BIBFRAME Work

Title

General Nivelle visits TR's grave [1921]

Type

• Monograph
• Moving Image

Contribution

• Pathe
• Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) (contributor)

Subject

• Nivelle, Robert G.
• Memorial rites and ceremonies
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Tomb.
• Youngs Memorial Cemetery
• Buckey, Mervyn C.
• Azan, Paul, 1874-1951 (LCNAF)
• Oyster Bay, N.Y.

Genre Form

• Motion pictures (LCGFT)
• Nonfiction films (LCGFT)
• Silent films (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: FRA5898 (neg) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• LCC: FAB870 (print); (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• two-dimensional moving image

Summary

General Robert George Nivelle, hero of Verdun and former Commander in Chief of the French Army, represented his country at the National Mayflower Tercentenary celebration held in American cities during the month of November, 1920. He toured the U.S. and on Jan. 2, 1921, he laid a wreath on TR's grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery. In film Gen. Nivelle, his aid Col. Paul J. Azan, an American officer who may be Col. Mervyn C. Buckey, and other unidentified people walk up the hill to the gravesite. Gen. Nivelle places a wreath upon the grave and camera moves in for a close-up view of the tomb and wreath.

Authorized Access Point

General Nivelle visits TR's grave [1921]

Moving image technique

• live action

Geographic Coverage

• New York (State)

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:25.917005+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 11510457

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc