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Film, Video TR at Baltimore [1918] ; TR at Sagamore [Hill, 1918] TR at Sagamore Hill, 1918 / Theodore Roosevelt at Baltimore, 1918 / Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1918 / Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR at Baltimore; TR at Sagamore, 1917

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Title

  • TR at Baltimore [1918] ; TR at Sagamore [Hill, 1918]

Other Title

  • TR at Sagamore Hill, 1918
  • Theodore Roosevelt at Baltimore, 1918
  • Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1918
  • Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR at Baltimore; TR at Sagamore, 1917

Summary

  • Sequences of TR speaking on two occasions: on Sept. 28, 1918, he addresses crowds in Baltimore in support of the fourth Liberty Loan; at Sagamore Hill on April 2, 1918, he encourages workers for the third Liberty Loan. At Oriole Park in Baltimore TR, wearing a mourning armband for his son, Quentin, helps open the fourth Liberty Loan campaign. Views of TR and man who appears to be Phillips L. Goldsborough, chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee for Maryland and former Maryland Governor (1912-1916), walking across Oriole field with other officials; TR stops and speaks with Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, whose back is to camera; beside flag-decorated table TR speaks to packed stadium, with man who appears to be current Maryland Governor, Emerson C. Harrington, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston (who had been the wife of former President Grover Cleveland), and Dr. Thomas J. Preston among notables on platform; close-up of TR as he vigorously delivers address. At Sagamore Hill, with reporters behind him, TR addresses Liberty Loan workers from the New York District on Apr. 2, 1918.

Names

  • Roosevelt Memorial Association, former owner
  • Société française des films et cinématographes Eclair, former owner
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [United States : s.n., 1918].

Headings

  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919
  • -  Goldsborough, Phillips Lee,--1865-1946
  • -  Gibbons, James,--1834-1921
  • -  Harrington, Emerson C.,--1864-1945
  • -  Cleveland, Frances Folsom,--1864-1947
  • -  Preston, Thomas J.,--1862-1955
  • -  Oriole Park (Baltimore, Md. : 1914-1944)
  • -  Liberty bonds--Maryland--Baltimore
  • -  Liberty bonds--New York (State)--New York
  • -  Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)

Genre

  • Filmed speeches
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Variant Roosevelt Memorial Association title from list in Theodore Roosevelt Association acquisition file.
  • -  Duration: 0:55 at 18 fps.
  • -  Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory number RMA 321-03-01.
  • -  Sources used: Baltimore American, September 28, 1918, p. 8; The Evening sun, Baltimore, September 28, 1918, p. 1; LC Prints & Photographs Division portrait file; Harvard University Library's Theodore Roosevelt Collection; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 110-111.
  • -  Appearing: Theodore Roosevelt, James Gibbons, Phillips L. Goldsborough, Emerson C. Harrington, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Dr. Thomas J. Preston.
  • -  Photographed on April 2, 1918 at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York, and on September 28, 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • -  Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owners: Roosevelt Memorial Association; Eclair, Paris France.
  • -  The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 56 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 0950 (viewing print)
  • FRA 5912 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPB 7346 (dupe neg pic)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp76000164

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, Former Owner Société Française Des Films Et Cinématographes Eclair, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. TR at Baltimore; TR at Sagamore Hill. [United States: s.n, 1918] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mp76000164/.

APA citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, F. O., Société Française Des Films Et Cinématographes Eclair, F. O. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1918) TR at Baltimore; TR at Sagamore Hill. [United States: s.n] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mp76000164/.

MLA citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, Former Owner Société Française Des Films Et Cinématographes Eclair, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. TR at Baltimore; TR at Sagamore Hill. [United States: s.n, 1918] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mp76000164/>.