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Everyone knows Sam Houston said, "Remember the Alamo" to rally his troops after hearing the news from San Antonio. After all, we saw it at the movies. How much has Hollywood shaped


our collective memory? Join NPR's Neal Conan to explore the intertwining of U.S. history and film. Guest: PETER ROLLINS *Professor of English and American film studies at Oklahoma


State University *Editor and chief of the Journal _Film and History_ *Author and editor of many books on film. The latest is _The Columbia Companion to America History on Film: How the


Movies Have Portrayed the American Past_ Copyright 2004 NPR