Teddy Roosevelt - Political Master

Japanese And Russian Peace Delegates -- Leaving New York City, 1905
This film was shot on Aug. 5, 1905, when the Japanese and Russian delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference left New York City to board ships which would take them first to Oyster Bay to talk with Roosevelt, and then to the conference in Portsmouth, NH.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1905
Length: 00:03:22
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

TR Speaking In Panama, November 1906
This film documents when Roosevelt became the first sitting president to visit a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama Canal. Shot on November 15, 1906, there are views of Roosevelt and Manuel Amador Guerrero, the first President of Panama.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1906
Length: 00:02:32
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt’s Arrival In Panama, November 1906 [2]
This track continues to document Roosevelt’s historic Panama Canal inspection. You will see the presidential processional, including a marching band and escort on horseback, as spectators gather along the canal. There is a long shot of Roosevelt and Guerrero in front of the canal.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1906
Length: 00:01:58
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt In Africa [1909, 2]
Changing course a little, this film shows scenes of African people and Roosevelt’s safari party in British East Africa (Kenya) in 1909. There is a shot of Roosevelt planting a tree in front of a trading company building, in Mombasa, and an amusing clip of a Ferris wheel filled with Swahilis.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1909
Length: 00:14:05
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

TR Speaking At The Battery, 1910
This film shows Theodore Roosevelt’s welcome home from his African trip, including elaborate festivities in New York City on June 18, 1910.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1910
Length: 00:00:48
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

TR’s Return From Africa, 1910 [2]
Despite the name of this track, this film actually documents most of Roosevelt’s trip through Africa and Europe. On this newsreel you will see images of his riverboat on the Nile, a visit in Paris with French Ambassador Jules Jusserand, and Gen. Jean B. Dalstein.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1910
Length: 00:29:11
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

TR Speaking At The Dedication Of Roosevelt Dam, 1911
This film was shot on March 18, 1911, while Roosevelt spoke at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam. The dam was built to provide irrigation for the Salt River Valley area of Arizona and is largely the result of Teddy’s reclamation efforts while President.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1911
Length: 00:00:22
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt Speaking At Pueblo Colorado, 1912
The next clip shows Roosevelt on a western political tour, addressing a crowd during his campaign for the presidency under the Progressive Party banner on September 19, 1912.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1912
Length: 00:01:26
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt At Fargo, ND, During Progressive Campaign, 1912 [1]
Next up, we see more images from Roosevelt’s doomed Progressive Party campaign. During these tracks, Roosevelt speaks to crowds and firms up the Progressive Party structure in Fargo, North Dakota on September 6, 1912. There are several views from varying distances of Roosevelt greeting and speaking to crowds from the rear of train, then addressing a large crowd from a decorated platform.

