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Film, VideoRoosevelt, friend of the birds. [No. 1]
Title in Theodore Roosevelt Association catalog: Roosevelt, friend of the birds [1] | Copyright catalog title: Theodore Roosevelt, friend of the birds | Theodore Roosevelt, friend of the birds | Roosevelt, friend of the birds [1] A narrative of TR's role in bird preservation which includes factual footage taken on his visit under the auspices of the National Audubon Society to bird sanctuary islands off the coast of Louisiana, June 1915. Mating habits and domestic life of snowy egrets and their plunder by hunters are dramatized. Scenes of egrets' nest and the hunt, kill, and plucking of birds serve as...- Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Job, Herbert Keightley - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Gentry, Caroline - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library
- Date: 1924
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Film, VideoThe Roosevelt Dam [1] Film depicts TR's commitment to the reclamation of desert land and his belief that natural resources exist for the public benefit. Included are close-up views of Frederick H. Newell, first director of the U.S. Reclamation Service and Gifford Pinchot, first chief forester and leader of the conservation movement in the U.S.; both influenced TR's thinking and action on conservation. TR fought successfully for the...
- Contributor: Pinchot, Gifford - Hill, Louis C. (Louis Clarence) - Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Roosevelt Memorial Association - Newell, Frederick Haynes - Sloan, Richard E. - United States. Bureau of Reclamation - Fowler, Benjamin A. - Roosevelt, Theodore - Orme, John P.
- Date: 1928
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Film, VideoVisitin' 'round at Coolidge Corners
Visitin' round Coolidge Corners Shows scenes of Calvin Coolidge at his summer home in Plymouth, Vermont, including Coolidge helping out on the neighboring farm of cousin Ed Blanchard; in the "summer White House" above the Plymouth post office; attending church with his father John Calvin, wife Grace Goodhue, and son John; and visiting with his future vice-president, General Charles Dawes. May be a compilation of newsreel footage taken...- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin - Afi/Casselton (Harold)/LARSON (Ted) Collection (Library of Congress) - Blanchard, Edward J. - Coolidge, Grace Goodhue - Coolidge, John - Dawes, Charles Gates
- Date: 1924-01-01