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Film, Video Cartoon--TR's arrival in Africa Cartoon--Theodore Roosevelt's arrival in Africa / TR's arrival in Africa

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About this Item

Title

  • Cartoon--TR's arrival in Africa

Other Title

  • Cartoon--Theodore Roosevelt's arrival in Africa
  • TR's arrival in Africa

Summary

  • Animated caricature of the animals' attitude towards TR's arrival in Africa. Views of a huge tree filled with frightened animals, as a monkey on the ground peers over a cliff; he begins jumping up and down, pointing and climbing the tree as TR appears over the rim of the cliff with gun in his hand.

Names

  • Roosevelt Memorial Association, former owner
  • Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [United States : s.n., 1909?]

Headings

  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Travel--Africa
  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Caricatures and cartoons
  • -  Big game hunting--Africa--Humor

Genre

  • Political cartoons
  • Animated films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Duration: 0:20 at 24 fps.
  • -  Viewing print (16 mm.) and non-viewing print lack interior title.
  • -  Summary from The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 12.
  • -  Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory numbers: RMA 321-04-02; RMA 321-04-03.
  • -  Appears to be based on Homer Davenport's cartoon The frightened animals; hist! see who's coming, originally published in The Evening mail, New York, March 23, 1909.
  • -  Sources used: Shaw, A. A cartoon history of Roosevelt's career, 1910, p. 194; Lorant, S. The life and times of Theodore Roosevelt, 1959, p. 515; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 12-13.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owners: Roosevelt Memorial Association, A. Geiss.
  • -  The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (11 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (11 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • non-viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FAB 0884 (viewing print)
  • FEA 6732 (viewing print)
  • FEA 9652 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 8205 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPB 7189 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPC 0474 (master pos pic)
  • FRA 5871 (non-viewing print)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mp76000108

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Cartoon--TR's arrival in Africa. [United States: s.n., ?, 1909] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000108/.

APA citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, F. O. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1909) Cartoon--TR's arrival in Africa. [United States: s.n., ?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000108/.

MLA citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Cartoon--TR's arrival in Africa. [United States: s.n., ?, 1909] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000108/>.