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This film might disturb some viewers. [orchestral music] narrator this is the pacific as you know it wide stretches up water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast, plane on whiched the japanese defensive lineman is in the heart of the homeland. It is the most heavily fortified island in the world. Very deep underground, the japanese weight. 20,000 other fighting men waited for us to make the first move. And they dont have to wait long. [explosions] ...

The Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in canyon, texas. We take you inside as we hear the story of kansas citys influence on the development of amarillo. I think a lot of people know about the ranching history of this area. This history is more like an american regional story that hasnt been told. The isolation of the ranching history as texas, texas, texas, but one thing we talked about in this show, we pitched it as looking without rather than always looking within. We are at the panhandlepla...

Most of these towns would not be here if it was not for the coming of the railroad. The thing was, we realized real quick that the railroads were evolving and changing. We were seeing new locomotives coming on. We were seeing so many changes. We said we need to preserve some of that before it disappears. We incorporated the Amarillo Railroad Museum with that goal to preserve it. We bought this property here in the northeast part of amarillo, and it already at the Railroad Track on it. We have be...

[cheering] thats right. Only nine. What that means is that only nine seats from putting texas kids first and providing real funding for the Public Schools. [cheering] thats only nine seats from passing Medicaid Expansion into giving health care to more than a million just like that. [cheering] nine seats from Property Tax Relief for homeowners, and we are nine seats away from closing the background check loophole in the state of texas. [cheering] now, we have got some great candidates running he...

Founding director, that is how we say it,. The first book a fragile freedom African American woman and emancipation in the antebellum city published by yale extremely well regarded an important study of an understudy topic up to that point and also the perfect person to take on the challenge to recover the story of on the judge. Lets all give erica a big round of applause. applause good evening everyone. Happy black history month. Here i am. First let me offer few thankyous to doug who invited m...

The things we talk about this show we pitched it as looking without evidence looking within. We are in that Historical Museum and its the largest Historical Museum in the state of texas if you count the number of artifacts cattle cowboys and culture. Urban west. Michael gore who was the fulltime curator and we set up the show both of us are native to kansas city suburb always interested in why this place felt so familiar to us as having grown up there and michael started looking at the number of...

I think people around here know a lot about ranching history in this area. Texas tends to be very much about itself with its own history and this particular history is more about middle american regional story that has not really been told. So it is almost like the isolation of the ranching history, the texas texas texas, but one of the things we talk about at the show, we pitched it at looking without rather than always looking within. We are in the panhandle Plains Historic museum. The museum ...

For approximately 30 years the , safest method for transportation of this material was by rail. We begin our look at the history of the pantex plant with a look at the Railroad Museum were several cars once used by the plant are now on display. We are trying to preserve the rich Railroad History of the texas panhandle. Most of these towns would not be here if it was not for the coming of the railroad. We realized quick that railroads were evolving and changing. We were seeing new locomotives. We...

And maintenance of Nuclear Weapons. Forsafest method transportation of this material was by rail. We begin our look at the history of the pantex plant with a look at the Railroad Museum were several cars once used by the plant are now on display. To preserve the rich Railroad History of the texas panhandle. Most of these towns would not be here if it was not for the coming of the railroad. We realized quick that railroads were evolving and changing. We were seeing new locomotives. We were seeing...

We did a bad job of acknowledging that. And i think many economists said, well, were creating a million and a half jobs a year, so if some jobs get lost by trade, even if its 20 or 25,000, thats nothing well, it is nothing unless youre one of those 25,000 people. And a lot of that was concentrated in places like ohio, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. Those are a very smart group. What do those states have in common every four years . Every four years they have something in common, and i think ...