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Roosevelt, friend of the birds

Roosevelt, friend of the birds

A narrative of Theodore Roosevelt’s role in bird preservation which includes factual footage taken on his visit under the auspices of the National Audubon Society to bird sanctuary islands off the coast of Louisiana, June 1915. Mating habits and domestic life of snowy egrets and their plunder by hunters are dramatized. Scenes of egrets’ nests and the hunt, kill, and plucking of birds serve as the prologue to depiction of Roosevelt as bird preservationist. Views of Roosevelt and John Milliken Parker, leader of the Louisiana Progressive party, aboard the Audubon Society’s boat, the Royal Tern. Views of Roosevelt standing in marshes, with what is perhaps the Louisiana Conservation Commission yacht in background. Herbert Keightley Job, photographer for the expedition and noted ornithologist, appears on the beach with his camera. Roosevelt examines eggs and talks with other members of the expedition: a man who is probably J. Hippolyte Coquille, a local photographer; M. L. Alexander in light pants, president of the Louisiana Conservation Commission; Parker, with his back to camera; and game warden William Sprinkle. Additional scenes of Roosevelt exploring the island and observing birds along the beach, and views of a variety of shore birds including royal terns, black skimmers, laughing gulls, brown pelicans, blue herons, and egrets.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1924

Creator(s)

Roosevelt Memorial Association Film Library

The River of Doubt

The River of Doubt

For this film, the Roosevelt Memorial Association compiled footage from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1913-1914 trip to South America during which he combined a series of lectures with an expedition in the Amazon Valley of Brazil to collect zoological specimens. The Roosevelt group was combined with a group of Brazilian scientists under the leadership of Colonel Rondon to explore the course of the uncharted Rio da Dúvida, the River of Doubt. In 1926, G. M. Dyott, an English explorer, was asked by the Roosevelt Memorial Association to retrace Roosevelt’s voyage down the River of Doubt and to film his trip in order to supplement the footage from the 1914 trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1928

Creator(s)

Roosevelt Film Library

Theodore Roosevelt’s sons’ regiments during war, 1917-1918

Theodore Roosevelt’s sons’ regiments during war, 1917-1918

Soldiers walk in formation on a road accompanied by several mounted men. Judging by 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.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

Colonel Roosevelt is invited to fly in Arch Hoxsey’s plane at St. Louis, Mo., 1910

Colonel Roosevelt is invited to fly in Arch Hoxsey’s plane at St. Louis, Mo., 1910

While participating in the Missouri State Republican Party’s campaign on October 11, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt is invited to fly in a biplane with Archibald Hoxsey as pilot. Accompanied by Herbert S. Hadley, Governor of Missouri, and two men who appear to be Henry W. Kiel, Mayor of St. Louis, and Sheriff Louis Nolte, Roosevelt arrives in a motorcade at Kinloch Aviation Field. A man, who appears to be Hoxsey, inspects the plane. Medium shot of Roosevelt as he enters the passenger seat of the biplane; long shot of plane flying. Roosevelt alights from the plane, joins the waiting crowd, enters an automobile, and drives away in a motorcade. Roosevelt was the first president to experience flight.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a group of men from the porch at Sagamore Hill

Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a group of men from the porch at Sagamore Hill

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 Theodore Roosevelt for the 1916 Presidential nomination. Views of Roosevelt 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.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1916

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a group of suffragettes from the porch at Sagamore Hill [1917]

Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a group of suffragettes from the porch at Sagamore Hill [1917]

Theodore Roosevelt addresses a group of men and women at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on September 8, 1917, at Sagamore Hill. Film includes a side view of Roosevelt and a frontal view shot from the rear of the crowd. A woman and a man appear on the porch behind Roosevelt. Immediately in front of the porch, a man who may be a reporter takes notes.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt in Baltimore during Liberty Loan drive, 1918

Theodore Roosevelt in Baltimore during Liberty Loan drive, 1918

On September 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 Lee 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 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 second husband, Dr. Thomas J. Preston, with the dark mustache. Roosevelt addresses the crowd. There are long and close-up shots of the crowd.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

TR at Sagamore Hill [1916]

TR at Sagamore Hill [1916]

On May 27, 1916, shortly before the Republican Party and Progressive Party conventions, the newly formed Roosevelt Non-Partisan League sponsored 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.” Segments included in the movie include panning shots of crowd gathered around porch, Roosevelt shaking hands, and Roosevelt addressing the crowd. The man who appears to be addressing Roosevelt may be Richard M. Hurd, chairman of the committee which arranged the demonstration. A brief sequence of TR speaking in the Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, on July 21, 1915 also features in this film.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1915-1916

