Theodore Roosevelt Program
Video Clip List
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 1 |
00:13.8 |
01:23.2 |
Reading (and visuals) from Theodore Roosevelt's description of the Badlands, site of Medora, ND and TR's ranch |
| 2 |
01:47.5 |
02:45.5 |
Why and when TR first came to the West; his decision to stay |
| 3 |
03:34.1 |
04:51.5 |
His start in writing; impact the West had on his literary voice |
| 4 |
04:51.6 |
06:13.8 |
Description of the place and time during Roosevelt's life; end of the buffalo; middle of industrial revolution; West was disappearing
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| 5 |
06:19.6 |
07:02.9 |
Similarities between life in East and West |
| 6 |
07:48.2 |
10:01.7 |
Overview of TR's life at the time he first visited Medora-everything was "going right"; entrusted two men with buying a ranch |
| 7 |
10:03.8 |
11:00.5 |
The railroad's impact on the buffalo herds |
| 8 |
11:50.7 |
13:53.7 |
Overview of the work, The Winning of the West; its focus and story-the war for territory between European groups and American Indians
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| 9 |
14:00.9 |
14:37.2 |
Noam Chomsky criticism; Roosevelt's (commonly held) view that Anglo-axon civilization should spread into the Mississippi Valley; to use it sounds culturally insensitive |
| 10 |
16:25.7 |
17:27.5 |
Roosevelt's writing about his opinions of people-rings true when he knows them personally, not as credible |
| 11 |
17:33.0 |
19:13.2 |
Roosevelt's views on the shared frontier spirit; Frederick Jackson Turner and other historians emphasis on the frontier as central to American history; "life in the raw"
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| 12 |
20:56.7 |
22:09.7 |
Roosevelt's views on business men like J.P. Morgan, Carnegie; classified as a liberal in his desire to expand the government to control business; wanted more power to the common people |
| 13 |
22:13.0 |
26:01.2 |
Roosevelt didn't buy a ranch; he bought a business on this public land; whites and Indians got along well on this frontier; the battle for the "first" West was a battle not between migratory groups but between farmers over land |
| 14 |
26:01.3 |
28:58.6 |
Geography: description of land; how to get there today and in Roosevelt's day; geology of the Badlands and the prairies |
| 15 |
31:53.2 |
36:36.0 |
Why Mr. Brands calls TR the "Last Romantic;" enormously popular with the American people; as a sick kid, he developed a literary imagination-heroes; developed an ideal for himself; models in the Civil War and the explorer (cowboy); culminates in the Spanish American War; makes him politically popular b/c Americans idealize him
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| 16 |
37:04.4 |
39:38.1 |
TR's state of mind upon arriving in Dakota-solace for his mourning of his wife and mother |
| 17 |
39:41.9 |
40:21.3 |
Bill Merrifield-one of the ranch hands hired by TR |
| 18 |
40:23.1 |
42:40.5 |
Rough Riders; odd mix of Westerners and Ivy Leaguers |
| 19 |
42:40.6 |
44:27.6 |
Yellowstone country; the Battle of Little Bighorn; attitude toward Indians on the plains; respect for individuals but not for the culture |
| 20 |
45:02.4 |
48:25.1 |
Why the "last" romantic?; Roosevelt came to national prominence when the director of the census said the frontier was closed; in the 1890's people struggled with the loss of the potential of the frontier; Roosevelt had the Eastern education but also the intimate tie to the West; he could use both to develop a national following that transcended the party machinery
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| 21 |
48:49.4 |
51:37.1 |
Bruce Kaye, chief naturalist introduces TR's cabin; Maltese Cross brand; the kitchen; the attic |
| 22 |
51:37.2 |
55:05.8 |
Main room of cabin: the rocking chair, book cabinet, writing desk |
| 23 |
54:17.6 |
56:00.3 |
The ranch as an investment; writing as income |
| 24 |
56:02.6 |
58:53.6 |
TR's role as a conservationist; what his views of today's policies toward public lands might be |
| 25 |
58:53.7 |
1:01:28 |
History and description of Theodore Roosevelt National Park |
