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
TR receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill [1917]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1917]
SUMMARY TR entertains members of the Belgian Mission
at Sagamore Hill, Aug. 22, 1917. The mission is headed
by Baron Ludovic Moncheur, former Ambassador to the
United States and includes General Mathieu Leclercq,
Commander of the Belgian Cavalry, Major Leon Osterrieth,
Hector Carlier, Count Louis d'Ursel, and Jean D. Mertens.
Those accompanying the Belgian Mission include George
T. Wilson, Major General Daniel Appleton, Lieutenant
Harry Stratton, Captain Thomas C. Cook, T. P. O'Connor,
Irish political leader and writer, and New York lawyer
Frederic Coudert. Camera pans the group standing in
front of the porch. Identified are: Count Louis d'Ursel,
the Belgian officer standing at the end of the group;
T. P. O'Connor, the large man with white hair; a man
who is probably Jean D. Mertens; a man who is probably
George T. Wilson; General Leclercq; TR; Baron Moncheur;
Frederic Coudert, wearing the white vest; Major Osterrieth,
the large Belgian officer; Hector Carlier, with a dark
beard and wearing a light suit; the large man in an
American uniform with a white mustache is possibly Major
General Appleton; the smaller American officer standing
with his side to the camera and his knee bent is Captain
Thomas C. Cook.
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TR reviewing and speaking to 13th Regiment at Sagamore
Hill, 1917
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1917?]
SUMMARY TR speaks to several unidentified people, including
a man who looks like TR, on the porch at Sagamore Hill.
There are two views of TR addressing soldiers assembled
on the lawn of Sagamore Hill: the first segment shows
TR's back as he speaks; the second is a long shot of TR,
shot from the rear of the group of soldiers.
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TR reviews and addresses troops [Fort Sheridan, Ill.];
TR riding in auto, Chicago, 1917
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Universal Film Manufacturing
Co., 1917.
SUMMARY Two segments of TR during a midwestern speaking
tour in support of military preparedness. On September
27, 1917, TR visited the officers' training camp at Fort
Sheridan, Illinois. Views of troops marching past a reviewing
stand for inspection by TR and several civilian and military
personnel; identified on the platform with TR are Captain
Georges Etienne Bertrand (wearing beret), a visiting Frenchman
who instructed the trainees in trench warfare, and Colonel
James A. Ryan, commanding officer of Fort Sheridan; TR
addresses the troops after the review. The second segment
shows scenes from a parade staged in TR's honor in Chicago
on April 28, 1917. Views of men on horseback who appear
to be mounted police, sailors and cavalry; view of TR
standing and waving his hat in an open touring car; identified
in the car with TR are Arthur Meeker and Samuel Insull,
Chicago businessmen who are members of the welcoming committee,
and other unidentified men.
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TR reviews French troops at Vincennes, France, 1910
CREATED/PUBLISHED [S.l. : s.n., 1910]
SUMMARY Robert Bacon, American Ambassador to France,
TR, Jules Jusserand, French Ambassador to the United States,
and General Jean B. Dalstein, Military Governor of Paris,
arrive at the Château de Vincennes, a medieval castle
and dungeon, parts of which are used by French military
schools; the group has been invited to review troops and
observe military maneuvers. TR's party arrives in a car
and is received by M. Lépine, the Prefect of Police, General
Verand, and Colonel Jacquot. In the courtyard of the dungeon,
TR is mounted on a horse while his stirrups are adjusted
and leggings are brought to fit over his formal striped
trousers. There are several scenes of Bacon, Dalstein,
TR, and other dignitaries and soldiers riding through
an arch, probably La Porte du Bois, on the way to the
Polygon, the field where the maneuvers are to take place,
and scenes of the group riding past French cavalry units.
Views of TR and Dalstein mounted, with Jusserand standing
nearby, watching the military maneuvers and sham battle
enacted for TR. TR shakes Dalstein's hand as he leaves;
Jusserand and TR tip their hats to French officers.
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TR seated at his desk in the Outlook office [1914?]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1914?]
SUMMARY TR works at his desk in the New York City office
of The Outlook, a small but influential weekly journal
of opinion for which he became a special contributing
editor early in 1909.
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TR speaking at [Pueblo] Colorado, 1912
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1912.
SUMMARY As part of a western tour, TR addresses crowd
in his campaign for the presidency under the Progressive
Party banner in what appears to be Pueblo, Colorado, on
September 19, 1912. Long shots of gathered crowd, with
views of two cameramen on a platform with the sign: Mile
High Photo Co., Denver. Views from varying distances of
TR speaking with prepared text, from a decorated gazebo;
three unidentified men seated inside gazebo; long shots
of crowd, with some people on horseback, and a body of
water visible in background.
