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Pres. Roosevelt at the dedication ceremonies, St. Louis Exposition /
Summary
President Theodore Roosevelt is on the speaker's platform. He rises and doffs his hat. A carriage passes in front of the platform. The President then appears briefly below the platform, possibly preparing to enter the carriage. President Roosevelt was in St. Louis to dedicate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition buildings and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty. The Exposition was originally expected to open on that day, but the opening was delayed until April 30, 1904.
H31552 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: William N. Selig; 6May1903; H31552.
Appearing: Theodore Roosevelt.
Duration: 0:14 at 16 fps.
Production company and distributor from the American Film Institute catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.
Filmed on April 30, 1903, on the first day of the the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Dedication Ceremonies (April 30, May 1-2, 1903) in St. Louis, Missouri.
The beginning title, added to the film during the original paper print conversion, is about 30 seconds in length. The film itself is about 14 seconds long, but is actually a shorter length of film, which repeats several times. After Roosevelt rises and doffs his hat, he appears briefly on the ground below the platform. He can then be seen rising and doffing his hat two more times.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1041) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 257-258; American Film Institute catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 858; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 30, 1903, p. 1 and 3, viewed online December 6, 2017 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers; Louisiana Purchase Exposition: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Dedication Ceremonies, St. Louis, U.S.A., April 30th and May 1st-2nd, 1903 brochure, viewed online at the Missouri Digital Heritage WWW site, December 6, 2017; The world today, v. IV, January 1, 1903 to July 1 1903, p. 772, viewed online December 6, 2017 via Google books; New York clipper, May 9, 1903, p. 271, viewed online via the Internet Archive, December 7, 2017.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, commonly known as the Saint Louis World's Fair of 1904, was the last great international exposition before World War I. The fair, built on a 1,200 acre site, included hundreds of thousands of objects, people, animals, displays, and publications from 62 exhibiting countries and 43 of the 45 states. The setting of world records, such as the largest organ, and working displays of every important technological advance were significant design goals. The Fair was a combination of trade show, civic showpiece, and monument to culture, along with more than a tinge of American pride. The Fair showcased the grandiose ambition of the gilded age, forming a kind of collective tribute to the nineteenth century's international understanding of the furtherance of peace, prosperity, and progress. It's a grand snapshot in time of American and foreign societies as they wished to portray themselves.
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