Biography of Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt, TR)
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.
Excellent montage regarding the construction of the Panama Canal. Traveling shot along rails at site.
Capitol dome, Washington DC
Theodore Roosevelt meeting with Columbian general.
Reenactment footage of revolution in Panama City (riots, cavalry trying to restore order, chaos).
American battleships
American steam shovels and trains arriving, construction under way. Two biologists working on disease cures in field. Locals digging sanitation ditch. Boats in canal during construction, dirt being dug and moved. The canal on opening day, locks opening and boat passing through Panama Canal.
DO NOT USE Political Cartoons. Teddy attacks the trusts and monopolies (the big stick campaign). Political cartoons depicting monolithic trusts and fat cats and big wigs, TR regulating them.