Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to have his career
and life chronicled on a large scale by motion picture companies
(even though his predecessors, Grover Cleveland and William McKinley,
were the first to be filmed). This presentation features films
which record events in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American
War in 1898 to his death in 1919. Besides containing scenes of
Roosevelt, these films include views of world figures, politicians,
monarchs, and friends and family members of Roosevelt who influenced
his life and the era in which he lived. Commemorative events up
to 1921 are also included. All in all, it gives a fascinating
look at the life of a president in the early 20th century. The
films are silent as they were all shot before sound films were
made.
Below you will find sample stil clips from four
of the films on this CD
Below you will find a description of each film
on this CD
Shall we prepare?
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Paramount Pictures,
1916.
SUMMARY Two sequences of TR: 1) views of TR walking
onto the porch of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y., facing
the camera, and then speaking on military preparedness
during WWI; 2) views of TR sitting at his desk in the
Metropolitan Magazine office in New York City and speaking
with a man who may be Carl Hovey, editor of the magazine.
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Terrible Teddy, the grizzly king
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing
Co., 1901.
SUMMARY From Edison films catalog: A burlesque on Theodore
Roosevelt hunting mountain lions in Colorado and taken
from the New York Journal and Advertiser. The scene opens
in a very picturesque wood. Teddy with his large teeth
is seen running down the hill with his gun in hand, followed
by his photographer and press agent. He reconnoitres around
a large tree and finally discovers the mountain lion.
He kneels on one knee and makes a careful shot. Immediately
upon the discharge of his gun a huge black cat falls from
the tree and Teddy whips out his bowie knife, leaps on
the cat and stabs it several times, then poses while his
photographer makes a picture and the press agent writes
up the thrilling adventure. A side splitting burlesque.
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Theodore Roosevelt
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : American Mutoscope
Co., 1898.
SUMMARY TR, in formal dress with hat, walks down the
steps of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. and
turns and walks toward the stationary camera. The south
portico of the White House is visible through trees in
background.
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TR and Leonard Wood at the New York flower show, 1917
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1917.
SUMMARY Shots of TR and Leonard Wood on March 20, 1917,
at the 5th Annual International Flower Show, Grand Central
Palace in New York City. Medium-close view of TR and Wood
standing together and talking, facing camera; TR, seated,
poses for photographer, with Wood and an unidentified
man standing behind him.
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TR and Mrs. Roosevelt [at the Panama-California Exposition,
1915]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1915.
SUMMARY At the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego,
California, on July 27, 1915, Theodore Roosevelt and Edith
Roosevelt speak with officials on the steps of what is
probably the United States Government Building. Close
view of group smiling and talking.
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TR at Baltimore [1918] ; TR at Sagamore [Hill, 1918]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1918]
SUMMARY Sequences of TR speaking on two occasions: on
Sept. 28, 1918, he addresses crowds in Baltimore in support
of the fourth Liberty Loan; at Sagamore Hill on April
2, 1918, he encourages workers for the third Liberty Loan.
At Oriole Park in Baltimore TR, wearing a mourning armband
for his son, Quentin, helps open the fourth Liberty Loan
campaign. Views of TR and man who appears to be Phillips
L. Goldsborough, chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee
for Maryland and former Maryland Governor (1912-1916),
walking across Oriole field with other officials; TR stops
and speaks with Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, whose
back is to camera; beside flag-decorated table TR speaks
to packed stadium, with man who appears to be current
Maryland Governor, Emerson C. Harrington, Mrs. Thomas
J. Preston (who had been the wife of former President
Grover Cleveland), and Dr. Thomas J. Preston among notables
on platform; close-up of TR as he vigorously delivers
address. At Sagamore Hill, with reporters behind him,
TR addresses Liberty Loan workers from the New York District
on Apr. 2, 1918.
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TR at Billings, Montana [1918]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1918]
SUMMARY In Billings, Montana, on October 5, 1918, to
speak on behalf of the Liberty Loan and to denounce the
Nonpartisan League of Farmers for its pacifist orientation,
TR appears in a touring car greeting Billings citizens.
