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Scenes of the Bulloch home in Roswell, Georgia

This film consists of views of the childhood home of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, in Roswell, Georgia, and of the last remaining bridesmaid in Martha’s wedding, Catherine Evelyn King Baker. There is a long shot of Bulloch Hall, which was a stately Greek Revival home, designed, as were many other classic homes in the Roswell area, by Willis Ball. A medium-close shot of unidentified men sitting and standing on the front porch follows. Next, a closer view of the columned porch, followed by views of the side of the house, with a grape arbor visible, the barn and outbuildings, the skyline, and a well. Then there is a view from inside the house of men approaching a doorway, followed by a medium-close shot of Baker, wearing a long dark dress, seated in a chair outdoors.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1923

Scenes of Calvin Coolidge being sworn in for second term as Governor of Massachusetts

At the State House in Boston, Calvin Coolidge is sworn in for his second term as Governor of Massachusetts on January 8, 1920. The ceremony actually took place in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, but this film is shot in the Council Chamber. Coolidge is sworn in by a man who is probably Edwin T. McKnight, President of the State Senate. The second sequence shows Governor Coolidge, members of his staff, and the Executive Council posing for the camera. Standing in the front are Coolidge and Lieutenant Governor Channing H. Cox. Seated, left to right, are: Councillors James G. Harris, George B. Wason, Matthew J. Whittall, and Harry H. Williams. In the back row, left to right, are: Secretary to the Governor Henry F. Long (visible between Coolidge and Cox), Assistant Secretary Harry S. Fairfield, Councillor Lewis R. Sullivan, Executive Secretary Charles S. Southworth, Councillor Horace A. Carter, Councillor Henry L. Bowles, and Edward Horrigan, the Governor’s body guard.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1920-01-08

Cartoon of Paul James Rainey’s African trip

Animated cartoon beginning with a character representing Paul James Rainey, explorer and hunter, being washed overboard. He swims to a barrel, climbs in, then grabs hold of a whale’s tail, who tows him toward shore where he lands. A bird resembling an ostrich lays an egg. Rainey sits on the egg which hatches. He rides a bird while being chased by a lion and is saved by a native. The bird chases the lion and throws him out to sea where he is swallowed by whale. A native takes Rainey to a wedding feast at which Rainey is the intended groom. Rainey runs away, jumps into barrel and floats out to sea while natives gather at shore. The interior titles describing the action of the cartoon are written in the form of limericks.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1911

Scenes of flag services for Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay

On October 27, 1919, the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in Theodore Roosevelt’s honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York. There are shots from different angles of memorial flag as it is borne by young men up the steep pathway to the grave site. Five girls sew the 48th and final star on the flag at what is probably Cove School in Oyster Bay with a group of children and Boy Scouts visible in the background. There is a view of children and adults on the cemetery grounds. The final scene is of Samuel Abbott, originator of the memorial flag idea, placing the flag on Roosevelt’s grave site.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1919-10-27

Scenes of a crowd listening to Theodore Roosevelt

Medium close shot of a crowd with Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore in center of film, sitting in chairs outdoors as he listens to Theodore Roosevelt delivering a speech. There are no views of Roosevelt on film.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917

Scenes of the dedication of the Roosevelt House

This film opens with exterior views of Theodore Roosevelt’s birthplace, Roosevelt House, on its dedication day. Bought and restored by the Woman’s Roosevelt Memorial Association, the brownstone is officially opened to visitors on October 27, 1923. There are views of street crowds. The Gloria Trumpeters, four young women in Grecian costume herald the event with trumpet music from the balcony of Roosevelt House. There is a view of William T. Manning, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, who is to deliver an opening prayer. The next scene is of Governor Gifford Pinchot and his wife Cornelia Bryce Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Acting Mayor of New York City, Murray Hulbert, and other unidentified guests arriving.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1923-10-27

