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Film, Video TR at Sagamore Hill [1916] Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR at Sagamore Hill, 1917-1918 / Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1916

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Title

  • TR at Sagamore Hill [1916]

Other Title

  • Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR at Sagamore Hill, 1917-1918
  • Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1916

Summary

  • 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; TR shakes hands. The man who appears to be addressing TR may be Richard M. Hurd, chairman of the committee which arranged the demonstration. TR addresses the crowd. At ca. ft. 43, there is a brief sequence of TR speaking in the Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, on July 21, 1915. Final views of TR speaking at Sagamore Hill.

Names

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
  • Hurd, Richard M. (Richard Melancthon), 1865-1941
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : [s.n., 1915 or 1916].

Headings

  • -  Panama-Pacific International Exposition--(1915 :--San Francisco, Calif.)
  • -  Presidents--United States--Nomination
  • -  Presidents--United States--Election--1916
  • -  Exhibitions
  • -  Speeches, addresses, etc., American
  • -  Plazas--California--San Francisco
  • -  Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)
  • -  Oyster Bay (N.Y.)
  • -  San Francisco (Calif.)

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Nonfiction films
  • Short films

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Duration: 1:53 at 18 fps.
  • -  Unrelated footage of TR speaking at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ca. ft. 43-48.
  • -  MAVIS 12990.
  • -  Sources used: The New York herald, 5/28/16, sec. 1, pt. 3, p. 5; New York tribune, 5/28/16, pt. 1, p. 1-2; 6/4/16, pt. 5, p. 1; Harvard University Library, Theodore Roosevelt Collection.
  • -  Appearing: Theodore Roosevelt, Richard M. Hurd.
  • -  Received: 5/68 from USDA lab; viewing print and dupe neg; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.
  • -  Received: 1967; transferred to LC from NPS, NPS acquired from RMA, RMA purchased from William Fox; transferred to safety from LC nitrate at USDA lab: 5/1968.

Medium

  • 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print.
  • 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 0948 (viewing print)
  • FRA 5906 (dupe neg)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp76000128

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Roosevelt, Theodore, Richard M Hurd, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. TR at Sagamore Hill. [United States: s.n., or 1916, 1915] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000128/.

APA citation style:

Roosevelt, T., Hurd, R. M. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1915) TR at Sagamore Hill. [United States: s.n., or 1916] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000128/.

MLA citation style:

Roosevelt, Theodore, Richard M Hurd, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. TR at Sagamore Hill. [United States: s.n., or 1916, 1915] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000128/>.