Long shot of TR doffing his hat and shaking hands from
a parked car in downtown Billings; after he is seated,
car moves through crowded, flag-draped street
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TR at Fargo, N.D., during Progressive campaign, 1912
(in 2 parts)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1912]
SUMMARY As part of a western campaign tour, TR speaks
to crowds and firms up Progressive Party structure in
the area of Fargo, North Dakota, September 6, 1912. Several
views from varying distances of TR greeting and speaking
to crowds from rear of train; TR addressing large crowd
from a decorated platform, apparently in a stadium; TR
speaking from rear of train to Indian men, women, and
children assembled on open plains; several long shots
of crowds; medium-close silhouette of TR and three men
conversing, one of whom appears to be George E. Roosevelt,
TR's cousin and campaign secretary in the 1912 election.
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TR at Forest Hills, New York, 1917 (in 2 parts)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1917.
SUMMARY At Forest Hills, July 4, 1917, TR speaks in support
of vigorous American war involvement and attacks conscientious
objectors in an address at the Forest Hills Gardens railroad
station; he later reviews the Forest Hills Rifle Club
in a nearby field. Views of TR marching with Rifle Club
members, speaking informally with individuals, standing
at attention as Club marches past, and talking with an
officer who may be Col. J. A. Delafield. Long shot of
the speaker's balcony on the outdoor stairway of the Forest
Hills Gardens railroad station, with Frederick Burgess,
Bishop of Long Island, speaking and introducing TR; crowd
cheers TR, who then begins to speak; panning shots of
crowds.
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TR at Sagamore Hill [1916]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1915 or 1916]
SUMMARY On May 27, 1916, shortly before the Republican
Party and Progressive Party conventions, the newly formed
Roosevelt Non-Partisan League sponsors a demonstration
of support for TR at Sagamore Hill. Many prominent men
are included in the over 2,000 people who traveled from
New York City to Oyster Bay to see TR and hear him speak
on "Americanism." Panning shots of crowd gathered around
porch; TR shakes hands. The man who appears to be addressing
TR may be Richard M. Hurd, chairman of the committee which
arranged the demonstration. TR addresses the crowd. At
ca. ft. 43, there is a brief sequence of TR speaking in
the Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition in San Francisco, on July 2l, 1915. Final views
of TR speaking at Sagamore Hill.
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TR at San Diego Exposition, 1915
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1915.
SUMMARY Theodore Roosevelt attends the Panama-California
Exposition on Roosevelt Day, July 27, 1915. He arrives
at the United States Government Building in an open touring
car with two men in the rear seat. The man who is wearing
a ribbon on his coat appears to be George W. Marston,
park commissioner. Gilbert Aubrey Davidson, president
of the Exposition, and others greet Roosevelt and his
party. The final scenes are of him and his wife, Edith,
speaking with various officials and a child on the steps
of the building and a close-up of the group talking.
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TR attends his son Archie's wedding at Boston, 1917
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1917.
SUMMARY On April 14, 1917, Archie Roosevelt marries Grace
S. Lockwood at the Emmanuel Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
Side view of TR entering an automobile with two women,
the one following TR may be his wife Edith; TR doffs his
hat as he faces camera; view of crowd outside the Emmanuel
Church; and long shot of woman holding blanket up, perhaps
to shield the bride's entrance into the church. Last two
segments appear to be unrelated scenes: medium close shot
of TR sitting in a car with an unidentified man and a
close up of TR with a man in uniform, both scenes are
outside in undetermined locations.
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TR calls on neighbors at Christmas, 1917
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1917?]
SUMMARY Opening scene of a man, woman, and two children
with presents walking up to a house in Oyster Bay, N.Y.;
one child enters house, comes back out, then the woman
enters; two older girls stand in doorway; TR, carrying
a present, walks up to the house; final scene is of TR
talking with group as they all pose while a small girl
peeks out of the door.
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TR in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with
boat to shore, 1914
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Hearst-Selig News Pictorial,
[1914 or 1915]
SUMMARY On Oyster Bay, Theodore Roosevelt rows alone
away from shore. In the second sequence, his son Archie
and an unidentified boy beach the boat as Theodore Roosevelt
looks on.
