Focus on 1900-1909
Focus on 1900-1909: Parisian Life
Shots of Paris streets, summer of 1900: well-dressed pedestrians walking about, horse-drawn carriages passing by, people walking by the base of the Eiffel Tower. Tilting LS of the Eiffel Tower. POV shot elevator ride up Eiffel Tower, looking out at Paris, girders passing in FG.
Focus on 1900-1909: Pan-American Exposition
The 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. POV (subjective) shot gondola ride along Venetian-styled canals winding through the Expo
Focus on 1900-1909: President McKinley
MSs President McKinley and entourage sitting in parade stand, watching soldiers pass by; MS McKinley standing at barrister, nodding to crowd; great panning MS crowd of hats at public reception at the Temple of Music. Cut to MSs heavily adorned coffin of President McKinley being unloaded from train, carried away, MS Theodore Roosevelt saluting the casket, hat to heart, MS casket being loaded into carriage, TLS horse-drawn carriage (funeral train) departing.
Focus on 1900-1909: Teddy Roosevelt
TLS Teddy Roosevelt standing in moving horse-drawn carriage in New York City, waving to crowd, NYC policemen walking beside.
Focus on 1900-1909: Teddy Roosevelt
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).
Focus on 1900-1909: Teddy Roosevelt
MS President Theodore Roosevelt meeting with naval admiralty aboard his presidential yacht, the Mayflower. The Great White Fleet. Cut to MSs uniformed American sailors rowing boats flying American flags in harbor, walking aboard naval vessel with oblong white sacks; funny MS sailors stripped to skivvies leaping into water from mast.
Focus on 1900-1909: Rough Riders
MS uniformed & mounted Rough Riders riding through streets of Panama, 1906. TLS President Roosevelt-in formal wear-- at ceremony in pre-canal Panama, Rough Riders in FG.