Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Scenes of Hastings H. Hart, penologist, consultant in delinquency and penology for the Russell Sage Foundation, and recipient of the 1930 Roosevelt Medal for Distinguished Service for the promotion of social justice. Opening scene of Hart greeting two guard officers at what appears to be a prison building in New York State; long shot of Hart posing with group of inmates and guards; and medium view of Hart talking with an unidentified inmate in a jail cell.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1930

Two sequences of John Burroughs, naturalist, eminent author, and hunting companion of Theodore Roosevelt. A close-up of Burroughs talking and a long shot of him sitting in a chair reading a book; immediate background is filled with trees and vegetation, location unknown. The final sequence is of a bird moving around on a window ledge.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1910

Medium-close shots of lions roaring and moving through underbrush. In the middle of the film there is a brief scene of an unidentified woman in an outdoor setting.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1910

Various scenes of Oyster Bay, New York, and surrounding area, commissioned by the Roosevelt Memorial Association as part of its efforts to establish a memorial park in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. Most prominent views are of the mid-town intersection of East Main St. and South St., and the area around Oyster Bay railroad station, which borders the park site. Various shots of the intersection, in some of which campaign banners of the 1924 election are visible: pictures of President Coolidge, Charles Gates Dawes, and Ted Roosevelt, who unsuccessfully ran for New York governor against Alfred Emmanuel Smith in 1924, appear on the banners. Panning shots of a frame home by railroad tracks, steam engine with crew posed in front, and railroad station. Shots of a garbage dump and homes beside the bay, harbor area, row frame houses fronting on the garbage dump, and passenger train. These areas were to be included in the park.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1924

This film depicts Theodore Roosevelt’s commitment to the reclamation of desert land and his belief that natural resources exist for the public benefit. Included are close-up views of Frederick Haynes Newell, first director of the U.S. Reclamation Service and Gifford Pinchot, first chief forester and leader of the conservation movement in the U.S.; both influenced Roosevelt’s thinking and action on conservation. Roosevelt fought successfully for the passage of the Reclamation Act of 1902, which authorized the creation of the reclamation service. In 1906 work on the Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River in Arizona began and was completed in 1911. Film consists of views of desert area, including many varieties of cactus; construction of the dam; the completed dam, hydroelectric plant, reservoir, and irrigation system. Scenes of fields and orchards, sheep and cattle grazing, men clearing, plowing, and harvesting fields with various types of farm equipment, and scenes of crops of wheat, alfalfa, and melons, all represent the benefits brought to the Salt River Valley area by the availability of water.

At the formal dedication of the dam on March 18, 1911, Roosevelt presses an electric switch opening sluice gates, and speaks and shakes hands with workers. Behind him on the platform are, left to right: a woman who may be Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt; a bald man who is probably Louis C. Hill, supervising engineer of the project; an unidentified man; Benjamin A. Fowler, president of the National Irrigation Congress; another unidentified man; Richard E. Sloan, territorial Governor of Arizona; and a man who is probably John P. Orme, president of the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association.

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Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Clear exterior views of Sagamore Hill and surrounding land in summertime. Shots of the house, including veranda and side porch, from a variety of angles and distances.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1923

Unrelated segments of Theodore Roosevelt and his sons Quentin and Archie at various times and locations. Medium close view of Quentin wearing a WWI uniform standing by a wooden shed in Mineola, New York, May 1917; long shot of Archie in uniform astride a horse possibly in 1917; Archie in uniform, with a cane, standing by a building possibly in 1918; medium shot of Theodore Roosevelt speaking from the porch at Sagamore Hill; close shot of Theodore Roosevelt sitting at the 5th Annual International Flower Show in the Grand Central Palace, New York City on March 20, 1917; long shot of crowds and Theodore Roosevelt in a motorcade probably during 1917, location unknown; Theodore Roosevelt speaking from a flag-decked platform possibly in 1917; and Theodore Roosevelt with an unidentified man standing and talking on outside steps of a house, identified by interior title as in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1918

A long parade of Boy Scouts carrying flags marches on their way to visit Theodore Roosevelt’s grave. In a second shot, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and Daniel Carter Beard briefly speak together.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1920

Two shots of a ship moving through the Panama Canal.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

