Theodore Roosevelt's Return To New York (1910 Original Black & White Film)

Step back into history with this captivating black and white film from 1910, capturing the grand homecoming celebration of Theodore Roosevelt in New York City after a fifteen-month tour abroad throughout Africa & Europe. Join a crowd of over a million people as Roosevelt and his family are welcomed aboard the ocean liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria by a revenue cutter. Experience the spectacle as Roosevelt officially becomes a guest of New York city aboard the larger cutter, the Androscoggin, and boats up the Hudson River to Battery Park, followed by a majestic water parade of nearly one hundred vessels. Witness the historic moment as Roosevelt is greeted by Mayor William J. Gaynor and addresses the assembled crowd from a flag-draped stand, expanded to hold 600 people. Don't miss the scenes of the bustling street procession, with Roosevelt, Mayor Gaynor, and Cornelius Vanderbilt riding in an open carriage, preceded by Roosevelt's regiment of Rough Riders and accompanied by approximately 2000 veterans of the Spanish-American War. Experience the pageantry and excitement of this monumental event, preserved for generations to come in this remarkable footage.

Source :
Braunstein, N., Roosevelt Memorial Association, F. O. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1910) TR's return to New York, . No. 1. [United States: s.n] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000002/