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Film, Video TR in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with boat to shore, 1914 Archie assists with boat to shore, 1914 / Theodore Roosevelt in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with boat to shore, 1914

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About this Item

Title

  • TR in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with boat to shore, 1914

Other Title

  • Archie assists with boat to shore, 1914
  • Theodore Roosevelt in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with boat to shore, 1914

Summary

  • On Oyster Bay, Theodore Roosevelt rows alone away from shore. In the second sequence, his son Archie and an unidentified boy beach the boat as Theodore Roosevelt looks on.

Names

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
  • Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), Sr., 1894-1979
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, [1914 or 1915].

Headings

  • -  Boats and boating--New York (State)--Oyster Bay
  • -  Oyster Bay (N.Y. : Bay)

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Originally part of the newsreel series, Hearst-Selig news pictorial, according to the Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection catalog, p. 126.
  • -  Since Hearst-Selig News Pictorial was produced between Feb. 1914 and Dec. 1915, possible release dates are 1914 or 1915.
  • -  Duration: 0:30 at 18 fps.
  • -  MAVIS 13081.
  • -  Sources used: The Moving picture world, v. 19, no. 10, 1914, p. 1263, v. 26, no. 11, 1915, p. 1802, and v. 26, no. 14, 1915, p. 2352.
  • -  Appearing: President Theodore Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt.
  • -  Received: 5/1968 from USDA lab; viewing print and dupe neg; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.
  • -  Received: 1967; transferred to LC from NPS, NPS acquired from RMA, RMA purchased from International Newsreel Company; transferred to safety from LC nitrate at USDA lab: 5/1968.

Medium

  • 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 14 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print.
  • 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 14 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 0878 (viewing print)
  • FRA 5865 (dupe neg)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp76000103

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Roosevelt, Theodore, Archibald B Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. TR in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with boat to shore. [United States: Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, or 1915, 1914] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mp76000103/.

APA citation style:

Roosevelt, T., Roosevelt, A. B. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1914) TR in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with boat to shore. [United States: Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, or 1915] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mp76000103/.

MLA citation style:

Roosevelt, Theodore, Archibald B Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. TR in a rowboat on Oyster Bay, Archie assists with boat to shore. [United States: Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, or 1915, 1914] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mp76000103/>.