| 26 |
1:01:29 |
1:02:02 |
Badlands in North versus South Dakota |
| 27 |
1:02:03 |
1:03:34 |
Blacks in the Spanish American War, then as Rough Riders and cowboys
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| 28 |
1:03:35 |
1:04:42 |
Quote, "He wouldn't have been president if he hadn't come to North Dakota"; in the West he learned how to work and live with all types of people
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| 29 |
1:04:43 |
1:05:40 |
Artifact in cabin: TR's trunk shows he spent much of his time travelling |
| 30 |
1:06:26 |
1:08:57 |
African Americans in the West; inclusion in the story of the settling of the West |
| 31 |
1:09:11 |
1:10:32 |
Talent for reading fast; respect for books |
| 32 |
1:11:07 |
1:13:21 |
Details about Elkhorn and Maltese Cross ranches |
| 33 |
1:14:42 |
1:15:21 |
Excerpt from Volume II |
| 34 |
1:20:20 |
1:21:58 |
Listing of biographical events from the life of TR |
| 35 |
1:21:59 |
1:22:59 |
Listing of historical events during his lifetime |
| 36 |
1:23:37 |
1:24:25 |
Introduction of great-grandson, Tweed Roosevelt |
| 37 |
1:25:20 |
1:26:03 |
Tweed Roosevelt on the impact the Dakotas had on TR: came to rebuild himself |
| 38 |
1:27:04 |
1:30:27 |
Marquis de Mores, his role in organizing Medora; confrontations with TR |
| 39 |
1:31:55 |
1:34:02 |
Manifest Destiny; TR's view on civilizations evolving, a cultural version of manifest destiny |
| 40 |
1:35:47 |
1:36:42 |
Winston Churchill; TR didn't get along with other dynamic figures; TR popular despite the fact that there was no crisis during his tenure |
| 41 |
1:37:57 |
1:38:45 |
He would have been a middle of the road president; TR on the purpose of laws and government
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| 42 |
1:38:46 |
1:40:12 |
Quotes from TR; his quote-ability |
| 43 |
1:40:13 |
1:42:31 |
Impact his experiences on the frontier had on his presidency, particularly in foreign relations
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| 44 |
1:43:40 |
1:46:34 |
TR fitting in as a "dude"; incident when he lapsed out of the part saying, "Hasten forward quickly"; defined his status as a rancher |
| 45 |
1:49:00 |
1:50:59 |
Model of Elkhorn cabin |
| 46 |
1:51:19 |
1:53:00 |
Did TR establish the National Park Service? TR as a conservationist |
| 47 |
1:53:01 |
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TR's clothes, weaponry; connection between hunting and conservation |
| 48 |
1:55:41 |
1:57:07 |
Today's use of grasslands in Montana |
| 49 |
1:57:08 |
1:59:00 |
TR's brand-the visual symbols and meanings |
| 50 |
1:59:00 |
2:00:23 |
Comparison of Wilson's views to TR's views; views came out in campaign of 1912; Wilson thought business' power should be reduced to that of government |
| 51 |
2:01:19 |
2:02:14 |
TR considered the leading expert on large mammals; story about consultation with Smithsonian |
| 52 |
2:02:15 |
2:06:18 |
Story about TR hunting in Mississippi as president; cartoon published led to "Teddy Bear"; the name "Teddy" |
| 53 |
2:06:19 |
2:10:48 |
Relationship with Edith; her role as financial planner and advisor
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| 54 |
2:11:54 |
2:13:35 |
Visual of TR's undershirt with bullet hole from incident while running on the Bull Moose ticket |
| 55 |
2:14:58 |
2:15:56 |
Relationship with Henry Adams |
| 56 |
2:18:52 |
2:20:08 |
Mechanics of how he went about his writing
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| 57 |
2:20:50 |
2:22:09 |
TR as a letter writer |
| 58 |
2:25:23 |
2:26:11 |
TR's death and the nation and the world's reaction |
| 59 |
2:26:12 |
2:27:21 |
Years after the White House; Africa; son killed in WWI |
| 60 |
2:27:22 |
2:28:15 |
Impact of his education on his life; turned away from science to politics |
| 61 |
2:28:22 |
2:29:03 |
A final excerpt |
| 62 |
2:29:03 |
2:29:43 |
Tweed Roosevelt on the impact of the Badlands on TR |
| 63 |
2:29:44 |
2:30:19 |
H.W. Brands on TR's place amongst American writers; many of the most important writers did other occupations |
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