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Sender: American Memory Fellows <AMFELLOWS@RS8.LOC.GOV>
Poster: "Elizabeth L. Brown" <ebro@LOC.GOV>
Subject: New A.M. -- T. Roosevelt materials
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The Library of Congress announces the availability of a
new web presentation Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and
Times on Film, available at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/trfhtml/ ,
produced by the National Digital Library and the Motion
Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. The
site features 104 films from the Library's holdings which
record events in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American
War in 1898 to his death in 1919. The majority of films (87)
are from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection,
donated to the Library in 1962, while the remainder are from
the Paper Print Collection, dating from a hundred years ago.
Besides containing scenes of Roosevelt, these films include
views of world figures, politicians, monarchs, and friends
and family members of Roosevelt who influenced his life
and the era in which he lived. Commemorative events up to
1921 are also included as well as silent documentaries compiled
from earlier footage by the Theodore Roosevelt Association
between 1919 and 1928. Four sound recordings made by
Roosevelt for the Edison Company in 1912 in which he states
his progressive political views are also available on the site.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to have his
career and life chronicled on a large scale by motion picture
companies (even though his predecessor, William McKinley,
was the first to be filmed). The presentation begins with scenes
of Roosevelt and his Rough Riders during the Spanish-American
War. Later films chronicle the assassination of President McKinley
and Roosevelt's sudden presidency as a result. Motion pictures
taken during his presidency show his inauguration, his meetings
with dignitaries, and his trip to Panama to begin construction of a
canal, the first time a president in office had ever traveled abroad.
His trips to Africa for safari and to Europe shortly after his
presidency were filmed extensively and include scenes of reigning
European monarchs of the period, some of which were taken at
the funeral of King Edward VII. Films of his later life include
scenes of his home, family, his failed Progressive campaign for the
presidency, his efforts to prepare the U.S. for World War I, and
an expedition he undertook in 1914 on the previously unexplored
River of Doubt in Brazil, a trip which nearly claimed his life.
The motion pictures are available to view in three formats, MPEG,
Quicktime, and RealMedia, and the sound recordings are available
in wav and RealAudio formats. A special presentation featuring
a film chronology, a timeline of Roosevelt's life, and an essay on
Roosevelt on film is also included on the web site.
Additional web presentations featuring early films are available
at the Library of Congress web site at http://www.loc.gov.
(Click on "American Memory.") Topics include Thomas Edison,
the Westinghouse Works in 1904, the American Variety Stage,
President McKinley, and the Spanish-American War.
Please send any questions about this collection to Please send any questions about this collection to NDLPCOLL@loc.gov.
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Elizabeth L. Brown
Automated Reference Services Librarian
National Digital Library Program, LIBN/NDL/VC(1330)
Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-1330
ebro@loc.gov telephone: 202/707-2235
Library of Congress American Memory Home Page:
http://memory.loc.gov/
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