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TR in Africa [1909, 2] (in 4 parts)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1909.
SUMMARY Scenes of African peoples and of TR's safari
party, all probably filmed in British East Africa (Kenya)
in 1909. View of TR planting a tree in front of trading
company building, possibly located in Mombasa, long shot
of busy amusement area in Kenyan seaport of Mombasa, including
shot of ferris wheel filled with Swahilis; shots, taken
from observation platform on train engine, of plains along
the Uganda Railway, with herdsmen who are probably Masai
and railroad workers visible along tracks; train pulls
into small community; women who are probably Masai, incorrectly
identified by interior title as Zulu, gather water at
spring, accompanied by children.
Rainmaker dances in ritual ceremony, surrounded by Swahilis;
members of unknown tribe draw water from a well, with
large thatched structure in background; views of Masai
men, women, and children in kraal, with clear shots of
mud houses; TR and his party appear in group of Kikuyu
and/or Masai tribesmen; women who are probably Masai,
incorrectly identified by interior title as Zulu, form
ceremonial circle on open plain; TR and members of his
party examine a gun in the presence of African tribesmen;
unidentified tribesmen pose individually for camera at
close range, with campsite visible in background; at campsite
porters work busily, either setting up or breaking camp,
with TR briefly visible; view of Kikuyu and/or Masai dance,
incorrectly identified by interior title as Zulu dance,
in honor of TR's visit; Roosevelt party crosses stream,
with porters carrying gear and safari members across water
toward camera.
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TR in Baltimore during Liberty Loan drive, 1918
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1918.
SUMMARY On Sept. 28, 1918, Theodore Roosevelt is the
principal speaker at the opening of the fourth Liberty
Loan campaign in Oriole Baseball Park, Baltimore, Maryland.
Wearing a mourning armband for his son, Quentin, Roosevelt
walks across the field with Liberty Loan officials, including
a man who appears to be Phillips L. Goldsborough, chairman
of the Liberty Loan Committee for Maryland and former
governor of the state. Roosevelt pauses and speaks with
Cardinal James Gibbons. On the speaker's platform, Roosevelt
is cheered by the crowd. Among the notables behind him
on the platform are Cardinal Gibbons, a man who appears
to be Governor Emerson C. Harrington of Maryland, Mrs.
Thomas J. Preston, who was the wife of former President
Grover Cleveland, and her husband, Dr. Thomas J. Preston,
with the dark mustache. Roosevelt addresses the crowd.
There are long and close-up shots of the crowd.
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TR [in Louisiana], 1915
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1915.
SUMMARY Views of TR walking on beach; holding his hat,
TR stands near bushes on an island and follows the flight
of birds. Film photographed by Herbert K. Job of the National
Audubon Society, on an expedition with TR to bird sanctuary
islands off the Louisiana coast in June 1915.
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TR in New Mexico, 1916
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1916.
SUMMARY On Oct. 23, 1916, Theodore Roosevelt campaigns
for Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes
and assails the Wilson administration in Albuquerque,
N.M. A young woman rides on horseback carrying a bouquet
of flowers. There is an auto parade. Roosevelt passes
by in an open touring car. Seated next to him is a man
who appears to be Albert B. Fall, one of New Mexico's
first U.S. Senators (1912-1921) and later secretary of
the interior until exposure of his involvement in the
Teapot Dome scandal. There are long and close-up shots
of Roosevelt seated on a stone pillar in front of the
Alvarado Hotel in downtown Albuquerque, as he amiably
talks with men gathered around him, including Sen. Fall,
with cigar in hand, and George Curry, the tall man in
a light hat, former territorial governor of New Mexico
(1907-1911) and U.S. Representative (1912-1913). There
is a long shot of Roosevelt speaking to a large crowd
from a narrow platform in front of the Alvarado Hotel.
Two young women on horseback bring flowers to Roosevelt.
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TR in Norway and Denmark, 1910 (in 2 parts)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1910.
