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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Women in War Work Congress in Paris [1918] / [Mutual Film Corp.].

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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Mutual Film Corp., 1918.

SUMMARY
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. She also designed the uniforms worn by the women workers in the YMCA. Views of Mrs. Roosevelt entertaining women YMCA workers in the garden of the home of her aunt, Mrs. Alice Green Hoffman, in Paris. There are medium close shots of Mrs. Roosevelt, the woman not wearing a hat, as she stands among a group of women.

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Roosevelt Memorial Association lists dates in title as 1917-1918.

Mutual Film Corp. produced and released Screen telegram from Mar.-Nov., 1918.

Appearing: Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Duration: 0:34 at 20 fps.

Roosevelt Memorial Association number: RMA 315-04-05.

MAVIS 13085; Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attends Women in War Work Congress in Paris [1918].

Sources used: Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler Alexander, "Day before yesterday," 1959:76-118; P&P portrait file; United States National Archives and Records Service Audiovisual Archives Division; United States War Dept. General Staff; Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs taken by the Signal Corps. 1919:226; Motion Picture World, v. 38.2, p. 988.

National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association; RMA purchased from International Newsreel Company; Flash title.

Received: May 1976 from LC film lab; viewing print, dupe neg; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.

SUBJECTS
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Young Men's Christian associations.
World War, 1914-1918--Women.
Paris (France)--History--1914-1918.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Documentary films.
Newsreels.

RELATED NAMES
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
Mutual Film Corporation.
International Newsreel Corporation.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 film reel (40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
1 film reel (40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.

CALL NUMBER
FEA 7304 (viewing print)
FPB 7601 (dupe neg)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
trmp 4088 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4088

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