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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220632-03
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1910,1910s
Country: USA
Location: Missouri,St Louis
TC Begins: 10:02:21
TC Ends: 10:05:55
Duration: 00:03:34
1910 - Aviation, USA: Colonel Roosevelt Is Invited to Fly In Arch Hoxsey’s Plane at St Louis, Missouri. Oct10 Intertitle: In 1910, the Wright Brothers arranged an air meet in St. Louis. Theodore Roosevelt campaigning for Missouri State republican Party w/ Missouri Governor Herbert S. Hadley, probably Henry W. Kiel, mayor of St Louis, and Sheriff Louis Nolte, arrive in cars at Kinloch Aviation field in front of crowd, man in uniform w/ megaphone. Men in cars pointing & applauding. 10:03:06 Intertitle: When Archie Hoxsey asks the Colonel to take a flight, Roosevelt answer, “No, thank you. There are enough high-fliers her today.” 10:03:19 Men in cars w/ Roosevelt. 10:03:31 Title: But the Colonel changes his mind. 10:03:35 Roosevelt in car. 10:03:48 MS Twin propellers of plane turned; Hoxey beckons & Roosevelt climbs on board thru wires w/ difficulty. Man with megaphone. Hoxsey explains controls to TR. 10:04:55 Plane in flight dips & dives. Lands 10:05:22 TR gets off plane, shakes hands. 10:05:26 Title: Bully! 10:05:28 TR walks off field w/ crowd of men; cars leaving airfield past camera. NOTE: May combine w/ other short films ON THIS TAPE to total maximum of 10 minutes for per reel rate.