At the Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt leads a procession of dignitaries in a procession; They come walking in a long line, down the middle of a wide avenue, past some huge columns. The procession turns in front of camera and walks off to rt. MS 5 military men on horseback ride past as crowds watch; they are followed by a marching band, then 4th Brigade, National Guard, New York. From notes in contemporary Edison catalogue: "The participants in the head of the parade are made up of distinguished people, such as Senator Hanna, of Ohio, Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, Governor Odell, of New York, and Mr. Conrad Biehl, Mayor of Buffalo. The military division of the parade is headed by Louis Babcock, Grand Marshal of the Exposition parade, followed by his aides, Lyman M. Bass, Dr. John A. Smith, Sherman R. Hall, Dr. Harry Meade, Evan Hollister, Frederick DeP. Townsend, Robert W. Pomeroy, Henry Robbas, Captain H.A. Bull, James McC. Mitchell, Roland Crangle, George W. Gillette, Edward M. Mills. These are followed by the first division, consisting of the 71st Regiment Band, Brigadier General S. L. Welch, commanding the 4th Brigade, N.G.N.Y., and staff. This picture was taken on the official opening day, May 20th, when there were 106,000 people on the grounds, and the picture is greatly enhanced by the great crowds passing to and fro. "
McKinley's funeral procession continues with the new President Theodore Roosevelt and other dignitaries riding in carriages (incl. U.S. Senator Mark Hanna, Senator Chauncey Depew, President Milburn, of the Pan-American Exposition, and Secretary Cortelyou,). Next comes the hearse drawn by four black horses and escorted by sixteen sailors and marines from the U.S. Gunboat Michigan. President McKinley's hearse is followed by many carriages containing officials and mourners. The coffin is carried up steps into a building. Pan on square; crowd waiting in line. also shown with the press and military tents in BG. People coming out of a bulding and walking down steps; over the doorway is a large picture of President McKinley.
"President Roosevelt at the Canton Station." MLS President Theodore Roosevelt with other mourners upon arrival at Canton, Ohio, for the funeral of the assassinated President McKinley; TR stands solemnly holding his hat over his chest, the others stand behind him. The group then walk past camera. . Mr. Roosevelt is shown walking out into the wide street waiting for his carriage, seems to be gesturing for it to pull up and surveying the crowd across the street. Carriages leaving, with escort of soldiers marching. LS pan on large crowd gathered in the area to watch the arrival of celebrities; they are in front of building w/ large sign painted across its front: "Canton Hardware Co.Wholesale".
Post-assassination newsreel of President WILLIAM MCKINLEY in Buffalo, NY: panning TLS street scene, horse-drawn carriages, people walking bicycles, soldiers all about; MSs casket being carried from building, loaded onto carriage, THEODORE ROOSEVELT saluting with top hat to heart; TLSs funeral procession, cortege, sailors with rifles, police officers; MS TR with hat over heart.
Est shots of Sagamore Hill, Long Island home of Teddy Roosevelt; int shot den, heads of big game adorning walls, zoom in to oil painting portrait of TR. MS President THEODORE ROOSEVELT walking from porch toward cam, stopping; MSs TR playing w/ dogs on grounds of home, walking into field, taking off jacket & hat, chopping down tree w/ ax; TLS Teddy rowing on lake. TLSs Theodore Roosevelt riding horse, giving horse treats. MS Teddy & son ARCHIE ROOSEVELT looking over documents outside.
MSs President THEODORE ROOSEVELT speechifying from gazebo to crowd of well-dressed whites; MSs Teddy shaking hands w/ line of white people. TLS/MSs Teddy Roosevelt posing with Boy Scouts troop, St. Patrick's Church affiliation on bass drum. MS/CUs First Lady EDITH KERMIT ROOSEVELT at Sagamore Hill. 1905 newsreel of Teddy leaving to mediate the Russo-Japanese War: TR boards the Presidential yacht, Mayflower, then shakes hands & doffs hat to naval officers dressed in peculiar hats & epaulets; TLS/LSs USS Columbia & other American naval steam ships of the Great White Fleet sailing, American flags flying proudly from bows & sterns. MS/CUs TR library at Sagamore Hill.
United States: TLS mounted Browning machine guns traveling on rail carts outside factory. TLS/MS/CUs President of the United States THEODORE ROOSEVELT shaking hands, speaking to crowds at outdoor engagements.
Master 1779 - Tape 1 TLS line of white men greeting, meeting, shaking hands with U.S. President WOODROW WILSON. TLS/MSs white men and women signing papers, working in room with U.S. flag on wall in BG (these shots are anachronistic). MS U.S. President THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt) speaking at outdoor engagement.
William Howard Taft campaigning. Theodore Roosevelt riding in motorcade, campaigning. Woodrow Wilson on inauguration day. Inaugural procession. Woodrow Wilson on balcony wearing top hat. Taft & Wilson shake hands. Taft and Wilson get in carriage together. Inauguration. Parade. Girls waving American flags.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT seen speaking, mass crowds. Charles Evans Hughes with family, campaigning.
