Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944 camera American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) moving image motion picture two-dimensional moving image Actualities (Motion pictures) Compilation films. Silent films. Short films. Nonfiction films. xxu 1907 monographic United States American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. 1907?] 19070426 19070610 eng

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1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 8 min.) : si., b&w viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (272 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (272 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, in April and June, 1907, participating in Jamestown's tercentennial celebration on April 26, its opening day, and later on Georgia Day, June 10. From an awning-covered platform, TR appears speaking to large crowd on Lee Parade Ground. Frederick Dent Grant, son of the former President, is visible beside him on the stand. At the Lee Parade Ground he reviews West Point Cadets and other military units. Naval and military officials of thirty-seven participating nations pass before the camera. TR appears with family members disembarking from a launch at Discovery Landing, official docking area of the Exposition. [President Roosevelt speaking to a large crowd]. -- United States regulars reviewed by President Roosevelt. -- Naval and military representatives of thirty-seven nations. -- President Roosevelt opening the Exposition. -- Georgia Day at the Jamestown Exposition, June 10, 1907. -- West Point cadets reviewed by President Roosevelt. -- Opening Day, Jamestown Exposition, April 26, 1907. -- President Roosevelt and family arriving at Discovery Landing. Restricted: video file availabe on-site only. Access by appointment. American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. Copyright notice on film: copyrighted 1907 by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Beginning and end titles lacking. DLC Includes parts of the films, Opening day, Jamestown Exposition, and Georgia Day at the Jamestown Exposition, June 10, 1907. May include additional footage. Scenes are not in chronological order, and there are jumps in continuity. DLC Paperwork in the Theodore Roosevelt Association acquisition file notes that several scenes were removed and used in the film entitled, President Roosevelt, 1901-1909; confirmed by viewing film. DLC Probably includes parts of Biograph production no. 3302, no. 3314, and no. 3331. LC also holds the film, Opening day, Jamestown Exposition in the Paper Print Collection. DLC Video file viewed for content and continuity. Sources used: The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 31-32; Moving picture world, v. 1, p. 158; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 231; Scenes at the Jamestown Exposition (Jamestown Official Photograph Corporation,1907); LC Prints and Photographs Division stereographs of the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Va., 1907, lot 2832 and lot 2836; Niver K. Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 244; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1901, p. 539; Biograph production logs, v. 2, p. 86-89, 92-93. Camera, G.W. Bitzer. Photographed in Norfolk, Virginia, April 26, 1907 and June 10, 1907. The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986. n-us-va Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) Exhibitions Virginia Norfolk Parades Virginia Norfolk Jamestown (Va.) Anniversaries, etc Jamestown (Va.) Centennial celebrations, etc FAB 0842 (viewing print) FRA 5846 (dupe neg pic) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00013541 AVCMS (DLC) 13541 mp 76000116 hdl:loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00013541 aacr amim DLC 760806 20250606173601.2 11510397 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)