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    TR at Sagamore Hill [1916]
    Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR at Sagamore Hill, 1917-1918 | Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1916
    On May 27, 1916, shortly before the Republican Party and Progressive Party conventions, the newly formed Roosevelt Non-Partisan League sponsors a demonstration of support for TR at Sagamore Hill. Many prominent men are included in the over 2,000 people who traveled from New York City to Oyster Bay to see TR and hear him speak on "Americanism." Panning shots of crowd gathered around porch;...
    • Contributor: Hurd, Richard M. (Richard Melancthon) - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1915
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    Theodore Roosevelt, great Scout. [No. 2]
    Theodore Roosevelt, great scout [2] Catalog Record Only
    TR's love of the West is portrayed in scenes of cowboys, western landscape, cattle, horses, and TR speaking during his 1912 Progressive campaign. From the steps of Roosevelt House in New York City, RMA librarian Robert W. G. Vail speaks to scouts who attended the 1924 World Jamboree in Copenhagen; Colin H. Livingstone, national president of the Boy Scouts of America is on Vail's...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Eastman Kodak Company - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Gentry, Caroline - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library
    • Date: 1925
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    RMA flag service on the steps of New York Public Library, 1919
    Roosevelt Memorial Association flag service on the steps of New York Public Library, 1919
    On October 27, 1919 the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in TR's honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Views of Samuel Abbott, originator of the memorial flag idea, placing the flag on TR's grave. Sequence of two young girls and a boy placing flower bouquet and flag through fence...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Urban, Charles - Kinograms Publishing Corp - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919
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    Theodore Roosevelt in the great war [1] Catalog Record Only Film traces TR's concern before and during the United States' participation in WWI. Quotations and footage depict the beginning of the war in Europe and the entry of the United States; views of President Woodrow Wilson signing the declaration of war. TR visits Gen. Leonard Wood at the Plattsburg camp; soldiers visit Sagamore Hill. Urging active involvement in the war effort and supporting the...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Manning, Mae - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Gentry, Caroline - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library
    • Date: 1930
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    Roosevelt scenes from RMA productions. Catalog Record Only Compilation film includes many short sequences representing TR's varied activities and interests. He waves from steps of City Hall in New York City, Sept. 6, 1918, after delivering an address during the Lafayette-Marne Day exercises; TR poses with members of his 1913-1914 expedition to South America and with American and Brazilian officials in Rio de Janeiro. Views of what is probably TR's 1912 Progressive...
    • Contributor: Horst - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1912
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    Airmen honor TR's memory by dropping American Legion wreath on his grave [1919] Catalog Record Only On Oct. 20, 1919, as part of opening day ceremonies of Roosevelt Week, to honor TR and raise funds for the restoration of Roosevelt House in New York City, military aviators flew from Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N.Y. to Oyster Bay to drop wreaths on TR's gravesite in Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Film has scenes of two pilots sitting in a biplane with an emblem showing...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Fox Film Corporation - Fox, William - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919
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    TR at Sagamore, 1917 Catalog Record Only Close shot of TR speaking on what appears to be the grounds of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1917
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    American Legion places wreath on TR's grave [1919] ; Scenes of Oyster Bay from the air
    Scenes of Oyster Bay from the air Catalog Record Only
    On Oct. 20, 1919, as part of opening day ceremonies of Roosevelt Week, to honor TR and raise funds for the restoration of Roosevelt House in New York City, military aviators flew from Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N.Y. to Oyster Bay to drop wreaths on TR's gravesite in Youngs Memorial Cemetery. First sequence consists of views of two pilots sitting in a biplane with an...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Urban, Charles - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919
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    TR scenes purchased from different dealers. Catalog Record Only Compilation film consists of views of TR engaging in a variety of activities: 1) TR stands in open car and tips his hat to crowd; he walks with a group of men, one of whom wears a pennant which says Oklahoma; TR again in open automobile; film probably taken ca. 1917-1918; 2) TR speaks at the opening of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign in...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1912
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    Scenes of TR speaking at Sagamore [1916-1918] Catalog Record Only On different occasions TR addresses and speaks informally with crowds from the porch and lawn of Sagamore Hill. Panning shots of large crowd assembled on May 27, 1916 to demonstrate their support for TR as a 1916 Presidential candidate; TR speaks on "Americanism" and shakes hands; the men with him on the porch are probably members of the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League, organizers of the...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1916
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    Aviators drop American Legion wreath on TR's grave [1919] Catalog Record Only On Oct. 20, 1919, as part of opening day ceremonies of Roosevelt Week, to honor TR's memory and raise funds for the restoration of Roosevelt House in New York City, military aviators flew from Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N.Y. to Oyster Bay to drop wreaths on TR's gravesite in Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Film has scenes of two pilots sitting in a biplane with an emblem...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Urban, Charles - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919
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    TR receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill [1917]
    Theodore Roosevelt receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill 1917
    TR entertains members of the Belgian Mission at Sagamore Hill, Aug. 22, 1917. The mission is headed by Baron Ludovic Moncheur, former Ambassador to the United States and includes General Mathieu Leclercq, Commander of the Belgian Cavalry, Major Leon Osterrieth, Hector Carlier, Count Louis d'Ursel, and Jean D. Mertens. Those accompanying the Belgian Mission include George T. Wilson, Major General Daniel Appleton, Lieutenant Harry...
