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General - Culture & S.C. History

South Carolina ETV (SCETV) is the state's public educational broadcasting network. SCETV amplifies South Carolina voices, provides educational experiences and strengthens communities, while working to create a stronger, more connected and informed South Carolina. SCETV provides national and local content to classrooms via internet services Knowitall.org and PBS Learning Media. SCETV also provides teacher training and re-certification in face-to-face and online settings.

When available closed captioning has been provided for broadcast segments.

2017 Solar Eclipse Live

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This program will follow the path of totality for viewers by reporting from Clemson, Columbia, and Charleston. The Columbia broadcast will feature live footage from the South Carolina State Museum’s 2...
Becoming a U.S. Citizen | The Big Picture

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The Big Picture spent Constitution Day 2010 in Mount Pleasant at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, where 119 people took the oath to make United States citizens. Over 46 countries from...
Camp Croft | ETV Upstate

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Camp Croft, a WWII Army Infantry Replacement Center located near Spartanburg, SC. Since 2001, this site has served to honor those who worked and trained at Croft from 1940 to 1946 and to memorialize...
Catawba River | The Big Picture

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In 2008, the Catawba River was named the most endangered river in the United States by the advocacy group American Rivers. In this program, The Big Picture looks at the preservation of this river and...
Clark Ellefson

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Meet Clark Ellefson, owner of Lewis and Clark Gallery, Columbia, S.C. He started his business in the 1980s when this type of business was not considered ideal for the area. Ellefson creates lamps and...
Eyewitness to 9/11, An Upstate Story

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Gaffney native Father Lyndon Harris was the priest in charge of the St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral that is located directly across the street from where the World Trade Center Towers once stood. In this...
Herman Leonhardt

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Herman Leonhardt has blown glass more than twenty years. His art requires a lot of stamina, with the kilns producing heat at almost 2,000 degrees. His work is sold at fine galleries all along the East...
Laura Spong

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Laura Spong, retired and a grandmother several times over carved out a space and mixed with like-minded people began the process of becoming a professional artist. She describes her art as being, "non...
Mary Alice Monroe

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Meet Mary Alice Monroe, whose best-selling novels nearly all share a dominant, lowcountry theme. She has written ten best-selling novels, but it was not until she moved to the Isle of Palms...