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Hamilton Fish III discusses American history

DURATION: 01:37:03

Synopsis

Colonel Hamilton Fish III discusses American history. Major topics include The Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and Communism. Fish also reads a personal letter sent to him from Martin Dies, Jr. Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, offensive language. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion.

Details

Duration
1 hour, 37 minutes, 3 seconds

Topics

Great Depression American History & Politics Cold War World War II

People

Government Workers

Tags

Congress Unknown soldier Fish Committee Communism Anti-communism House Un-American Activities Committee Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 New York (N.Y.) Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 New Deal, 1933-1939 Soviet Russia Foreign affairs World War II Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 Germany Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Navy WPA Works Progress Administration American military Nazi Kiep, Otto, 1886-1944 Unemployment Supreme Court Abbott Laboratories Labor CIO AFL Unions McCarthy, Joseph, 1885-1943 Wages Politics African Americans Smith, Alfred E. Dies, Martin, 1900-1972

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