This Is The Most Complete Collection Of Documentary Film Clips About Teddy Roosevelt Ever Assembled On DVD!  These Fully Restored News Clips Are Contained On An Exclusive 2-DVD Set That Is Destined To Become A One-Of-A-Kind Collectible!
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History of US Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt - The Last Battles is a 2-DVD set that provides a closer look at the man who brought new excitement and power to the American Presidency. Today we are used to seeing our presidents on film and television on a regular basis. Before Roosevelt, however, most people only learned of the president through newspaper and magazine articles. This is your chance to see the first examples of a president performing for the public through the magic of moving pictures!
"Thanks again for many happy and informative hours on my computer. I will be telling all history buffs I know about your products!" Normand Roy, Harrisville, RI (normandcommander@aol.com) Your Collection Cannot Be Complete Without These Historic DVDs!  This Unique Collection Shows You Exactly How Teddy Roosevelt Wrapped Up His Last Year As President And Then Continued A Life Of Service To His Country Until His Death!
"What a great deal with a professional seller!!!!!!!! I’m impressed and I’ll be back!!!!!! Great packing guys...everything arrived A OKAY!!!!!!!" Gayle Ambler, Rochester, WA These classic newsreel clips capture Theodore Roosevelt actively involved in his presidential duties during his last year, and then follows him through his famous trip through Western Europe, where he attended King Edward’s funeral. These disks also include the first film footage ever taken of Teddy at Sagamore Hill in the summer of 1912. Finally, you will witness images of the great Rough Rider’s funeral procession and gravestone. Here is a track by track listing of exactly what you will receive: Roosevelt in San Francisco, 1903 This film, shot while Roosevelt was still president, shows crowds of people waiting to see the great man as his carriage moves down the street. You will be able to see the dawning of the celebrity culture of the presidency!
Producer: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Sponsor: N/A Year: 1903 Length: 00:02:06 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
President reviewing school children In this clip you will watch as President Roosevelt reviewed the school children of San Francisco on Wednesday, May 13, 1903. An estimated 40,000 school children congregated along both sides of Van Ness Avenue, west of the downtown area, for the triumphant parade. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1903 Length: 00:02:39 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
Over Route Of Roosevelt Parade In An Automobile At the turn of the century it was very important for politicians to make dozens of political appearances across the land. In this film, you will see a typical presidential parade as Roosevelt drives by thousands of adoring supporters on Tuesday, May 12, 1903. The film was shot from about 2:10pm to 2:15pm (shortly before the 3pm parade), and shows street and building decorations and excited crowds. Producer: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Sponsor:N/A Year: 1903 Length: 00:03:25 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE

Pres. Roosevelt’s Fourth of July Oration In this clip, President Theodore Roosevelt eats and then speaks to crowds who have gathered to listen to him address the nation on the national holiday. From another camera position, the crowd bids him goodbye as Roosevelt and his party enter a horse-drawn carriage. Producer: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Sponsor: N/A Year: 1910 Length: 00:02:56 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
Judge Alton B. Parker & Mayor McClellan At Esopus From three camera positions, the Democratic presidential candidate, Judge Parker, bids farewell on the wharf at Esopus to Mayor McClellan and other important Democrats. Producer: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Sponsor: N/A Year: 1904 Length: 00:00:59 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
The Sculptor’s Nightmare This is an odd film and shows how experimental the new medium of film was. It is a work of fiction. At a political club, the members contemplate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each member goes to a sculptor’s studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of their personal favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their fees on a dinner with his model, during which he becomes so drunk that he is taken to jail! Producer: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Sponsor: N/A Year: 1908 Length: 00:11:16 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE <
Cartoon -- Roosevelt’s Arrival In Africa This film shows an animated caricature of native animals’ attitude towards Roosevelt’s arrival in Africa. Because Teddy was an avid hunter, the native beasts are not happy to see him! There is a scene of a huge tree filled with frightened animals. At one point a monkey on the ground stares over a cliff and then starts jumping up and down, as Teddy appears over the rim of the cliff, gun in his hand. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1909 Length: 00:00:23 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
King Edward’s funeral, 1910 [2] Shot after Roosevelt had left the presidency, this news reel shows scenes of the ceremonial funeral procession of King Edward VII (1901-1910) passing through the streets of London on May 20, 1910. It includes views of the casket, heads of state, the royal carriage, and various marching military units. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1910 Length: 00:06:51 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE ![King Edward’s funeral, 1910 [2]](/images/a2zcds/lastbattle_8.jpg)
