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Film, Video President Roosevelt and the Rough Riders Title in American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue [MI]: Col. Theodore Roosevelt and officers of his staff / Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 2 [MI]: Col. Theodore Roosevelt and staff / Title in Biograph production log: Col. Roosevelt and staff, Camp Wikoff

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Title

  • President Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Other Title

  • Title in American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue [MI]: Col. Theodore Roosevelt and officers of his staff
  • Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 2 [MI]: Col. Theodore Roosevelt and staff
  • Title in Biograph production log: Col. Roosevelt and staff, Camp Wikoff

Summary

  • "This picture shows Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by Lieut. Greenway and other prominent officers of the Rough Riders, galloping up to his headquarters, where he dismounts and walks into his tent. This view was taken in the camp with the Rough Riders, and is an excellent picture of Col. Roosevelt in the environment he loves so well"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Names

  • American Mutoscope Company
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope Company, [1898]

Headings

  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919
  • -  Greenway, John Campbell,--1872-1926
  • -  United States.--Army.--Volunteer Cavalry, 1st
  • -  Military camps--New York (State)--Montauk Point
  • -  Spanish-American War, 1898
  • -  Camp Wikoff (N.Y.)

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H27385 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 22Jan1903; H27385.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:28 at 16 fps.
  • -  Probable release date from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.
  • -  Biograph production no. 771.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0469) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 257; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902, p. 107 [MI]; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 206; Biograph production log.
  • -  Filmed around September,1898 in Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point, Long Island.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9297 to FZA 2700.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3483 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2878 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0764 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2700 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1599 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0571J (paper pos)
  • Box 5508C (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98500682

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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