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TR speaking at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1916-1918.
SUMMARY Three sequences of TR addressing groups from
the porch at Sagamore Hill. First sequence is TR speaking
to a group of people on Sept. 8, 1917 at the opening of
the second New York State suffrage campaign at Sagamore
Hill. Second sequence is probably TR encouraging New York
District volunteer workers for the third Liberty Loan
on Apr. 2, 1918. Final views of TR addressing the large
crowd which came to demonstrate support for him for the
1916 Presidential nomination. The May 27, 1916 rally was
organized by members of the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League.
Interior titles, which appear to be TR quotations, stress
the need for loyal American citizens and for judicious
American dealings with other nations.
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TR speaking at the Battery, 1910
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1910.
SUMMARY Upon returning to the United States after an
extended tour abroad, Theodore Roosevelt is welcomed with
elaborate festivities in New York City on June 18, 1910.
There are views of Roosevelt and Cornelius Vanderbilt,
thechairman of the welcoming committee, walking toward
the Battery Park platform, with photographers lining their
approach. Mayor William J. Gaynor greets Roosevelt at
the base of the Battery platform, with the spectators'
stand visible in the background. There is a side view
of Roosevelt and Gaynor on the platform.
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TR speaking at the dedication of Roosevelt Dam, 1911
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1911.
SUMMARY On March 18, 1911, TR spoke at the dedication
of the Roosevelt Dam. Providing irrigation for the Salt
River Valley area of the territory of Arizona, the dam
is largely the result of TR's reclamation efforts while
President. On driveway along top of dam, TR, officials,
and crowd look intently over the side of the dam. TR has
probably just pushed the electric switch opening the sluice
gates on the dam's northern slope. Long shot of TR addressing
crowd, with the following officials identified behind
him on platform: territorial Governor of Arizona, Richard
E. Sloan; Louis C. Hill, engineer in charge of dam construction;
and Benjamin A. Fowler, president of the National Irrigation
Congress.
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TR speaking in Panama, November 1906
CREATED/PUBLISHED United State : [s.n.], 1906.
SUMMARY TR became the first President in office to visit
a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama
Canal. On November 15, 1906, there are views of TR and
Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President of Panama, and
two unidentified men arriving and standing on a platform
on the steps of the Cathedral in Panama City; medium shot
of two women arriving at the ceremony, woman on the right
may be Edith Roosevelt; long shot of President Amador
Guerrero delivering welcoming address as dignitaries look
on; TR then speaks.
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TR speaking in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1918
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1918?]
SUMMARY Views of TR, wearing a mourning armband for his
son Quentin, delivering a speech from a covered platform
to a large crowd gathered in an open area of what appears
to be a factory and surrounding area; close-up of TR,
prepared text in hand, speaking to the camera.
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TR speaking to a group of men from the porch at Sagamore
Hill
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1916.
SUMMARY On May 27, 1916, groups of men, the 7th Regiment
Band, and several children march on the road from the
Oyster Bay railroad station to Sagamore Hill to demonstrate
their support of TR for the 1916 Presidential nomination.
Views of TR addressing the large crowd assembled on the
lawn of Sagamore Hill. The rally was organized by the
Roosevelt Non-Partisan League of New York City.
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TR speaking to a group of suffragettes from the porch
at Sagamore Hill [1917]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1917]
SUMMARY TR addresses a group of men and women at the
opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign
on Sept. 8, 1917 at Sagamore Hill. Film includes a side
view of TR and a frontal view shot from the rear of the
crowd. A woman and a man appear on the porch behind TR;
immediately in front of the porch, a man who may be a
reporter, takes notes.
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TR with Rough Rider friends
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 191-?]
SUMMARY Scenes of TR in a western setting; the man on
TR's immediate left appears to be Albert B. Fall, Senator
from New Mexico (1913-1921) and four unidentified men,
two wearing western hats, who may be Rough Riders; a woman
is barely visible directly behind TR.
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TR's arrival in Panama, November 1906
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1906.
SUMMARY TR became the first President in office to visit
a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama
Canal. On November 15, 1906, in Panama City there are
views of the processional, including a marching band and
escorts on horseback, as spectators gather; long shot
of TR, accompanied by Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President
of Panama, and two unidentified men standing on a platform
on the steps of the Cathedral; President Amador Guerrero
delivers welcoming address as dignitaries look on; TR
then speaks.
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TR's funeral at Oyster Bay, 1919
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Universal Film Manufacturing
Co., 1919.