TR in Norway and Denmark, 1910 [1] While returning from Africa in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt visited many European countries, including Denmark (May 2-3), and Norway (May 4-6). Roosevelt, King Haakon, Edith Roosevelt, Queen Maud, Ethel Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, and other historical figures can be seen entering carriages outside the railroad station in Oslo, Norway. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1910 Length: 00:07:49 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
Roosevelt’s Return To New York, 1910 [1] On June 18, 1910, Roosevelt returned to New York City after a fifteen-month tour abroad, where he traveled through Africa and Western Europe. During this classic newsreel clip an elaborate city celebration is seen, drawing a million people, to celebrate the former president’s homecoming. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1910 Length: 00:07:52 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE ![Roosevelt’s Return To New York, 1910 [1]](/images/a2zcds/lastbattle_10.jpg)
Cartoon of Roosevelt’s Reception By Crowned Heads Of Europe The film shows is an animated cartoon of Roosevelt’s reception in Europe during his 1910 tour. You will see sequences of crowned heads of Europe sitting in an open automobile, labeled "Europe" on a pier. Roosevelt, carrying his famous "big stick", is in the bow of a ship that approaches the pier as the crowned heads wave. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1910 Length: 00:00:10 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
Scenes of Roosevelt Dam This newsreel clip includes scenic views of the Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River in Arizona. Shots include a rocky hill above the dam, water rushing through portions of the dam, and a car being driven on road across the dam. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1911 Length: 00:00:54 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
A Visit To Theodore Roosevelt At His Home At Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I., 1912 This is the first film footage ever taken of Roosevelt at his Sagamore Hill home, in the summer of 1912. You are treated to views of the house and surrounding grounds. Later Roosevelt reviews his mail, assisted by his son Archie. There is also a scene of William P. Helm, Associated Press correspondent for New York City and Washington (1910- 1918), talking with the former president. Producer: Pathé Frères Sponsor: N/A Year: 1912 Length: 00:08:14 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
Scenes Of TR At Sagamore Hill, 1912 The next clip includes additional footage taken of Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill in the summer of 1912. You will see the ex-president on his horse, Sidar, as he shakes hands with William P. Helm. Producer: Pathé Frères Sponsor: N/A Year: 1912 Length: 00:02:15 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
TR In A Rowboat On Oyster Bay, 1914 Now you get to see the former president on Oyster Bay, Long Island. Watch as Roosevelt rows alone away from shore. In the second sequence, his son Archie and an unidentified boy bring the boat ashore as Roosevelt looks on. Producer: Hearst-Selig News Pictorial Sponsor: N/A Year: 1914 Length: 00:00:33 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
TR Seated At His Desk In The Outlook Office 1914 During this clip, Roosevelt works at his desk in the New York City office of The Outlook, a small but powerful weekly opinion journal where he became a special contributing editor early in 1909. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1914 Length: 00:00:20 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
TR In Louisiana, 1915 Now we see Roosevelt walking on the beach in the Deep South. There are images of him standing near bushes on an island, and staring at a flock of native birds. This film was photographed by Herbert K. Job of the National Audubon Society, while he was on an expedition to bird sanctuary islands off the Louisiana coast in June 1915. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1915 Length: 00:00:23 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
TR speaking At Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] [1] The next track gives us three sequences of Roosevelt addressing groups from the porch at his Sagamore Hill home. It includes a shot of Roosevelt speaking to a group of people on Sept. 8, 1917 at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1916 Length: 00:01:36 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE ![TR speaking At Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] [1]](/images/a2zcds/lastbattle_18.jpg)
TR Attends His Son’s Wedding At Boston, 1917 On April 14, 1917, Archie Roosevelt married Grace S. Lockwood at the Emmanuel Church in Boston, Massachusetts. This film documents the wedding day and includes a side view of Roosevelt entering an automobile with two women, including his wife, Edith. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1917 Length: 00:00:50 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
TR Calls On Neighbors At Christmas, 1917 This clip opens with a scene of a man, woman, and two children carrying presents to a house in Oyster Bay, N.Y. Roosevelt can then be seen carrying a present to the house as well. The final scene is of the former president talking with group of people while a small girl peeks out of the door. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1917 Length: 00:00:37 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Attends Women In War Work Congress in Paris [1918] During World War I, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. worked for the YMCA in France running canteens, clubs, and leave centers for soldiers, and teaching French. This film documents her experience and includes shots of her designing the uniforms worn by the female workers in the YMCA. Producer: Mutual Film Corp. Sponsor: N/A Year: 1918 Length: 00:00:37 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE ![Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Attends Women In War Work
Congress in Paris [1918]](/images/a2zcds/lastbattle_21.jpg)
