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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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
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.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1919
The film opens with a brief shot of several unidentified men on a boat before moving to scenes of American and French soldiers placing a new fence around the grave of Quentin Roosevelt along with a new headstone engraved in French. After a short break, the film then shows scenes of mules, loaded with boxes of ammunition, being driven along a trail, likely near Santiago, Cuba. About 12,000 mules were taken to Cuba and used primarily for transporting immediate reserves of small-arms ammunition during the Spanish-American War. Some of the men may be civilian mule skinners hired by the Army to handle the pack mules.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1898-1920
First film footage taken of Theodore Roosevelt at his home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island, during the summer of 1912. Film contains views of the house and surrounding grounds and Roosevelt reviewing his mail, assisted by his son Archie. William P. Helm, Associated Press correspondent for New York City and Washington from 1910 to 1918, who was detailed to Woodrow Wilson and Roosevelt during the 1912 campaign, speaks informally with Roosevelt under trees. The film continues with Roosevelt riding his horse, Sidar, away from Sagamore and stopping to feed the horse from his hand. Roosevelt and his dogs set out across a field with Sagamore visible in the background. Roosevelt, in white shirt and vest, chops down a tree. A band and crowd of men are seen on Sagamore grounds, and Roosevelt addresses a large group of men from Sagamore porch.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1912
Admiral Dewey returns to New York City on September 27, 1899, following his victory at Manilla Bay in the Spanish-American War. He paces the deck of his flagship, the Olympia, anchored at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Dewey and three of his officers await the arrival of visitors. A group of dignitaries, including several naval officers, board. The first person to step on deck may be Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, Commander of the North Atlantic Squadron. Dewey greets the visitors. These visitors may be members of the Washington or New York City reception committee. The film is out of sequence, and other individuals also appear on deck. The camera angle and distance make positive identification of visitors impossible.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1899-09-27
On October 20, 1919, as part of opening day ceremonies of Roosevelt Week, to honor Theodore Roosevelt and raise funds for the restoration of Roosevelt House in New York City, military aviators fly from Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, New York, to Oyster Bay to drop wreaths on Roosevelt’s grave site in Young’s Memorial Cemetery. The film has scenes of two pilots sitting in a biplane with an emblem showing the name of Mitchel Field, a picture of a dog, and the numbers 41866. The rear pilot is given two wreaths, one with a ribbon inscribed “American Legion” and the other “Spanish American War Veterans.” There is a scene of the biplane taking off, then aerial views of what is probably Oyster Bay and the surrounding area. The wreath is dropped, the a group of men retrieve it and carry both wreaths to Roosevelt’s grave site. The final views are of two men in uniform placing the wreaths on Roosevelt’s grave with the tombstone visible.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1919-10-20
Animated caricature of the animals’ attitude towards Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival in Africa. Views of a huge tree filled with frightened animals, as a monkey on the ground peers over a cliff; he begins jumping up and down, pointing and climbing the tree as Roosevelt appears over the rim of the cliff with a gun in his hand.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1909
Scenes from the 16th Republican National Convention held in Chicago, June 7-10, 1916. Long shot of delegates outside the Congress Hotel. Medium shots, from left to right, of Mrs. Olive H. Whitman; Governor Charles S. Whitman of New York (1915-1918); Francis Hendricks, former New York State Senator (1886-1891); George W. Perkins, a leader in the Progressive movement (1912-1916); Chauncey M. Depew, former New York State Senator (1899-1911); and a medium shot of the Coliseum where the convention was in session.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1916
William Boyce Thompson, a wealthy financier, founder of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Yonkers, and first president of the Roosevelt Memorial Association, actively began supporting Theodore Roosevelt for the 1920 Republican presidential nomination just before Roosevelt’s death in January 1919. He appears here with friends, posing in front of an unidentified monument and walking through a city park; the woman standing beside him may be his wife, Gertrude Hickman Thompson.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1920
The film has about 2 feet of views of Dr. William Crawford Gorgas, chief sanitation officer of the Panama Canal (1904-1913) and a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, standing in front of a building. The location of this sequence is undetermined. The remainder of the film shows Dr. Gorgas and an unidentified man riding on a Panama Canal Company train. The two men are silhouetted against passing scenery of the Canal Zone as Dr. Gorgas shows the other man points of interest. The train passes a body of water which is probably a part of the canal, countryside, buildings probably on Front Street, Colon, including a YMCA club. The final scene is of people walking across tracks after the train passes.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1904-1913
Scenes from May 10, 1923, when Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania signed into law an old age pension bill which authorized payment of allowances to indigents more than seventy years old, guaranteeing a minimum daily income of one dollar. The first time a gubernatorial bill-signing was filmed in the Pennsylvania State Capitol, the event drew reporters, public officials, and members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, an organization which strongly supported the measure.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1923
On August 5, 1905, the Japanese and Russian delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference left New York City to board ships which would take them first to Oyster Bay to talk with Theodore Roosevelt and then to the conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This film includes views at the wharf of the New York Yacht Club of the Japanese delegation boarding two U.S. Navy steam launches; and part of the Russian delegation walking down a ramp to the wharf. The first three men are unidentified. The last two men are the chief Russian envoys, Sergei Witte and Baron Roman von Rosen. The delegation is greeted by Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce and others. The Russians board a steam launch. The final view shows a man walking down the ramp and then boarding another launch. Members of the Japanese delegation included Baron Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and envoy Jutaro Komura.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1905