Producer: Pathe News
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1912
Length: 00:05:04
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Chauncey Depew, Senator Perkins, And Governor Whitman of New York, At GOP Convention, 1916, Chicago, IL.
This newsreel documents scenes from the 16th Republican National Convention held in Chicago, June 7-10, 1916. There are long shots of delegates outside the Congress Hotel.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1913
Length: 00:01:33
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Hopi Indians Dance For Roosevelt 1913
This film was shot on August 20, 1913, when Roosevelt, numerous visitors, and Hopi Indians observe the performance of the ritual Hopi snake dance at Walpi, Arizona, on the Hopi Reservation. Roosevelt was on a journey through the Southwest with his sons Archie and Quentin, and a young cousin, Nicholas Roosevelt. Crowds, seated and standing, are scattered over adobe dwellings watching the ceremony.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1913
Length: 00:03:51
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt And Mrs. Roosevelt at the Panama-California Exposition, 1915
This film was shot at the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, California, on July 27, 1915, where Theodore and Edith Roosevelt spoke with officials on the steps of what is probably the United States Government Building.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1915
Length: 00:00:11
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt At The San Diego Exposition, 1915
This film shows Theodore Roosevelt attending the Panama-California Exposition on Roosevelt Day, July 27, 1915. He arrives at the United States Government Building in an open touring car with two men in the rear seat.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1915
Length: 00:00:44
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt’s Reception In Albuquerque, NM, 1916
Moving on, we see more political footage as this film shows Roosevelt being cordially received on October 23, 1916 in Albuquerque, NM. He speaks on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, and attacks President Wilson’s Mexican policy.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1916
Length: 00:02:10
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt At Sagamore Hill 1916
This film was shot on May 27, 1916, shortly before the Republican Party and Progressive Party conventions. You see the newly formed Roosevelt Non-Partisan League sponsoring a demonstration of support for the former president at Sagamore Hill.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1916
Length: 00:01:56
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt In New Mexico, 1916
The campaign footage continues in a clip from Oct. 23, 1916, while Roosevelt campaigns for Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes, and assails the Wilson administration in Albuquerque, NM. A young woman is seen riding on horseback carrying a bouquet of flowers.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1916
Length: 00:01:10
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt Speaking To A Group Of Men From The Porch At Sagamore Hill
Now we have more campaign footage – this time shot on May 27, 1916, while groups of men, the 7th Regiment Band, and several children march on the road from the Oyster Bay railroad station to Sagamore Hill demonstrate their support of Roosevelt for the 1916 Presidential nomination.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1916
Length: 00:01:30
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt And Leonard Wood At The New York Flower Show, 1917
This is a more personal and less political film as we see Roosevelt and Leonard Wood on March 20, 1917, at the 5th Annual International Flower Show, Grand Central Palace in New York City. There is a medium-close view of the former president and Wood standing together and talking.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1917
Length: 00:01:50
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt Speaking To A Group Of Suffragettes From The Porch At Sagamore Hill [1917]
Wham! Bam! Thank You Man! Suffragette City! It is a little known fact that Roosevelt was one of the first major politicians to support women’s right to vote. This film shows Roosevelt addressing a group of men and women at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on Sept. 8, 1917 at Sagamore Hill.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1917
Length: 00:00:31
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Women Suffragettes Visit Roosevelt At Sagamore [1917]
This newsreel documents the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on Sept. 8, 1917 at Sagamore Hill. The first campaign, beginning in 1913, was unsuccessful. In later years women would eventually win the right to vote.

Producer: Hearst-Pathe News
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1917
Length: 00:00:13
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt At Billings, Montana [1918]
This film was shot in Billings, Montana, on October 5, 1918. Roosevelt can be seen in a touring car greeting the citizens of Billings. He came there to speak on behalf of the Liberty Loan and to denounce the Nonpartisan League of Farmers for its pacifist orientation.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1918
Length: 00:00:23
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt In Baltimore During Liberty Loan Drive, 1918
Next up is more documentation about Roosevelt’s support of the Liberty Loan Drive. Shot on Sept. 28, 1918, Roosevelt is the principal speaker at the opening of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign in Oriole Baseball Park, Baltimore, Maryland. Wearing a mourning armband for his son Quentin, Roosevelt walks across the field with Liberty Loan officials, including a man who appears to be Phillips L. Goldsborough, chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee for Maryland and former state Governor.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1918
Length: 00:00:57
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Roosevelt Speaking In St. Paul, Minnesota, 1918
Still wearing a mourning armband for his son Quentin, Roosevelt is shown in this film delivering a speech from a covered platform to a large crowd gathered in an open area of what appears to be a factory and surrounding area.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1918
Length: 00:00:42
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

The story of the Panama Canal [1]
This is a compilation film chronicling the story of the Panama Canal construction, which Roosevelt considered one of his most valuable contributions to foreign affairs. The film explores the need for building the canal, the early attempts, the actual construction, and finally the canal in operation.

Producer: Roosevelt Film Library
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1927
Length: 00:28:41
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

The Roosevelt Dam [1]
Roosevelt’s clear commitment to the reclamation of desert land and his belief that natural resources exist for the public benefit are explored in this famous news clip. Included are close-up views of Frederick H. Newell, first director of the U.S. Reclamation Service and Gifford Pinchot, first chief forester and leader of the conservation movement in the U.S. Both men influenced Roosevelt’s thinking and action on conservation.

Producer: Roosevelt Memorial Association Film Library
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1928
Length: 00:14:21
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE