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Film, VideoGen. Pershing speaking to Scouts in New York. Catalog Record Only General John J. Pershing, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Force, received a hero's welcome in New York when he returned from Europe in Sept. 1919. On the afternoon of Sept. 9 the General addressed a group of 50,000 school children assembled at Sheep Meadow in Central Park for a reception in his honor. Escorted by Boy Scouts, General Pershing stands in a...
- Contributor: International Film Service Company - Beard, Daniel C. - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1919
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Film, VideoAdmiral Dewey on flagship, 1899 Catalog Record Only Prior to the water and land parades on Sept. 29 and 30, 1899, part of New York City's enthusiastic welcome to Admiral George Dewey, the Admiral remains on board his flagship, the Olympia, anchored at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Admiral Dewey, the heavy man with a white mustache, and three of his officers await the arrival of visitors; a group of dignitaries, including several naval...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Elmendorf, Dwight L. (Dwight Lathrop)
- Date: 1899
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Film, VideoAdmiral Dewey parade, 1899 [2] Catalog Record Only Crowds line street to watch the land parade on Sept. 30, 1899, last in a series of special events and ceremonies organized by the City of New York to honor Admiral George Dewey. Film consists of views of numerous carriages carrying naval officers and dignitaries. At ca. 17-18 ft. the hatless naval officer in a carriage is probably Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, Commander...
- Contributor: Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Elmendorf, Dwight L. (Dwight Lathrop)
- Date: 1899
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Film, VideoAdmiral Dewey parade, 1899 [1] Catalog Record Only New York gives Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, a lavish welcome Sept. 27-30, 1899, and one of the highlights of that welcome is the land parade of Sept. 30. Cheering crowds waving flags line the street as a battalion of sailors from the cruiser Olympia, Dewey's flagship, march by. Included in battalion are a color guard carrying the American flag and what...
- Contributor: Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Elmendorf, Dwight L. (Dwight Lathrop)
- Date: 1899
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Film, VideoShort scenes of TR [1] Catalog Record Only Views of TR ca. 1916-1918 engaged in a variety of activities: 1) TR walks underneath the porte-cochere at Sagamore Hill and procedes towards the camera; date is probably ca. 1918; 2) TR appears on deck of the ship Guiana in New York Harbor before sailing to the West Indies on Feb. 11, 1916; 3) TR, with prominent New Mexico politicians, is at the Alvarado...
- Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1916
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Film, VideoGeneral [Diaz] of Italy visits TR's grave [1921] Catalog Record Only The Italian Army officer and hero of the Piave, General Armando Diaz, made an unofficial visit to the U.S. in October of 1921 as the guest of the American Legion. He also attended the conference on armaments limitation. Accompanied by his three aids, Gen. Kennedy De Luca, Major Coccone, and Prince Ruspoli, and by a guard of honor which included man who may be...
- Contributor: International Newsreel Corporation - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1921