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Title

  • Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July oration

Other Title

  • President Roosevelt's Fourth of July oration
  • President Roosevelt's 4th of July oration
  • Pres. Roosevelt's 4th of July oration

Summary

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

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company : Kleine Optical Co., 1903.

Headings

  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919
  • -  Fourth of July orations

Genre

  • Filmed speeches
  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H33456 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 15July1903; H33456.
  • -  Duration: 2:53 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2417.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2159) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 258; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 859; Biograph production log; Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 90.
  • -  Camera, G.W. Bitzer.
  • -  Appearing: Theodore Roosevelt.
  • -  Filmed July 4, 1903, in Huntington, Long Island, New York.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (74 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 185 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (74 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 185 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 185 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 185 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5173 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2208 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2119 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7755 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0826 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0123A (paper pos)
  • Box 5536A (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99407348

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July oration. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company: Kleine Optical Co, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/99407348/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1903) Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July oration. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company: Kleine Optical Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99407348/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, et al. Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July oration. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company: Kleine Optical Co, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99407348/>.