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TR speaking in Panama, November 1906 / [production company unknown].

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Theodore Roosevelt speaking in Panama, November 1906

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : [s.n.], 1906.

SUMMARY
TR became the first President in office to visit a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama Canal. On November 15, 1906, there are views of TR and Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President of Panama, and two unidentified men arriving and standing on a platform on the steps of the Cathedral in Panama City; medium shot of two women arriving at the ceremony, woman on the right may be Edith Roosevelt; long shot of President Amador Guerrero delivering welcoming address as dignitaries look on; TR then speaks.

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Appearing: President Theodore Roosevelt, President Amador Guerrero, Edith Roosevelt.

Duration: 2:29 at 14 fps.

Sources used: Washington post. 11/16/06:1; New York tribune. 11/16/06:1; United States. President, 1901-1909 (Roosevelt). Special message of the President of the United States concerning the Panama Canal. 1906.

National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association. Gift to RMA from Paramount.

Received: 6/1976 from LC film lab; ref print, dupe neg; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.

Received: 1967; transferred to LC from NPS, NPS acquired from RMA, gift to RMA from Paramount; transferred to safety from LC nitrate at LC lab: 6/1976.

SUBJECTS
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919.
Amador Guerrero, Manuel,--1833-1909.
Panama (Panama)
Documentary--Short.
Newsreel--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Amador Guerrero, Manuel, 1833-1909.
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (130 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (130 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.

CALL NUMBER
FEA 7313 (ref print)
FPB 7743 (dupe neg)

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

DIGITAL ID
trmp 4178 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4178

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