SUMMARY Views of Christ Episcopal Church, the funeral
procession, and Youngs Memorial Cemetery during the funeral
of Theodore Roosevelt on January 8, 1919, in Oyster Bay,
N.Y. Medium close shot of specially delegated New York
City mounted police guards, followed by hearse, passing
on road in front of church; long shot at church entrance
of flag-draped casket being placed in hearse, with line
of funeral procession autos parked behind, and crowds
on church lawn; closer shot from different angle of casket
as it is borne through church entrance to hearse, with
flag-bearer following behind, and Rev. George E. Talmadge,
pastor of Christ Episcopal Church and reader at the simple
service, visible in street beside hearse; long shot in
cemetery of casket being shouldered and carried up steep
pathway to grave site, preceded by Rev. Talmadge and followed
by TR's son, Archie Roosevelt, in uniform, and other family
members; close shot at what appears to be train station
of the following men in attendance at the funeral: General
Peyton C. March, Army Chief of Staff; Vice-President Thomas
R. Marshall (1913-1921), official representative of the
U.S. Government at the funeral; and Rear Admiral Cameron
M. Winslow; close shots in crowd at cemetery of TR's friend,
Major-General Leonard Wood; and Oscar S. Straus, Secretary
of Commerce and Labor in TR's Cabinet (1906-1909).
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TR's inaugural ceremony, 1905
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1905.
SUMMARY On Mar. 4, 1905, TR is inaugurated in Washington,
D.C. with much celebration and fanfare. TR rides in an
open landau on Fifteenth St., NW, escorted by mounted
Rough Riders; Secret Service men and detectives walk on
either side of the carriage; TR tips his hat to the crowd.
Sitting beside him is Sen. John C. Spooner of Wis., Chairman
of the joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
Opposite, but not clearly visible, are Sen. Henry Cabot
Lodge of Mass. and Rep. John Dalzell of Penn., members
of the committee. Second sequence consists of long shots
of TR taking the oath of office on a platform erected
on the east front of the Capitol; Chief Justice Melville
Weston Fuller (1888-1910) administers the Presidential
oath of office as Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court James
H. McKenney holds the Bible. The platform is decorated
with plants and garlands and a large banner with the American
eagle on it hangs from the center of the railing. West
Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen are assembled below
the platform.
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TR's inauguration, 1905 (in 3 parts)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1905.
SUMMARY Scenes of TR's second inauguration on March 4,
1905 in Washington, D.C.: long panning shots of crowds
gathered at the Capitol; on a platform erected on the
East Front of the Capitol, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller
administers the presidential oath of office to TR as Chief
Clerk of the Supreme Court James H. McKenney holds the
Bible; TR speaks to crowd. Views of the West Point band
and cadets, the Naval Academy band and midshipmen, men
on horseback, and the Citizens Americus Club of Pittsburgh,
carrying umbrellas, marching by and turning the corner
off Pennsylvania Ave. onto Fifteenth St., NW. Views of
the presidential escort, Squadron A of New York National
Guard, mounted Rough Riders, Secret Service, detectives,
and TR's carriage moving on their way to the Capitol.
Beside TR in the carriage is Sen. John C. Spooner of Wis.,
chairman of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; opposite
but not visible are Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Mass. and
Rep. John Dalzell of Penn., both members of the committee.
On Pennsylvania Ave., two groups of officers on horseback,
a civilian band, and cavalry and marching soldiers parade
by.
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TR's reception in Albuquerque, N.M., 1916
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1916.
SUMMARY TR is cordially received on October 23, 1916
in Albuquerque, N.M. where he speaks on behalf of the
Republican presidential candidate, Charles Evans Hughes,
and attacks President Wilson's Mexican policies. There
are long shots of TR being greeted in the courtyard of
the Alvarado Hotel; TR walks with a group of men that
includes former Rough Rider George Curry, appointed territorial
Governor of New Mexico (1907-1911) by TR, and a U.S. Representative
(1912-1913); Curry is the tall man in a dark suit and
light hat. TR acknowledges an Indian woman and child sitting
by a fountain in the courtyard of the hotel and gives
the woman some money. A parade on Central Avenue is held
in honor of TR; there are views of a marching band, a
mounted escort that includes twelve former Rough Riders,
and decorated cars carrying dignitaries; distance and
camera angle make positive identification of TR in this
sequence impossible. From a narrow platform erected in
front of the Alvarado Hotel, TR gives his speech; the
seated man behind him is Senator Albert B. Fall, one of
New Mexico's first senators (1912-1921) and later to be
Secretary of the Interior under Harding (1921-1923). Last
sequence of TR waving from car, walking with several men
through a crowd, and standing in a car, may be unrelated
footage.
