Yesterdays Newsreel 20Th Century Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders Cuba Harry Houdini 61124 (1919)

Synopsis

This Yesterday’s Newsreel film (episode 15) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. The film opens with a segment on Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919. Footage shows Roosevelt speaking at some sort of rally (01:09), and the Rough Riders riding horses in Cuba. Police in New York City fight with protestors (01:50). There are shots of U.S. Navy ships and men training for the Navy. Roosevelt rides in a parade in 1901 (02:30). Roosevelt is escorted to his inaugural ceremony by members of the Rough Riders. The President observes a bird reserve established under his administration. The film shows footage of a ship moving through the Panama Canal (03:33). Roosevelt speaks in Springfield, IL. The next segment shows Harry Houdini performing a daring escape from a chained straight jacket as he is hoisted up a building, upside down, in 1926. In the next segment, “1931: Personalities,” viewers see the famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson standing with her third husband Mr. Hutton, standing at the pulpit, and speaking on a passenger ship after returning from Europe. The segment also features actress Theda Bara (06:14) and musician Harry Lauder being greeted by Sir Thomas Lipton while on his farewell tour. Viewers are then taken to Dayton, TN, for the 1925 John Scopes trial, also known as the “Darwin Case.” Scopes stands with his lawyer Clarence Darrow. Footage shows…

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12 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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