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Shots in US of Theodore Roosevelt during and after his presidency compiled for filmed portrait of Roosevelt

Various pieces of commonly known footage of Theodore Roosevelt from different times and places compiled into one film. He is seen speaking to and greeting guests at Sagamore Hill, and posing with Navy officers. The footage begins with a shot of ruined buildings, likely damaged in World War I. For unknown reasons, a shot of William F. Cody giving his Indian Scout handshake to a line of visitors is inserted near the middle of the footage.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1955

Several shots of Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt, in Cove Neck, Long Island, NY

Film of the exterior of Sagamore Hill. Closeup of a postage stamp depicting the home followed by several viewing angles of the exterior of the home.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1955

Porch and interior of Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt, in Cove Neck, Long Island, NY

Film of Sagamore Hill. Exterior still and panning shots of the porch from several angles. Interior panning shots of the Drawing Room, Nursery, Dining Room, Mother’s Room, Father’s Dressing Room, North Room, Front Hall, and Library. Closeups highlight certain household objects and trophies.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1955

In filmed portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt, his coffin is carried to Youngs Memorial Cemetery on Long Island, NY

Film of Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral. Civil War veterans march in front of the funeral home, waving flags. Pallbearers transport the flag-draped casket from the hearse to the grave uphill, led by Reverend George E. Talmadge. General Peyton Conway March and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall are seen standing at the train station. William Howard Taft is helped down the hill following the ceremony.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1955

Rooms in Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt, in Cove Neck, Long Island, NY

Film of the interior of Sagamore Hill. Panning shots of the Front Hall, North Room, and Library, with closeups of some trophies.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1955

Shots of interior of Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt, in Cove Neck, Long Island, NY

Film of the interior of Sagamore Hill. Panning shots of Father’s Dressing Room and the Drawing Room, as well as the Front Hall and North Room. Closeups highlight certain trophies.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1955

US Senator Robert Taft, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth meet one another in Washington, DC

Robert A. Taft and Alice Roosevelt Longworth walk up to one another, shake hands, and chat outside the U.S. Capitol.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1940-02

Actors portraying American presidents between acts at the 1939 New York World Fair

Actors at the 1939 New York World’s Fair are seen milling around between acts of their performances. Standing next to a vendor’s booth, an actor portraying Abraham Lincoln drinks a Coca-Cola alongside an actor portraying George Washington eating an ice cream sandwich. An actor portraying Theodore Roosevelt in his cavalry uniform adjusts his mustache and puts on his gloves as he walks. An actress steps out of a door frame and puts on her enormous hat.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1940-06-16

American movie industry marks its 50th birthday by reviewing the old newsreel of the Inaugual parade held for Pres Theodore Roosevelt in Washington DC 1905

Footage of the second inaugural parade of President Roosevelt on March 4, 1905.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1944-04

Guests at Edith Roosevelt’s 76th birthday party; grandson William

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt celebrates her 76th birthday with friends and family. They are on Stehli beach at Bayville, New York. There is a birthday cake and flowers on a large table. Roosevelt greets guests and kisses her great-grandson William Roosevelt Jr.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1937-08-06

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt celebrates her 76th birthday with friends and family at Stehli beach, Bayville, NY

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt celebrates her 76th birthday with family and friends. They are on Stehli Beach at Bayville, New York. Roosevelt cuts her birthday cake and kisses her great-grandson William Roosevelt Jr.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1937-08-06

Celebrities hold charity baseball game in New York

Ted Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, is filmed playing baseball in a charity game with other famous people. An actor impersonates his relative Franklin D. Roosevelt, waving from an automobile.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1939-08

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH

Ted Roosevelt poses for the cameras and chats with others at the Republican National Convention.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1936-06

George Robert Vincent and H. E. Reeves record Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 message to the Boy Scouts onto motion picture film, 1937

Sound recording engineers G. Robert Vincent and H. E. Reeves set up equipment to record a wax cylinder of one of Theodore Roosevelt’s addresses onto motion picture film.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1937-06

President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at dedication of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial in NY City

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is filmed speaking to a crowd from a podium at the American Museum of Natural History. Archival footage shows construction of the Panama Canal, Theodore Roosevelt delivering speeches, and his hunting expedition in Africa.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1936-01-19

President Franklin D Roosevelt speaking at dedication of Theodore Roosevelt Wing of American Museum in NY City

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is introduced to a crowd which rises and applauds for him, and he begins to speak about Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1936-01-19

Alice Longworth attends Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH

Alice Roosevelt Longworth speaks to reporters at the Republican National Convention.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1936-06

Former Pres. Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, and New Jersey Gov. Harold G. Hoffman at Republican Party dinner in NY City

Herbert Hoover, Ted Roosevelt, and Harold Hoffman speak on stage in formalwear at a Republican Party dinner in New York City.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1935-02-12

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt reads message to Constitution day celebration of women’s national Republican Club

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is filmed reading prepared remarks on the United States Constitution from a sheet of paper. She sits on a couch in a library, perhaps at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1935-09

Edith Roosevelt, widow of late President Theodore Roosevelt, visits Panama Canal in Panama

Newsreel footage of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt aboard a ship traveling through the Panama Canal. Establishing shots show the shop docked and sailors working. Roosevelt smiles and chats with others. Appended is footage of the Canal and Panama City taken in 1906.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1935