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Film, Video Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1917

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Title

  • Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1917

Summary

  • On July 4, 1917, French actress Sarah Bernhardt speaks in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., on behalf of French-American cooperation in the war effort. Addressing more than 50,000 people gathered around a decorated music platform, Mme. Bernhardt stands and speaks from an open touring car parked in front of the platform. Medium close shot of Mme. Bernhardt speaking and gesturing, with man who may be her personal physician, Dr. Felix Marot, and woman who is probably her secretary and translator, Miss Elizabeth Ormsby, seated in car.

Names

  • Roosevelt Memorial Association, former owner
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [United States : s.n., 1917]

Headings

  • -  Bernhardt, Sarah,--1844-1923
  • -  Fourth of July orations
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--United States--War work
  • -  International cooperation
  • -  Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

Genre

  • Filmed speeches
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Duration: 0:10 at 14 fps.
  • -  May have originally been part of a newsreel.
  • -  Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory number RMA 307-04-14.
  • -  Sources used: LC Prints & Photographs Division portrait file; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 83; Castelot, André, Ensorcelante Sarah Bernhardt, 1973, p. 15.
  • -  Appearing: Sarah Bernhardt, Dr. Felix Marot?, Elizabeth Ormsby?
  • -  Photographed on July 4, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York.
  • -  Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owner: Roosevelt Memorial Association.
  • -  The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 0984 (viewing print)
  • FRA 5958 (dupe neg pic)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp76000157

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. [United States: s.n, 1917] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000157/.

APA citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, F. O. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1917) Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. [United States: s.n] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000157/.

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Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. [United States: s.n, 1917] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000157/>.