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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American History TV 20141011

Mississippi. Roofs were sent from buildings crashes. Were they found themselves a badly broken town. They couldnt cover the windows and they improvised with tape. Shattered store fronts are everywhere. Thousands of homes would require repair, before the owners can move back. Millions in aid have been allotted as authorities try to preliminary assessment of the damage. Toppled mobile homes are fury. Nts to her the storm roared its way across the land. Towers were radio knocked down while buildings untouched. E with land communication shattered, authorities relied on of radio amateurs. They worked around the clock to relay word of the few people trapped in flooded homes and people who failed to heed warnings to move out. 100 million sugar crop was damaged. Some can be salvaged but the of this crop alone expected to reach 40 million. Towarda swung north South Carolina the people of lafayette prepared to return to ofir homes to begin ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts 20141011

There were perhaps over 45,000 workers working at different times on the canal. In total there were about, oh workers from perhaps 40 different countries. It is said you can go into the top of the hill and you can see all the nations of the world represented. The u. S. Was always interested in trying to find a short route to the west. And that became more apparent during the spanishamerican war. One ship was asked to go to fight in cuba. So it left san francisco. On the west coast. And it took two months to reach cuba. By the time it reached cuba, the war was basically over. So that gave new impetus for the idea of finding a way a short way to unite both coasts. Because it became, you know, apparent and particularly now for the u. S. Who had a two ocean navy. So it needed to have a route to cross from one ocean to the other. And so in 1903, when panama was fighting for its independence the u. S. Supported the rebels. And it bought the construction rights from the
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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts 20141006

Takes you to museums and historic places. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the panama canal opening, curators presented items from their collection for a special exhibit. Work on the canal began in 1904. Workers came to panama to build it. The canal was not only an engineering feat but a subject of fascination for americans. Who follow the progress of this construction with keen interest. Sheet music was produced about the canal, newspapers published regular updates. And photographers took hundreds of pictures of the construction and the people who lived and worked in the canal zone. My name is juan manuel perez, and im a reference specialist in the hispanic division. Exhibit tries to be a window into the past and to give the people who see it a way to understand the magnitude of the enterprise. It took from 1904 to 1914 for the canal to be finished. There were perhaps over 45,000 workers working at different times. In total, there were about workers from perhaps 40 different count ....

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