Unknown

Miscellaneous photographs of Theodore Roosevelt in the United States and abroad, including several posed shots of Roosevelt and his family at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt and King George V, Roosevelt in hunting attire, posed beside a tent out West, and on a platform with Charles Evans Hughes and New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel in front of what appears to be the New York Public Library.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1925

Views of the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), Peking, China. The camera, probably located atop the Meridian Gate (Wu Men) pans from the east, past the Gate of Great Harmony (T’ai Ho Men) with the Hall of Supreme Harmony (T’ai Ho Tien) behind it, past the White Pagoda (Pai Ta) in Pei-Hai Park, and then past the West Flowery Gate.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1903

This video is a collection of several photographs related to Theodore Roosevelt, including Roosevelt with Prince Heinrich of Prussia, Roosevelt near a tent, Roosevelt on safari and wearing a pith helmet, and several portraits of the entire Roosevelt family.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt shakes hands with a man who has his back turned to the camera while surrounded by crowds. In a second shot Roosevelt, now seated in an open-top automobile, acknowledges and tips his hat to the camera.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1915

Theodore Roosevelt combines a lecture tour with exploration of the River of Doubt (Roosevelt River) in the Amazon Valley during his 1913-1914 trip to South America. In January of 1914, the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition travels in Brazil on the Paraguay River and the Sepotuba River to Tapirapoan, where the overland portion of their journey to the headwaters of the River of Doubt began. A native trading boat appears to be lashed to the small launch carrying the Roosevelt party; the launch moves slowly toward the camera. The man wearing a white shirt, seated to the right on the boat, is probably Roosevelt. Location may be the Sepotuba River. Camera distance and film quality make positive identification of individuals impossible.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1914-01

Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt and Wood standing together and talking, facing camera; Roosevelt, seated, poses for photographer, with Wood and an unidentified man standing behind him.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917

Theodore Roosevelt and a small group of men, one of whom appears to be Edwin A. Van Valkenburg, editor and publisher of The Philadelphia North American, stand on a city street beside an automobile and talk, nodding to the camera. Roosevelt moves up the steps of a row house, turns and shakes Van Valkenburg’s hand, then enters the house with an unidentified man.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

Unknown

Still photos depict Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival in New York Harbor, his speech at the Battery, and the parade held in his honor June 18, 1910, when he returns from his extensive African and European travels. Views of ships in the harbor include a battleship, probably the dreadnought South Carolina, the reception committee cutter Androscoggin, the liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, on which the Roosevelt party sailed from Europe, a smaller cutter, the Manhattan, and other vessels. William Loeb, Roosevelt’s former secretary, is among welcoming dignitaries. William Jay Gaynor, Mayor of New York City, and Roosevelt appear on the speaker’s stand at the Battery where Roosevelt expresses his joy on returning to his native country. Final views of the parade include Rough Riders and other veterans of the Spanish-American War who serve as escort for Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1910

Theodore Roosevelt received a rousing welcome in New York on June 18, 1910, when he returned from his extensive tour of Africa and western Europe. Flags are raised on the large cutter Androscoggin which carried the Roosevelt party into the docking area. The smaller cutter, the Manhattan, is shown passing the Androscoggin. The film includes brief shots of policemen waiting by a passageway, the Androscoggin moving into the dock, and views of Roosevelt and William Jay Gaynor, Mayor of New York, on the speaking platform at the Battery.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1910-06

In the vicinity of Fargo, North Dakota, on September 6, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt speaks on behalf of his presidential candidacy under the banner of the newly formed Progressive Party. The film contains scenes of men, women, and children gathered around the rear of a campaign train, as Roosevelt leans forward over the train railing and speaks. The film ends with the silhouette of Roosevelt and three unidentified men conversing as the train pulls away. One of the men appears to be George Emlen Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s cousin and campaign secretary in the 1912 election.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1912-09-06

King Albert of Belgium visits Theodore Roosevelt’s grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, and is accompanied by his son Prince Leopold, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and several dignitaries. Identified in the film are Brand Whitlock, Ambassador to Belgium, walking in the rear of the group, and a man who may be Joseph M. Nye walking beside King Albert. Interior title states that King Albert requested that no pictures be taken at the grave site. Film contains only shots of the King’s party walking from the grave and of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., King Albert, and an unidentified man sitting in an open car ready to depart.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1919