Roosevelt On Fifth Avenue, New York, Near St. Patrick’s Cathedral After Attending Mayor Mitchel’s Funeral Teddy was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of former New York City Mayor John P. Mitchel on July 11, 1918, and this film documents Roosevelt appearing with other funeral participants on Fifth Avenue, NYC. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1918 Length: 00:00:18 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
Roosevelt’s Funeral At Oyster Bay, 1919 This sobering film shows views of Christ Episcopal Church during Roosevelt’s funeral procession, and shots at Young’s Memorial Cemetery on January 8, 1919, in Oyster Bay, N.Y. There is a great shot of specially delegated New York City mounted police guards, followed by the hearse passing in front of church. There is also a long shot of the church entrance, including a flag-draped casket being placed in the hearse. Producer: Universal Film Manufacturing Co. Sponsor: N/A Year: 1919 Length: 00:02:48 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE  King Albert of Belgium Visits Roosevelt’s Grave, October, 1919 The film shows King Albert visiting Theodore Roosevelt’s grave in Young’s Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay. The king is accompanied by his son Prince Leopold, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and several dignitaries. Producer: Fox Film Corp. Sponsor: N/A Year: 1919 Length: 00:00:48 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
RMA Flag Service On The Steps Of New York Public Library, 1919 On October 27, 1919 the Roosevelt memorial flag, which had been carried across New York State in the fallen president’s honor, was brought to rest at his grave in Young’s Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY. This film includes a shot of Samuel Abbott, originator of the memorial flag, placing the cloth on Roosevelt’s grave. Producer: Kinogram Pub. Corp. Sponsor: N/A Year: 1919 Length: 00:02:01 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
The Prince of Wales Visits Roosevelt’s Grave In the summer of 1919, Edward Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, embarked on a tour of North America. After touring Canada for several months, the Prince decided to spend several days in the United States and spent time at Roosevelt’s grave – which is captured on this newsreel. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1919 Length: 00:00:28 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
Close-Up Of Roosevelt’s Grave, 1920 This short film is a close shot of Roosevelt’s gravestone at Young’s Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY. The birth and death dates of Roosevelt and the birth date of his wife, Edith, are visible.. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: 1920 Length: 00:00:11 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
Flag services for TR at Oyster Bay, October 1919 This film shows another portion of the dramatic service on October 27, 1919 when the Roosevelt memorial flag is brought to rest at his grave in Young’s Memorial Cemetery. There is a view of two young girls and a boy placing a flower bouquet and flag through a fence surrounding Roosevelt’s grave. Producer: Kinogram Pub. Corp. Sponsor: N/A Year: 1920 Length: 00:01:13 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
Leonard Wood Lays Cornerstone Of Roosevelt House, 1921 On Jan. 6, 1921, the restoration of Roosevelt’s birthplace by the Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Association was officially begun with the laying of the Roosevelt House cornerstone, which is seen in this film. Producer: Pathe News Sponsor: N/A Year: 1921 Length: 00:00:30 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
Roosevelt, Friend Of The Birds [1] This film is a narrative of the Rough Rider’s role in bird preservation, and includes footage taken on his visit under the auspices of the National Audubon Society to bird sanctuaries off the coast of Louisiana in June 1915. The mating habits and domestic life of snowy egrets and their plunder by hunters are dramatized. Scenes of egrets’ nests and the hunt, kill, and plucking of birds serve as the prologue to the depiction of Teddy as bird preservationist. Producer: Roosevelt Memorial Association Film Library Sponsor: N/A Year: 1924 Length: 00:14:52 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE ![Roosevelt, Friend Of The Birds [1]](/images/a2zcds/lastbattle_30.jpg)
The River of Doubt [2] This film includes Roosevelt Memorial Association compilation footage from the former president’s 1913-1914 trip to South America. On the trip he combined a series of lectures with an expedition to the Amazon Valley of Brazil to collect zoological specimens. Producer: Roosevelt Film Library Sponsor: N/A Year: 1928 Length: 00:29:33 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE
Theodore Roosevelt In this early film Roosevelt, in formal dress, walks down the steps of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. and walks toward the stationary camera. The south portico of the White House is visible through trees in background. Producer: American Mutoscope Co. Sponsor: N/A Year: N/A Length: 00:00:18 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE 
TR With Rough Rider Friends The final clip on this collection includes scenes of Roosevelt in a western setting. The man on Roosevelt’s immediate left appears to be Albert B. Fall, Senator from New Mexico (1913-1921). There are also four unidentified men, two wearing western hats, who may be Rough Riders. Producer: N/A Sponsor: N/A Year: N/A Length: 00:00:30 Audio: Silent Color: BLACK & WHITE Running Time: DVD One: 52 Minutes DVD Two: 60 Mintues There is no risk when you order the History of US Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt – The Last Battles 2-DVD set today! We can make this offer because we know you will love these amazing DVDs! When you order History of Us Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt – The Last Battles 2-DVD set you will be entertained, amazed and informed by this incredible historic footage. There is no risk when you order. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Order today and bask in American history!
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