BIBFRAME Work

Title

Theodore Roosevelt in the great war [3]

Type

• Moving Image
• Monograph

Contribution

• Gentry, Caroline (Director) (contributor)
• Roosevelt Memorial Association (contributor)
• Manning, Mae, editor (contributor)
• Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) (contributor)
• Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library (contributor)

Subject

• Camp Grant
• Rockford, Ill
• New York (City)
• Baltimore
• Baltimore. Oriole Park.
• Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
• Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 (LCNAF)
• Mineola, N.Y.
• United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces (LCNAF)
• World War, 1914-1918--Finance (LCSH)
• New York (City). Liberty's Altar.
• San Francisco
• St. Paul.
• Billings, Mont
• United States. President, 1913-1921 (Wilson)
• Preparedness
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Family.
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Funeral and memorial services.
• Wood, Leonard
• World War, 1914-1918 (LCSH)
• Plattsburgh, N.Y.
• Washington, D.C.
• Oyster Bay, N.Y.
• Plattsburgh Barracks
• Washington, D.C. White House
• Roosevelt, Quentin
• Mitchel, John P.
• Forest Hills, N.Y.
• New York (City)--Plazas--Madison Square
• United States. Army. 95th Aero Squadron.
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Quotations.
• Hughes, Charles Evans
• United States. Laws, statutes, etc. Liberty loan acts.
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (LCNAF)

Genre Form

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

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: FAB1468 (print); (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• LCC: FRA6199 (arch pos) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

Content

• two-dimensional moving image

Summary

TR's beliefs and activities before and during WWI are presented. First ca. 49 ft. are out of sequence. Quotations and various scenes depict the beginning of the war in Europe and entry of the United States; views of President Woodrow Wilson signing the declaration of war. TR visits Gen. Leonard Wood at the Plattsburg camp. Urging active involvement in the war effort and supporting the Liberty Loan, TR makes many speeches and appearances: on July 4, 1917 he addresses crowd at Forest Hills Gardens; talking with reporters, TR is at the White House after Pres. Wilson rejects his offer to lead a division in France; crowds at the Altar of Liberty in Madison Square; TR speaks at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco on July 21, 1915; TR parades through crowded Billings, Mont. street; on Sept. 26, 1917 TR addresses soldiers at Camp Grant in Rockford, Ill.; reviewing the Sept. 4, 1917 parade of men drafted into the new National Army in New York City are TR, Mayor John P. Mitchel, and Charles Evans Hughes, among other officials and military leaders. Several sequences represent the mobilization of U.S. forces. Shots of TR delivering a Memorial Day address in 1917 at Mineola, N.Y. Views of an infantry unit and Quentin Roosevelt and his 95th Aero Squadron represent TR's sons' war involvement. TR speaks at the opening of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign at Oriole Baseball Park, Sept. 28, 1918. At a factory, possibly located in St. Paul, Minn., TR speaks to workers. Views of soldiers and civilians celebrating the surrender of Germany. Final views of TR's burial in Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay Jan. 8, 1919.

Authorized Access Point

Theodore Roosevelt in the great war [3]

Moving image technique

• live action

Geographic Coverage

• New York (State)

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:07.177892+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 11510571

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