Title card "1904". CU Theodore Roosevelt, headline reading 'Theodore Roosevelt Elected' is superimposed over the president's face. LS pan of the St. Louis World's Fair, headline reading 'World's Fair Opens in St. Louis' is superimposed over the image. Headline reading 'San Francisco Hit By Earthquake and Fire'.
Theodore Roosevelt and wife. Teddy Roosevelt on horseback, standing in front of horse, petting. Theodore Roosevelt seen chopping down tree.
Robert Taft shaking many hands; Taft waving from open car. Teddy Roosevelt waving; cheering throng. Woodrow Wilson in car, top hat, (inauguration?). Wilson speaking. Various cavalry shots; troops pass in review.
Teddy Roosevelt orating. Charles Evans Hughes. Various TR (speaking, chatting, riding horses, chopping wood).
MS President Theodore Roosevelt, entourage in tow, doffing his top hat while walking through large outdoor crowd. TLS President Roosevelt speaking to crowd from podium. Cut to MSs President Roosevelt & various Christian clergymen meeting, speaking at outdoor function; nice MS President Roosevelt (in top hat) & elderly clergyman getting into open carriage (hubbub of men in straw boaters, bowlers, top hats pass by in FG).
THEODORE ROOSEVELT mounted on horse while on hunting expedition in Africa. Teddy riding horse through stream. TLS hippos in stream, racing from gunshots.
TLS local guides hoisting THEODORE ROOSEVELT on their shoulders, carrying him across a river.
Political Cartoon. MS of former President THEODORE ROOSEVELT standing on a platform laden with American flags and speaking to a crowd of folks. MS of Wilson at his desk, writing. Political Cartoon.
MS's of Bryan lounging at home with his grandson, then fishing in the ocean with him. More great MS's of Teddy Roosevelt speaking to crowds. CU of former Army Chief of Staff LEONARD WOOD. TR and Wood establish a citizen army in protest of Wilson's neutrality. Volunteer soldiers in training in New Jersey (marching, calistenics, tug of war, etc.). MS of women walking past a sign that reads WOMEN'S NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING CAMP. Political Cartoon.
1898: the sinking of the USS Maine and the start of the Spanish American War (includes good footage of Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders).
Theodore Roosevelt speaking to crowd. Troops marching. Mores shots of Teddy Rosevelt. CU of John Pershing.
DO NOT SELL Voiceover. The Innocent Years - Part Two. 1912 Campaign of Taft, Roosevelt & Wilson THEODORE ROOSEVELT returning to America: TLS steamship sailing in Hudson, MSs Teddy Roosevelt doffing hat from boat; MS TR and entourage in NYC, followed by shots of parade in his honor, cops pushing crowds back; Teddy takes to stage bedecked in American flags and streamers. Montage of Theodore Roosevelt campaigning for Progressive Bull Moose Party, 1912 (rides trains and cars, gives speeches, meets and greets voters). TLS steps of the Capitol Building, Ford Model T automobiles driving in FG (really nice shot). MSs WOODROW WILSON and WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT on Inauguration Day, 1913. They shake hands, get into car, drive to ceremony through very crowded streets. EST shots Wilson home in Princeton, New Jersey, MSs Woodrow Wilson shaking hands & talking w/ guests at a political function in his backyard. MSs Mr. Wilson meeting w/ aides & advisors. LS White House. MSs Mr. Wilson meeting with diplomats in office. Wilson sigining papers.
President Roosevelt and the Rough Riders (1903) - Spanish American War Scenes LS horsemen advancing across field towards camera. Leader appears to be Teddy Roosevelt, who gets off horse and moves quickly out of frame.
MS Theodore Roosevelt speaking from behind podium draped in the American flag. MS Signal Corps documents being perused, signed. LS early glider in flight, barely higher than the tree-line.
Wright Brothers, Wilbur - Le Mans, France (1908): MS men turning plane on the field. MS men spinning propellers. GV as launching derrick weight is released and the airplane begins to taxi. GV take off with Wilbur at the controls, small audience seen watching from the field. GV pan plane flying low, making a turn. Voisin-Delagrange Aircraft, France: MS/LS the box kite design biplane taxiing across field. GV Voisin-Delagrange plane in flight. Teddy Roosevelt Flying w/ Arch Hoxsey (Pilot) - Kinloch Field, St Louis (1910): MS biplane being looked over prior to flight by aviator Arch Hoxsey. LS plane taxiing across field. GV plane in flight. MS on the ground as Teddy Roosevelt shakes hands w/aviators & officials post flight. Turn of the Century, Early 1900's.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt) on campaign trail as the Bull - Moose party canidatee. Teddy Rosoevelt orating. Teddy Roosevelt wearing duster jacket, standing on stump & speaking at outdoor rally, wagging his finger. Teddy Roosevelt wearing business suit, speaking at outdoor rally, cops in BG smiling.