    • Contributor: Mertens, Jean D. - Cook, Thomas C. - Wilson, George T. - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Coudert, Frederic R. (Frederic René) - Osterrieth, Leon - Ursel, Louis - Carlier, Hector - Moncheur, Ludovic - Leclercq, Mathieu - Roosevelt, Theodore - O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power)
    • Date: 1917
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    TR at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] Catalog Record Only Film is alternately spliced footage of two separate occasions when TR spoke to groups from the porch at Sagamore Hill. First sequence, to ca. ft. 2, and other similar footage of TR formally dressed in a dark suit and holding a prepared text are probably of his April 2, 1918 speech to New York District volunteer workers (primarily businessmen) for the third Liberty Loan;...
    • Contributor: Fox, William - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1916
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    Short scenes of TR as used in Paramount reel. Catalog Record Only TR delivers addresses to various groups in Oyster Bay: standing in a gazebo, TR speaks to citizens of Oyster Bay during the July 4, 1916 festivities; at Sagamore Hill, TR addresses a group, several of whom are in uniform; medium and close-up shots of TR vigorously speaking; TR, holding a piece of paper, speaks while reporters take notes on the porch at Sagamore Hill;...
    • Contributor: Paramount - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1916
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    TR speaking at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918 and scenes of his early career] Catalog Record Only Approximately half of compilation film is of TR speaking on different occasions from the porch at Sagamore Hill; close and medium shots of TR. At ca. ft. 2 TR speaks to group of men and boys; at ca. ft. 20 TR addresses Liberty Loan workers from New York City on Apr. 2, 1918; at ca. ft. 28 TR speaks to large group who came...
    • Contributor: Lee, A. - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1897
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    The Prince of Wales visits TR's grave
    Prince of Wales visits Theodore Roosevelt's grave
    In the summer of 1919, Edward, the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, embarked on a tour of the Dominions. After touring Canada for several months, the Prince decided to spend several days in the United States. His visit was the first visit of a Prince of Wales to the United States since that of his grandfather, Edward VII, fifty years earlier. On...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - International Film Service - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - International Newsreel Corporation
    • Date: 1919
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    TR speaking at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] [1]
    Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] | Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR speaking at Sagamore Hill, 1917 | Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR speaking at Sagamore Hill, 1917-1918 | Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Sagamore Hill, 1917 | Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Sagamore Hill, 1917-1918 | Title from film leader: Editorial by the late Theodore Roosevelt
    Three sequences of TR addressing groups from the porch at Sagamore Hill. First sequence is TR speaking to a group of people on Sept. 8, 1917 at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign at Sagamore Hill. Second sequence is probably TR encouraging New York District volunteer workers for the third Liberty Loan on Apr. 2, 1918. Final views of TR...
    • Contributor: Community Motion Picture Service, Inc - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1916
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    Theodore Roosevelt in the great war [3] Catalog Record Only TR's beliefs and activities before and during WWI are presented. First ca. 49 ft. are out of sequence. Quotations and various scenes depict the beginning of the war in Europe and entry of the United States; views of President Woodrow Wilson signing the declaration of war. TR visits Gen. Leonard Wood at the Plattsburg camp. Urging active involvement in the war effort and supporting...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Manning, Mae - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Gentry, Caroline - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library
    • Date: 1930
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    TR reviewing and speaking to 13th Regiment at Sagamore Hill, 1917
    Theodore Roosevelt reviewing and speaking to 13th Regiment at Sagamore Hill, 1917
    TR speaks to several unidentified people, including a man who looks like TR, on the porch at Sagamore Hill. There are two views of TR addressing soldiers assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill: the first segment shows TR's back as he speaks; the second is a long shot of TR, shot from the rear of the group of soldiers.
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Warner Bros. Pictures
    • Date: 1917
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    Theodore Roosevelt, great Scout. [No. 3]
    Theodore Roosevelt, great scout [3] Catalog Record Only
    Short biographical film highlights TR's close relationship with the Boy Scouts of America. RMA librarian Robert W. G. Vail, Colin H. Livingstone, national president of the BSA, and a third unidentified man welcome scouts who have returned from the 1924 World Jamboree in Copenhagen to Roosevelt House in New York City. Local scouts visit the museum in the house and learn about TR's youth...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Eastman Kodak Company - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Gentry, Caroline - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library
    • Date: 1925
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    Children sewing stars on flag, placing flag on TR's grave [1919] Catalog Record Only On October 27, 1919 the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in TR's honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Shots from different angles of memorial flag as it is borne by young men up the steep pathway to the gravesite; five girls sew the 48th and final star on flag...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - International Film Service - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - International Newsreel Corporation
    • Date: 1919
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    Still picture of TR and his family. Catalog Record Only Film footage of a still photograph, copyrighted in 1907, showing TR and Edith Roosevelt with their children, Kermit, Archie, Ethel, Quentin, and TR Jr. plus a dog posing outside their home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
    • Contributor: International Film Service Company - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1907
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    TR speaking at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] [2] Catalog Record Only Three sequences of TR addressing groups from the porch at Sagamore Hill. First sequence is TR speaking to a group of people on Sept. 8, 1917 at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign at Sagamore Hill. Second sequence is probably TR encouraging New York District volunteer workers for the third Liberty Loan on Apr. 2, 1918. Final views of TR...
    • Contributor: Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Bureau of Reclamation
    • Date: 1916
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    Short 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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    [Flag services for TR at Oyster Bay, October 1919]
    Flag services for Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, October 1919 | Children visit TR's grave, 1920
    On October 27, 1919 the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in TR's honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, N.Y. View of two young girls and a boy placing flower bouquet and flag through fence surrounding TR's grave, event may not be part of flag ceremonies. Shots from different angles of...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Urban, Charles - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919