TR speaking to a group of men from the porch at Sagamore Hill /

On May 27, 1916, groups of men, the 7th Regiment Band, and several children march on the road from the Oyster Bay railroad station to Sagamore Hill to demonstrate their support of TR for the 1916 Presidential nomination. Views of TR addressing the large crowd assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill. The rally was organized by the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League of New York City.
Duration: 1:27 at 16 fps.
Appearing: Theodore Roosevelt.
Photographed on May 27, 1916 in Oyster Bay, New York.
May have originally been part of a newsreel.
Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory number RMA 315-03-13.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as digital files.
Sources used: New York tribune, May 28, 1916, pt. 1, p.1-2; June 4, 1916, pt. 5, p. 1; Harvard University Library, Theodore Roosevelt Collection; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 148.
Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owner: Roosevelt Memorial Association; International Newsreel.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.
On original record: film is out of frame briefly at ca. foot 12.