Creator(s)

Unknown

President McKinley’s funeral, 1901

President McKinley’s funeral, 1901

Three sequences of the funeral ceremonies held for President William McKinley: Sequence 1: McKinley’s body lay in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol, Washington, D.C., on September 17, 1901; views of officers on horseback, the Artillery Band (wearing dark headdresses), a squadron of cavalry, a battalion of artillery and coast artillery, Marine Band (wearing white helmets), battalion of Marines, civilians carrying umbrellas (may be the diplomatic corps), other civilians, guard of honor, pallbearers, and the horse-drawn hearse all turning the corner off what may be Pennsylvania Avenue on their way to the Capitol; camera pans the hearse, as a procession of carriages turns the corner. Sequence 2: McKinley’s body first lay in state for public viewing in Buffalo, New York, on September 15-16; views of carriages, the horse-drawn hearse, and marchers stopping in front of the Buffalo City Hall; medium close shots of the casket being unloaded from hearse and carried up stairs of City Hall; crowds of mourners lining up to view the body as group of soldiers enters City Hall; camera pans crowd gathered outside as mourners enter and leave City Hall. Unrelated sequence of Washington ceremonies follows; camera pans from different angles of crowds gathered at the east front of the Capitol. Sequence 3: McKinley’s body was conveyed to its final resting place at Canton, Ohio, on September 18-19; views of mounted military units, marching civilians, carriages, and the horse-drawn hearse turning and entering what is probably Westlawn Cemetery where McKinley is buried; military units marching down a street as gathered crowds watch; final pans of mourners, crowds, and soldiers outside the McKinley home in Canton.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1901

Creator(s)

Unknown

U.S. battleship “Oregon”

U.S. battleship “Oregon”

“This picture of the pride of the United States Navy was made on the occasion of the Peace Jubilee in New York City, and was taken from a tug passing the warship on its way up the North River. The entire crew are on deck, and a beautiful view of this wonderful craft is afforded”–American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Views on the starboard side of the battleship, U.S.S. Oregon, as she passes a camera which is probably on another ship; her crew is at quarters on her deck; other vessels are visible in foreground. This may be scenes of New York City’s welcome to William T. Sampson’s fleet after his victory at Santiago Bay, in August 1898.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1898

Creator(s)

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Women suffragettes visit Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore [1917]

Women suffragettes visit Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore [1917]

Film is the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on September 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 November 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 Roosevelt talking to three women: the woman in the dark hat and coat is Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid; the woman dressed in furs next to Roosevelt is Mrs. Whitehouse; and the tall woman in the light hat and jacket is Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt reviewing and speaking to 13th Regiment at Sagamore Hill, 1917

Theodore Roosevelt reviewing and speaking to 13th Regiment at Sagamore Hill, 1917

Theodore Roosevelt speaks to several unidentified people, including a man who looks like Roosevelt, on the porch at Sagamore Hill. There are two views of Roosevelt addressing soldiers assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill: the first segment shows his back as he speaks; the second is a long shot of him, shot from the rear of the group of soldiers.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt reviews and addresses troops [Fort Sheridan, Ill.]; Theodore Roosevelt riding in auto, Chicago, 1917

Theodore Roosevelt reviews and addresses troops [Fort Sheridan, Ill.]; Theodore Roosevelt riding in auto, Chicago, 1917

Two segments of Theodore Roosevelt during a midwestern speaking tour in support of military preparedness. On September 27, 1917, Roosevelt visited the officers’ training camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Views of troops marching past a reviewing stand for inspection by Roosevelt and several civilian and military personnel; identified on the platform with Roosevelt 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. Roosevelt addresses the troops after the review. The second segment shows scenes from a parade staged in Roosevelt’s honor in Chicago on April 28, 1917. Views of men on horseback who appear to be mounted police, sailors, and cavalry. View of Roosevelt standing and waving his hat in an open touring car; identified in the car with Roosevelt are Arthur Meeker and Samuel Insull, Chicago businessmen who are members of the welcoming committee, and other unidentified men.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917

Creator(s)

Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

Theodore Roosevelt attends his son Archie’s wedding at Boston, 1917

Theodore Roosevelt attends his son Archie’s wedding at Boston, 1917

On April 14, 1917, Archie Roosevelt marries Grace Stackpole Lockwood at the Emmanuel Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Side view of Theodore Roosevelt entering an automobile with two women. The one following Roosevelt may be his wife Edith. Roosevelt doffs his hat as he faces the 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 Roosevelt sitting in a car with an unidentified man and a close up of Roosevelt with a man in uniform. Both scenes are outside in undetermined locations.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917-04-14

Creator(s)

Unknown