Rise of America as a nation and President Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to the cause. President Roosevelt addresses a large gathering. Narrator describes his programs for conservation of natural resources. Scenes of logging and forestry operations. Men chopping trees with axes. Timber felled. Logs in a waterway being readied for mill.
Governor of Maryland asks Civil Defense volunteers in Maryland, United States. Governor of Maryland Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin seated at the table in his office. Governor McKeldin appeals for volunteers for the state's Civil Defense Program.
Views of various historic early aircraft. The wright Brothers, assisted by ground crewmen, prepare a Wright Flyer for takeoff. The aircraft is placed into position on a catapult track. Men turn the propellers, and the engine is started. A large weight is dropped from a tower to provide thrust to the catapult, and the aircraft takes off and makes a low pass over the field. An early Bleriot flying machine, with box kite characteristics, takes off and flies over a field. A U.S. Army officer walks past two men working on a Wright Flyer (Wright Brother?). A Wright Flyer takes off and flies over a field. Theodore Roosevelt steps from a Wright plane after flying with Archibald Hoxsey at an airshow at Kinloch Field in St. Louis, Missouri on October 11, 1910. Roosevelt shakes hands with a man as several officials stand nearby. Views of two early airplanes in flight. Louis Bleriot in cockpit of his airplane, turns propeller by hand. The Bleriot XI airplane under full power, held back by ground helpers, and then let go for take off. An early monoplane in flight. An early airplane maneuvers and turns. An early seaplane lands on a body of water. A biplane plunging to earth and crashing.
Wild animals in Phoenix, Arizona. A man holds a chameleon near Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Phoenix. Surrounding mountains.
The funeral ceremony of former New York City Mayor John Mitchel in New York City. Pallbearers carry the casket of John Mitchel out of a building and place it on a caisson. The horse-drawn caisson moves along a road followed by Theodore Roosevelt and other funeral participants.
Intertitle saying “1912”. United States Presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson delivers a campaign speech. Woodrow Wilson’s opponent, former United States President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a speech. Intertitle saying “1913”. Outgoing United States President William Howard Taft shakes hands with United States President-elect Woodrow Wilson. United States President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration at the United States Capitol.
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