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Film, Video Oscar Straus

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Title

  • Oscar Straus

Summary

  • Close shot of Oscar S. Straus, author, United States ambassador, member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague for six three-year terms beginning in 1902, and Secretary of Commerce and Labor in TR's Cabinet (1906-1909). Seated at desk, Straus answers telephone and talks.

Names

  • Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : [s.n., 191-?].

Genre

  • Short films
  • Documentary films
  • Nonfiction films
  • Newsreels

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Appearing: Oscar S. Straus.
  • -  Duration: 0:11 at 20 fps.
  • -  Roosevelt Memorial Association number: RMA 312-01-03.
  • -  MAVIS 12988; Oscar Straus.
  • -  Sources used: P&P portrait file.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association. RMA copied from negative on loan from Roger Straus.
  • -  viewing print, dupe neg; Received: May 1968 from USDA lab and Aug. 1976 from LC film lab; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.

Medium

  • viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (6 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (14 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg. 1 film reel of 1 (6 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg. 1 film reel of 1 (14 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 0839 (viewing print)
  • FEA 6749 (viewing print)
  • FRA 5841 (dupe neg)
  • FPB 7587 (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

  • mp76000243

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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Straus, Oscar S, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Oscar Straus. [United States: s.n., 191-?] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000243/.

APA citation style:

Straus, O. S. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Oscar Straus. [United States: s.n., 191-?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000243/.

MLA citation style:

Straus, Oscar S, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Oscar Straus. [United States: s.n., 191-?] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000243/>.