SUMMARY While returning from Africa in 1910, Theodore
Roosevelt visited many European countries, including Denmark,
May 2-3, and Norway, May 4-6. Roosevelt, King Haakon,
Edith Roosevelt, Queen Maud, Ethel Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt,
and others enter carriages outside the railroad station
in Oslo, Norway. Carriages arrive at the wharf in Helsingør,
Denmark. Roosevelt and Kermit arrive by carriage outside
the National Theater in Oslo where he is to deliver his
acceptance speech for the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. They
are greeted by King Haakon and others. Ethel, probably
Edith, and Queen Maud arrive at the theater. Crowds gather
outside King Frederick University, Oslo. Roosevelt, Crown
Prince Christian, later King Christian X, Kermit, Edith,
and Ethel enter carriages in Copenhagen, Denmark. The
carriage with Roosevelt and Prince Christian arrives at
Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen. Roosevelt, a woman who
may be Katharine M. Egan, and Dr. Maurice Francis Egan,
American minister to Denmark (barely visible on far left),
arrive by auto and are greeted by unidentified men. There
is a pan of the crowds at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark.
Roosevelt and entourage arrive, as Danish soldiers march
by, visit, and bid hosts goodbye at Kronborg Castle, Denmark.
Roosevelt and the Egans board the steamer Queen Maud.
The ship sails past Kronborg Castle, a Danish naval ship,
and returns to Copenhagen. Roosevelt leaves the ship and
enters a carriage.
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TR in San Francisco, 1903
CREATED/PUBLISHED [United States : s.n., 1903]
SUMMARY President Roosevelt reviewed the school children
of San Francisco from 10:00am to 10:30am on Wednesday,
May 13, 1903. An estimated 40,000 school children gathered
along both sides of Van Ness Avenue, west of the downtown
area, for the parade. The wide north-south boulevard,
partially lined with the mansions of the wealthy, was
the approximate boundary between the old gold rush era
city (to the east) and the newer western addition to the
west. To better organize the students, each school was
assigned a specific block and each student was given a
flag to wave. Many adults were also on hand to watch the
parade, which entered Van Ness at Pacific Avenue, proceeded
south to Market Street, then doubled back up Van Ness
to Pacific. The presidential carriage kept to the right
so that all the children could get a good view of the
President.
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TR in St. Paul, Minn. [1917]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1917]
SUMMARY Roosevelt views a large pro-war parade assembled
in his honor in St. Paul, Minn. on Sept. 28, 1917. Long
shot of large American flag as it is carried by women
through crowd; close shots of officials on platform observing
parade, including Roosevelt; Louis W. Hill, parade organizer
and civic leader; Joseph A. A. Burnquist, governor of
Minnesota (1915-1921); and Vivian R. Irvin, mayor of St.
Paul.
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TR Jr. with group of sailors and soldiers
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Pathe News, [1919?]
SUMMARY Medium close view of TR Jr. talking with two
sailors and two soldiers. Interior title identifies TR
Jr. as one of the founders of the new Legion, which was
incorporated by Congress on Sept. 16, 1919 as the American
Legion.
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TR, Mayor Mitchel, Governor Charles Whitman of New
York, and Myron Herrick, 1917
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1917.
SUMMARY Close-up view of New York Governor Charles S.
Whitman (1915-1918), Myron T. Herrick, formerly governor
of Ohio and United States ambassador to France, and New
York City Mayor John P. Mitchel (1914-1917) reviewing
a parade of New York National Guardsmen from the balcony
of the Union League Club in New York City, Aug. 30, 1917.
TR steps forward between Herrick and Mitchel and tips
his hat, probably acknowledging applause.
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TR on Fifth Avenue, New York, near St. Patrick's Cathedral
after attending Mayor Mitchel's funeral
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1918.
SUMMARY As an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of former
New York City Mayor John P. Mitchel on July 11, 1918,
TR appears with other funeral participants on Fifth Avenue.
Surrounded by men in formal dress, TR speaks briefly with
unidentified military officer; standing in group are men
tentatively identified as Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia University, and financier George W. Perkins,
both pallbearers with TR at the funeral; close shot of
TR speaking with woman; TR, Butler, and members of the
crowd walk past camera.
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