe havens. The fury of felt hilda but damaged the heaviest were sissippi where roofs torn from buildings and walls and crashing. Franklin ds abated, found itself a badly battered town. Storekeepers could not find their windows. They improvise with tape but shattered store fronts are everywhere. Require of homes will extensive repairs before their owners can move back. Illions in aid have been allotted as authorities try to ofe a preliminary assessment the damage, toppled mobile homes are monuments to hildas fury. The storm played grim pranks as it roared its way across the steeples and radio towers were knocked down, while buildings beneath were untouched the land communication relied on authorities a network of radio amateurs. Hey worked around the clock to relay word of a few people trapped in homes, people who heed warnings to move out. Sugar the 100 million crop was damaged, some can be salvaged but the loss of this expected to reach 40 million. As hilda swung north towards of h carolina, the people lafayette return to their homes to begin the task of repair. Hard town of erath was hit. Here 10 people died seeking safety in town hall. Toppled a winds nearby water tower that crashed into their refuge. T was many hours before the bodies could be recovered. Hilda left 3700 people dead, a in the storm of such magnitude. Long stretch to find the hulk of submarine pressure is led by the atlantic east of aided by specially equipped surface craft. That in april of 19636 the del bier made her last dive watery tomb of 129 men 8,000 feet beneath the sea. Now with newly developed photograph tick equipment, the locate and s to photograph the thresher, an is rwater camera sled lowered to be over the sea they have high speed equipment. Of the ge found pieces wreckage but not until these dives that evidence is found of thresher. N a remarkable series of ictures, the navy photographs the ship. Part of the mystery of thresher is solved. Next on American History tv, Stanford University history professor jack rakove talks