The dedication of Mount Roosevelt

On July 4, 1919, a mountain peak in the Black Hills is renamed and dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt. Located near Deadwood, South Dakota, in the region where Roosevelt hunted and ranched in the 1880s, Mount Roosevelt is dedicated by the Society of Black Hills Pioneers, of which Roosevelt had been an honorary member. Leonard Wood, a close friend of Roosevelt and principal speaker at the ceremony, and Captain Seth Bullock, Roosevelt’s neighbor in his ranching days, speak informally with crowd members. There are views of the speakers’ platform, with the following men speaking at various points in service: South Dakota Governor Peter Norbeck, Wood, and former South Dakota Representative to Congress, Eben W. Martin. Also identified on platform are Bullock, at whose suggestion the mountain is being renamed, and Roosevelt Memorial Association member, Hermann Hagedorn. There are long shots of Roosevelt Monument, a circular tower with a parapet. Wood is seen walking along the narrow ledge of the monument to reach the speakers’ platform, which is erected in front of the monument. A close shot of a bronze plaque set in the side of the monument, shows an inscription that reads “In Memory of Theodore Roosevelt, The American.”

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1919-07-04

Scenes of a flag at half-mast in Oyster Bay

A view of what appears to be downtown Oyster Bay, New York, with what may be a municipal building and stone gazebo visible beside a flag, which is flying at half-mast. The ground is snow-covered. The occasion may be the mourning period following Theodore Roosevelt’s death on January 6, 1919.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1919-01-06

John J. Pershing at Camp Grant

As part of an inspection tour of military camps in the Midwest, General John J. Pershing visits Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois, on January 5, 1920. Opening scene of Pershing standing with General George Bell, commander of the 6th Division’s Provisional Regiment stationed at Camp Grant. A train with members of Bell’s staff unloads in the background. A long shot of Pershing, with an unidentified man to his left, and Robert Rew, mayor of Rockford, posing outside the Hotel Nelson after attending a luncheon in Pershing’s honor. The mayor is carrying a saddle and bridle which were presented to Pershing by the citizens of Rockford. Views of the 6th Division in formation; long shot of Pershing, Bell, and possibly Regiment-Colonel Mathias Crowley walking toward the camera through lines of soldiers. Views of tractors pulling a cannon along the snow covered streets. The last scene is of Pershing and a man who may be Crowley standing in a flag-draped reviewing stand as Pershing delivers a speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1920-01-05

Governors of New England meet in Governor Coolidge’s office in Boston to discuss fuel

On December 10, 1919, Governor Calvin Coolidge hosts five New England governors in a conference on transportation and fuel conditions. At the State House in Boston the governors pledge support of coal regulation and continuing financial aid for New England’s railroads after their return to private control in peacetime. Attending the conference are Governors Coolidge, Massachusetts; Percival W. Clement, Vermont; Robert Livingston Beeckman, Rhode Island; John H. Bartlett, New Hampshire; Carl E. Milliken, Maine; and Marcus H. Holcomb, Connecticut. Views of governors on upper portico of the state house and posed in Governor Coolidge’s office.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1919

Herbert Putnam

Herbert Putnam, librarian at the Library of Congress, looks through a book. Outside, he poses on the steps with the Capitol Building in the background. In a close up shot, he poses and speaks to the camera.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1920-1930

International naval review, Hampton Roads, Virginia

The film depicts multiple large ships in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, harbor. Each ship is decorated with flags of various nations.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1907

Jamestown Exposition, 1907

Scenes of President Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia. Roosevelt is seen participating in Jamestown’s tercentennial celebration on April 26 1907, its opening day, and later on Georgia Day, June 10. From an awning-covered platform, Roosevelt appears speaking to large crowd on Lee Parade Ground. Frederick Dent Grant, son of the former President, is visible beside him on the stand. At the Lee Parade Ground he reviews West Point cadets and other military units. Naval and military officials of thirty-seven participating nations pass before the camera. Roosevelt appears with family members disembarking from a launch at Discovery Landing, the official docking area of the Exposition.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1907

Launch of the USS Kentucky

View from the James River of the launching of the battleship USS Kentucky at Newport News, Virginia. Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, the Kentucky is launched shortly after the USS Kearsarge on March 24, 1898. Film contains a long shot of the ship on launching skids, sliding into the river, and moving past the stationary camera.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1898-03-24

