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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920
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SUMMARY
On August 20, 1913, TR, numerous visitors, and Hopi Indians observe the performance of the ritual Hopi snake-dance at Walpi, Arizona, on the Hopi Reservation. TR was on a journey through the Southwest with his sons Archie and Quentin, and a young cousin, Nicholas Roosevelt. Crowds, seated and standing, are scattered over adobe dwellings watching the ceremony. The snake-dance takes place around a rough column of rock, with Hopis, in native dress and carrying snakes in their hands and mouths, circling the rock. Close shot of TR, seated and apparently awaiting the beginning of the ritual. Brief shot of Arizona landscape.
NOTES
Copyright: no reg.
Duration: 3:48 at 17 fps.
RMA lists location in title as Albuquerque, NM.
Some footage of film jumps vertically, film appears to be out of sequence.
Appearing: TR's sons Archie and Quentin, Nicholas Roosevelt.
Source used: The Theodore Roosvelt Association film collection catalog.
National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association (RMA). RMA copied from print loaned by Reclamation Service.
Received: 5/1968 from USDA lab; ref print, dupe neg, copy 1 and 2, arch pos.; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.
Received: 8/15/1995 from Bono film lab; ref print (copy 2); preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.
Received: 1967; transferred to LC from NPS, NPS acquired from RMA, RMA copied from print loaned by Reclamation Service; film jumps vertically from ca. 84' to 90', film appears to be out of sequence; transferred to safety from LC nitrate at USDA lab: 5/1968.
SUBJECTS
Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi.
Hopi dance--Arizona--Walpi.
Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz).
RELATED NAMES
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print (copy 2)
1 reel of 1 (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg.
1 reel of 1 (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. arch pos.
CALL NUMBER
FAB 1134 (ref print)
FAB 7615 (ref print, copy 2)
FRA 6075 (dupe neg)
FRA 5714 (arch pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
trmp 4121 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4121
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