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TR's return to New York, 1910 (in 2 parts)
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1910.
SUMMARY On June 18, 1910, TR returned to New York City
after a fifteen-month tour abroad, having travelled through
Africa and western Europe. An elaborate city celebration
drawing a million people marked his homecoming. Aboard
the ocean liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria ex-President
and Mrs. Roosevelt were met by a revenue cutter, the Manhattan,
carrying the Roosevelt children. TR then went aboard a
larger cutter, the Androscoggin, and officially became
a guest of the city. After boating up the Hudson River
along the New Jersey shore to West Fifty-Ninth St., the
Androscoggin moved back along the Manhattan shore to Battery
Park, followed by a water parade of almost one hundred
vessels. TR was greeted by Mayor William J. Gaynor at
the Park, where both briefly spoke to an assembled crowd,
with notables seated on a flag-draped stand expanded for
the occasion to hold 600 people. Battery ceremonies were
followed by a parade up Broadway and Fifth Avenue to the
Fifty-Ninth St. plaza, where it dispersed. In the parade
TR, Mayor William J. Gaynor, and chairman of the city's
welcoming committee, Cornelius Vanderbilt, together rode
in an open carriage, preceded by TR's regiment of Rough
Riders, First United States Volunteer Cavalry. Also in
the parade were approximately 2000 other veterans of the
Spanish-American War. On the film are views of the open
harbor, with various vessels assembled for TR's visit,
including the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the Androscoggin,
and the Manhattan; TR alone on the lookout station of
what appears to be the Androscoggin as it moves into port;
street scene in which photographers scramble to get clear
view of carriages as notables pass through street cordoned
off with greenery; TR and Vanderbilt move toward Battery
speakers platform, beside which is visible the stand erected
for TR's family and dignitaries; TR and Mayor Gaynor,
who steps forward to greet TR, ascend platform; men mill
around base of platform; side view of TR speaking from
written notes, with Gaynor behind him; scenes of crowds
and tents in what appears to be Central Park south; parade
moves toward camera and passes in front of decorated stands;
TR, standing in carriage, pauses in front of stands; shots
of mounted police, mounted band, carriages, marching band.
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TR's sons' regiments during war, 1917-1918
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1918?]
SUMMARY Soldiers walk in formation on a road accompanied
by several mounted men. Because of the soldiers' heavy
clothing, it must be winter. This group may be the 26th
Infantry, Theodore and Archibald Roosevelt's regiment.
Following sequence is of biplanes flying in formation;
third sequence is shot at a hangar where men appear to
be preparing a plane for flight. The second and third
sequences may be of Quentin Roosevelt's squadron, the
95th. The last sequence probably represents Kermit Roosevelt's
regiment, the 7th Field Artillery. In this sequence a
group of men load and fire a cannon. Location undetermined;
film, or portions of it, probably shot in France.
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William H. Taft in Panama
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n., 1910?]
SUMMARY On one of many visits to Panama, William Howard
Taft inspects canal construction and visits ruins in what
may be the Panamanian jungle. Views of crowd of men and
women on dock, posing for camera; a tugboat pulls into
unidentified harbor, with Taft and General George W. Goethals,
chief engineer of the Panama Canal project, seated on
upper deck; Taft and entourage in formal dress board what
may be the armored cruiser Tennessee, while crew stands
at attention; view of cruiser deck; Taft and entourage
disembark from unidentified vessel, with crowd gathered
on dock; Taft party is greeted at train by General Goethals:
party includes Mrs. Helen Herron Taft, wife of the President,
and Federico Alfonso Pezet, minister to the United States
from Peru. In last scene Taft and members of his party
visit site of stone ruins in the jungle.
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Women suffragettes visit TR at Sagamore [1917]
CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [s.n.], 1917.
SUMMARY Film is the opening of the second New York State
suffrage campaign on Sept. 8, 1917 at Sagamore Hill. The
first campaign, beginning in 1913, was unsuccessful; the
woman suffrage amendment was rejected by the voters in
1915. On Nov. 6, 1917, the suffrage amendment to the New
York State Constitution was approved by the voters. The
suffragists invited to Sagamore Hill were headed by Mrs.
Norman deR. Whitehouse, State Chairman of the New York
State Woman Suffrage Party. Sequence of TR talking to
three women: the woman in the dark hat and coat is Mrs.
Ogden Mills Reid; the woman dressed in furs next to TR
is Mrs. Whitehouse; and the tall woman in the light hat
and jacket is Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw.
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