Will Rogers Program
Video Clip List
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 1 |
00:25.1 |
02:14.0 |
Archival footage of Rogers identifying the problems confronting the country in 1921 (unemployment, hunger) |
| 2 |
02:58.1 |
04:18.5 |
Description of Rogers' era-prohibition, aftermath of World War I; also growth of cities, suffrage |
| 3 |
04:18.6 |
05:44.6 |
Wilson and the League of Nations; ineffective |
| 4 |
06:22.8 |
09:04.3 |
Will Rogers at this time-interest in politics and prohibition, Teapot Dome Affair, prosperity of 1923; used all media technologies available in the 1920's |
| 5 |
09:17.1 |
09:50.6 |
"I never met a man I didn't like" was first said about Trotsky, of the Soviet Union |
| 6 |
10:09.9 |
13:39.6 |
Tour of Rogers' desk; relationship to Oklahoma-part Cherokee Indian; father was in Cherokee legislature; Rogers was a cowboy; built shows around his rope tricks; anchored one of the first national radio broadcasts; daily columnist read by millions of Americans; movie star; humanitarian |
| 7 |
13:46.1 |
14:55.6 |
His father, Clem Rogers and role in Dawes commission, statehood of Oklahoma |
| 8 |
14:39.1 |
16.26.8 |
Betty Rogers, his wife; met by accident; their children |
| 9 |
17:36.4 |
20:00.4 |
He reflected after World War I-why did we enter? The peace process brought up many issues; the U.S. turned inward, more isolationist |
| 10 |
20:20.4 |
21:26.1 |
Made 21 movies for fox studios |
| 11 |
22:13.7 |
23:26.7 |
Tour of Latin America, visit to Nicaragua during an earthquake; favored humanitarian intervention in foreign policy |
| 12 |
23:30.1 |
24:53.0 |
Evolution of his career-common thread was that he used communication technology available-stage, newspaper, radio film; touched on all issues, worked with all people
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| 13 |
26:00.1 |
28:23.3 |
Quote from Rogers' work; even handed and balanced in his political criticisms; neo-populists sense of what is right and wrong; views on ecomomy reflected his humanitarian side and actions
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| 14 |
28:29.7 |
29:02.5 |
Why he was interested in issues abroad |
| 15 |
29:11.1 |
31:33.8 |
Museum exhibit of Will Rogers' travels; went around the world in 1902-04 in a Wild West Circus as the Cherokee Kid; became a booster of aviation |
| 16 |
31:33.9 |
33:40.7 |
Bad Will tour-1926-27, light-hardedness about American diplomacy, including archival audio recording of Rogers describing the tour |
| 17 |
37:10.1 |
38:26.5 |
Relationship with presidents |
| 18 |
38:26.6 |
41:14.0 |
Spoof campaign for presidency-anti-bunk party, "If I'm elected, I will immediately resign"; presidents he knew |
| 19 |
41:44.3 |
44:55.4 |
Charles Lindbergh; fascination with aviation; he increased the growth of that industry |
| 20 |
46:48.6 |
48:16.4 |
Archival footage of Rogers giving a speech on behalf of Franklin D. Roosevelt's political candidacy
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| 21 |
50:15.8 |
51:13.8 |
Will Rogers saw himself as a populist |
| 22 |
52:00.0 |
54:33.4 |
Childhood nickname, Willy, and hobbies; visuals of rope tricks |
| 23 |
54:33.5 |
56:40.7 |
Radio broadcast; so popular they wanted him to move it from Sunday evening because of drop offs in church attendance; Rogers embracing of the medium and its popularity
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| 24 |
56:40.8 |
59:35.4 |
Economic and social conditions in the country at the time of the radio's popularity; symbol of precarious encomic prosperity; "installment" buying
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| 25 |
59:35.5 |
1:00:26 |
His view of television-he saw it as an intrusion |
| 26 |
1:00:40 |
1:02.08 |
His views on prohibition-traced back to his youth; would not succeed, nor was it a worthy cause |
| 27 |
1:03:04 |
1:05:27 |
Will Rogers' portrayal on prohbition as a limitation of liberty |
| 28 |
1:10:03 |
1:12:44 |
Biographical information about the time in which he lived and wrote |
| 29 |
1:12:49 |
1:13:43 |
Archival coverage of Coolidge damn |
| 30 |
1:14:25 |
1:17:54 |
Mood in the country after World War I-looking toward prosperity; summary of moods/presidents through Roosevlet |
| 31 |
