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TR's funeral at Oyster Bay, 1919 / [Universal Film Manufacturing Co.].

Format Electronic and Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoUnited States : Universal Film Manufacturing Co., 1919.
Description1 online resource (2 min.).
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;782550
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorMarch, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955.
Other author/creatorMarshall, Thomas R. (Thomas Riley), 1854-1925.
Other author/creatorRoosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), Sr., 1894-1979
Other author/creatorStraus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926.
Other author/creatorTalmadge, George E.
Other author/creatorWinslow, Cameron McRae, 1854-1932.
Other author/creatorWood, Leonard, 1860-1927.
Other author/creatorUniversal Film Manufacturing Company.
Variant title Theodore Roosevelt's funeral at Oyster Bay, 1919
Series Theodore Roosevelt
Abstract Views of Christ Episcopal Church, the funeral procession, and Youngs Memorial Cemetery during the funeral of Theodore Roosevelt on January 8, 1919, in Oyster Bay, N.Y. Medium close shot of specially delegated New York City mounted police guards, followed by hearse, passing on road in front of church; long shot at church entrance of flag-draped casket being placed in hearse, with line of funeral procession autos parked behind, and crowds on church lawn; closer shot from different angle of casket as it is borne through church entrance to hearse, with flag-bearer following behind, and Rev. George E. Talmadge, pastor of Christ Episcopal Church and reader at the simple service, visible in street beside hearse; long shot in cemetery of casket being shouldered and carried up steep pathway to grave site, preceded by Rev. Talmadge and followed by TR's son, Archie Roosevelt, in uniform, and other family members; close shot at what appears to be train station of the following men in attendance at the funeral: General Peyton C. March, Army Chief of Staff; Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall (1913-1921), official representative of the U.S. Government at the funeral; and Rear Admiral Cameron M. Winslow; close shots in crowd at cemetery of TR's friend, Major-General Leonard Wood; and Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor in TR's Cabinet (1906-1909).
General noteCopyright: no reg.
General noteOriginal duration: 2:05 at 16 fps.
General noteOriginally part of the newsreel series, Universal current events, according to the Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection catalog, p. 153.
General noteSources used: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division portrait and stereo files.
General notePreviously published as DVD.

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