Theodore Roosevelt foremost militant American, as he was in 1908. Teddy Roosevelt dressed in white suit, speaking at a rally. When TR the Mighty went a-hunting in Africa. Teddy inspecting guns, riding horses through creeks, etc.
MCU Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt speaking to public.
Teddy Roosevelt (TR) speechifying to outdoor crowd.
Teddy Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt) preparing for WWI. Roosevelt with military officers.
Teddy Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt) giving speech on a platform with patriotic bunting. Panning across large crowd gathered to hear him speak.
Teddy Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt) greets press outside the White House.
WWI Patriotic parade. Teddy Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt) waves to the crowd.
Theodore Roosevelt walking up steps to front door of Sagamore Hill, New York, where he is greeted by his children. TLS/MSs of Teddy in a rowboat on lake.
Theodore Roosevelt at a social event; two women stand and talk on either side of him. Theodore Roosevelt standing and greeting a long, passing line of well-wishers outside house. Teddy Roosevelt in gallery, standing and doffing hat to woman.
Opening montage. Theodore Roosevelt speaking to large groups of people at outdoor rallies. Good crowd shots, as well; accompanied by a soundtrack of TR speaking to the Boys Progressive League in 1912: "The principles for which we stand are the principles of fair play and a square deal for every man and every woman in the United States. I wish to see you boys join the body and act in that body in the same way I'd expect any one of you in a football game. In other words, don't flinch, don't foul and hit the line hard."
Theodore Roosevelt walking toward camera, stopping, nodding, exiting. Theodore Roosevelt orating in public, smiling, waving hat. Teddy speaking in public. TR sitting in chair outside home at Sagamore Hill.
Jittery film (1897-98) of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt wearing black suit and bowler hat, walking towards the camera.
Theodore Roosevelt speaking at outdoor rally while campaigning for the office of Governor of New York, 1898.
Theodore Roosevelt riding a horse
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge walking along sidewalk with aides. Theodore Roosevelt standing in gazebo, smiling and doffing hat.
President William McKinley funeral procession in Buffalo, New York. Theodore Roosevelt with hat over heart.
Theodore Roosevelt in office and outside.
Theodore Roosevelt delivering fiery speech. TR getting into carriage, doffing top hat.
President Theodore Roosevelt and aides exiting building, getting into car. TR in motorcade, two American flags hanging from grill. Theodore Roosevelt making speech from patriotic gazebo in Denver. Teddy Roosevelt making speech from caboose of train. TR in motorcades, making speeches.
Inauguration Day, March 4, 1905. Large crowd gathered outside Capitol Building. Theodore Roosevelt in horse-drawn carriage during Inaugural parade.
Theodore Roosevelt mediates the Russo-Japanese War, meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. MSs TR talking with naval officer. MS Russian admiralty & diplomats walking along dock, ascending steps. Panning TLS crowd outside meeting house. TLS Russian diplomats in carriages on parade route through small town.
Theodore Roosevelt posing with USN sailors aboard ship. American battleships sailing, The Great White Fleet. Shaking hands with several naval admirals wearing queer hats and uniforms.
Theodore Roosevelt meeting with Columbian general.
President Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with white men.
William Howard Taft. William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt retires from politics and subsequent excursion to Africa. Teddy Roosevelt talking with officer aboard ship. Ship sailing. TR on horseback in Africa while natives carry his luggage. African tribal natives dancing in village. Teddy Roosevelt inspecting rifle.
Theodore Roosevelt in Europe, receiving accolades, touring the continent.
Theodore Roosevelt flanked by NYPD officers, walking street in New York City. Teddy Roosevelt sitting in rocking chair on grounds of Sagamore Hill. TR touring the country, shaking hands and riding in motorcades and speaking from caboose of train.
Theodore Roosevelt in rocking chair outside home, conferring with aides.
Theodore Roosevelt wearing sporty duster jacket, standing on stump and speaking at rally.
Theodore Roosevelt stroking his horse at Sagamore Hill. TR walking along beach. Teddy Roosevelt walking with troop of Boy Scouts. TR walking through field with rifle during duck hunting expedition. Teddy chopping down a tree with an axe.
Theodore Roosevelt travels to the River of Doubt in South America. Boat and horse excursion into uncharted jungle. Teddy Roosevelt firing a rifle from a boat on the river. Teddy and others posing with a dead leopard. TR staring into camera outside home.
Theodore Roosevelt speaking at outdoor rally as America's entrance into World War One nears.
Theodore Roosevelt walking towards camera, stopping, nodding, exiting.
Theodore Roosevelt exiting, talking with reporters, getting into car.
Panning LS crowd. Theodore Roosevelt speaking. Teddy Roosevelt inspecting and meeting US Army soldiers at an army barracks just as the war was breaking. Teddy addresses them from porch, followed by soldiers jubilantly waving their hats and rifles. Theodore Roosevelt watching enlisted troops pass by grandstand.
USN sailors marching in parade. Doughboys marching. Theodore Roosevelt wearing black armband.
Theodore Roosevelt funeral, 1919: funeral procession. American flag-draped coffin being carried up a snowy hill, led by a priest.
