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Film, Video Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Women in War Work Congress in Paris [1918] Screen telegram.

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Title

  • Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Women in War Work Congress in Paris [1918]

Other Title

  • Screen telegram.

Summary

  • During World War I, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. worked for the YMCA in France running canteens, clubs, and leave centers for soldiers and teaching French. She also designed the uniforms worn by the women workers in the YMCA. Views of Mrs. Roosevelt entertaining women YMCA workers in the garden of the home of her aunt, Mrs. Alice Green Hoffman, in Paris. There are medium close shots of Mrs. Roosevelt, the woman not wearing a hat, as she stands among a group of women.

Names

  • Mutual Film Corporation, production company, film distributor.
  • International Newsreel Corporation, former owner.
  • Roosevelt Memorial Association, former owner.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [1918]

Headings

  • -  Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler,--1888-1960
  • -  Congress of Allied Women on War Service--(1918 :--Paris, France)
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--War work--Young Men's Christian associations
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Women

Genre

  • Newsreels
  • Film excerpts
  • Silent films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Appearing: Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
  • -  Duration: 0:34 at 20 fps.
  • -  On Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA) inventory list, date in title is 1917-1918. The Congress of Allied Women on War Service, which Mrs. Roosevelt attended, was held in Paris, August 21-22, 1918.
  • -  Filmed in Paris, France, probably between August 20 and August 31, 1918.
  • -  Summary from The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 47-48.
  • -  Originally part of a Screen telegram newsreel.
  • -  Roosevelt Memorial Association number: RMA 315-04-05.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler Alexander, "Day before yesterday," 1959, p. 76-118; United States National Archives and Records Service Audiovisual Archives Division; United States War Dept. General Staff; Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs taken by the Signal Corps. 1919, p. 226; Motion picture world, v. 38, November 30, 1918, p. 988 and December 28, 1918, p. 1563; LC Prints & Photographs Division portrait file; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 47-48; Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA) inventory list in M/B/RS Theodore Roosevelt Association acquisition file; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed February 2, 2022 (Congress of Allied Women on War Service).
  • -  Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owners: Roosevelt Memorial Association; International Newsreel Corporation.
  • -  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 (40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel (40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEA 7304 (viewing print)
  • FPB 7601 (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

  • mp76000226

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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The following films are made available here with permission from the Theodore Roosevelt Association, P.O. Box 719, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 11771 (Internet address: info@theodoreroosevelt.org):

The Story of the Panama Canal [1]
T. R.'s Return from Africa, 1910 [2]
A Visit to Theodore Roosevelt at His Home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I., 1912
Roosevelt, Friend of the Birds [1]
The Roosevelt Dam [1]
The River of Doubt [2].

Permission may be needed from the Theodore Roosevelt Association before using these films for other purposes.

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Chicago citation style:

International Newsreel Corporation, Former Owner, Former Owner Roosevelt Memorial Association, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Women in War Work Congress in Paris. produceds by Mutual Film Corporationuction Company, Film Distributor [1918] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000226/.

APA citation style:

International Newsreel Corporation, F. O., Roosevelt Memorial Association, F. O. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1918) Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Women in War Work Congress in Paris. Mutual Film Corporationuction Company, F. D., prod [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000226/.

MLA citation style:

International Newsreel Corporation, Former Owner, Former Owner Roosevelt Memorial Association, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Women in War Work Congress in Paris. prod by Mutual Film Corporationuction Company, Film Distributor [1918] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000226/>.