Scenes of Leonard Wood in Michigan

Leonard Wood campaigns in southern Michigan for the Republican presidential nomination, March 1920. Greeted by residents of Battle Creek, Ann Arbor, and Detroit, Wood speaks in each community on the need for universal military training, Americanization of immigrants, and cooperative working relationships between labor and capital. Views of Wood on March 3 in Battle Creek as he is greeted by local officials; his wife, Mrs. Louisa Wood, poses outdoors for photographer; Wood enters and leaves the Masonic Temple, where he and his wife are greeted by local farmers. Prominent citizens identified by interior titles in Battle Creek segment include: Charles W. Ryan, mayor and physician; Paul A. Martin, editor of the Enquirer and evening news, and commander of the American Legion in Battle Creek; William H. Shippy, president of the Exchange Club; Frederick M. Alger, chairman of the Leonard Wood League of Michigan and active in the American Legion. Men who appear to be C. B. Baker, head of the Motor Transport Division of the Army (1918-1921), and Edwin Denby, who was to become Secretary of the Navy in 1921, accompany Wood in several scenes. On March 1, Wood is met by Ann Arbor reception committee as he steps from train; Wood poses in archway of unidentified building with committee, which includes Professor William H. Hobbs, director of the geological laboratory at the University of Michigan; Mayor Ernst M. Wurster; and William H. Faust, chairman of the reception committee. On the University of Michigan campus, Wood shakes hands with students in front of the school’s new clubhouse, Michigan Union. In Detroit on March 2, Wood poses with prominent citizens, speaks at a banquet, and visits with workers at the Dodge Brothers auto manufacturing plant. Officials identified by interior titles include: Alton T. Roberts, former state senator; Edwin Denby; Walter C. Piper, prominent realtor; and Frederick M. Alger. Panning shot of banquet table at Hotel Statler includes views of Harriet N. Atterbury, incorrectly identified on film as Mrs. H. M. Atterbury; Mary Eldridge (Mrs. Frederick M.) Alger; Louise Adriana Wood; Henry Martyn Leland, past president of General Motors and then president of the Lincoln Motor Company; Leonard Wood; Frank J. Hecker, Detroit financier and businessman; and C. B. Baker.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1920-03

Hermann Hagedorn and Carl Ethan Akeley at Roosevelt House

Various views from many different camera angles of Hermann Hagedorn, Roosevelt Memorial Association director and secretary, and Carl Ethan Akeley, Roosevelt Memorial Association trustee, in Roosevelt House. Film begins with a stage in an auditorium, empty except for three chairs and a table with book and papers on it; Hagedorn and Akeley enter, Akeley sits, Hagedorn speaks and introduces Akeley who speaks as Hagedorn sits. There are various shots of Akeley speaking, Hagedorn sitting behind him, and a bust of Theodore Roosevelt. A close-up of Akeley speaking fades out to a motion picture screen. Hagedorn is then seen sitting at a desk, browsing through a notebook, and looking into space as if thinking. The film then returns to Hagedorn standing and talking in the auditorium, followed by two takes of Akeley sitting at a desk, unfolding a letter, putting on glasses, reading the letter, and marking it with a pen.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1925

Scenes of Owen D. Young

Scenes of Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of General Electric and co-author with Charles Gates Dawes of the Dawes Plan for German reparations, in various locations. Young speaks at the dedication of buildings comprising the Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, on June 4, 1927. Panning shots of campus buildings; Young speaks from podium, with donor of new buildings, George F. Baker, identified in group seated behind him; panning shots of audience seated during ceremony and standing informally. At separate location Young and other men are seated around a conference table surrounded by crowd. Close shot of Young outdoors at an unidentified location.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1927

Theodore Roosevelt’s Fourth of July oration, 1903

President Roosevelt eats and then speaks to a crowd who have gathered to hear him. From another camera position, the crowd bids him farewell as he and his party enter a horse-drawn carriage and leave the vicinity.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1903-07-04

Theodore Roosevelt reviewing school children, 1903

From the side of a broad avenue, a crowd of people await the arrival of President Roosevelt. The marching military that precedes his carriage can be seen at a distance of a quarter of a mile away. Four other camera positions along the march include the escort, the dignitaries, and at the conclusion, Roosevelt in his carriage.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1903-05-12

Theodore Roosevelt at Canton Station

President Roosevelt arrives with other mourners at Canton, Ohio. He leaves the station and gets into his carriage. The film then scans the crowd gathered to watch the arrival of individuals attending the funeral of William McKinley.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1901