1:17:53 |
1:19:52 |
Audio of Rogers discussing President Hoover and the economy
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| 32 |
1:20:07 |
1:20:58 |
Evolution of his writing career; growing interest in politics |
| 33 |
1:20:59 |
1:22:40 |
Rogers' views on the mistreatment of Indians, public acknowledgement of his Indian heritage |
| 34 |
1:22:42 |
1:25:28 |
Tour of Will Rogers' museum, often potrayed on horseback in paintings, love of horses and roping since childhood |
| 35 |
1:25:43 |
1:26:52 |
Will Rogers shrine in Colorado Springs, originally buried in Los Angeles and then moved to Oklahoma when Betty died |
| 36 |
1:26:53 |
1:28:24 |
Career transistion from roping to commentary |
| 37 |
1:28:36 |
1:29:55 |
Visited Congress often to gather material for his shows, was embraced by members of Congress |
| 38 |
1:29:68 |
1:32:26 |
His full name was William Penadare Rogers; value of a signed photograph of him |
| 39 |
1:32:37 |
1:34:22 |
Rogers worked with Jimmy Rogers (photograph) raising money for drought relief victims in the Midwest/South, he did a lot of philantrophic work and donated personal money |
| 40 |
1:34:24 |
1:35:44 |
Quote on Prohibition; ranch in California
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| 41 |
1:35:50 |
1:38:54 |
Comments on the 16th amendment on Prohibition; relevance of his writings today; audio of Rogers talking about the Constitution |
| 42 |
1:4:10 |
1:44:02 |
Video of radio address discussing the unemployment problems of the depression; many aspects to his career, reached a wide audience |
| 43 |
1:44:06 |
1:46:47 |
Greatness of Rogers' generation; his low regard for diplomacy as a profession |
| 44 |
1:47:05 |
1:51:29 |
Story of his commentary at Canada/US lacrosse game; introduction of Doris Meyer - Will's grand niece, discussion of her childhood memories of him |
| 45 |
1:51:44 |
1:53:18 |
Rogers' family life, his children learned to ride horses early, he didn't discipline them much; visuals of the museum |
| 46 |
1:53:24 |
1:56:32 |
No record of Rogers ever meeting Mark Twain though he knew his writing, similarities between the two; history of the Will Rogers shrine |
| 47 |
1:56:36 |
1:58:57 |
Discussion of "I never met a man I didn't like"; interest in sports - particularly baseball |
| 48 |
1:58:58 |
2:00:46 |
Relationship with artist Charles Russell, common interest in the West |
| 49 |
2:00:48 |
2:04:02 |
Occasional struggles with writing, gave great thought to his work; Meyers' stories of her fondest memories with Rogers |
| 50 |
2:06:40 |
2:09:26 |
Belief that income tax as a good thing to even out economy; audio of speech on taxes
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| 51 |
2:09:28 |
2:12:16 |
Will Rogers' children all followed in his footsteps; Will Rogers Jr. worked in journalism and eventually became a Congressman |
| 52 |
2:12:18 |
2:17:15 |
August 1935 Will flew to Alaska with Wiley Post; on August 15th the plane crashed and both were killed on impact, nation mourned his death |
| 53 |
2:17:17 |
2:19:27 |
Issues John Steinbeck wrote about had a major impact on his life though, had similar dust bowl experiences; no direct connection between the two |
| 54 |
2:19:29 |
2:20:24 |
Rogers completed about 10 years of sporadic schooling; after leaving high school he went to work on a ranch, similar to his father's schooling experience; Betty had a more formal education |
| 55 |
2:20:27 |
2:22:13 |
Childhood antics; perplexed his family with his wild behavior |
| 56 |
2:24:35 |
2:25:33 |
Public and private personalities were the same; very close with this family; great philantrophist |
| 57 |
2:25:35 |
2:28:09 |
Family estate still standing in Oolagah, Oklahoma; timeline of his career; at his death 7 out of every 10 Americans heard his weekly addresses; spokesman for his country |
| 58 |
2:28:10 |
2:29:23 |
He was a "reflection of his times"; used communications medium available to him, promoted what was happening technologically in a positive way
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| 59 |
2:29:27 |
2:30:56 |
Was able to find humor in prohibition and the depression; unfortunate loss of his kind of humor in the world
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