- Title: VM-245A
- Summary: WOODROW WILSON: DISCUSSES THE EVENTS OF WOODROW WILSON'S LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD, THROUGH THE WAR YEARS, TO HIS RETIREMENT. DESCRIBES THE EVENTS LEADING TO HIS NOMINATION & ELECTION AS 28TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. DEPICTS THE JUBILATION AT THE END OF WORLD WAR I & RELATES WILSON'S VIGOROUS FIGHT FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
- Description:00:51:22 - 1912: WILSON ON TRAIN TOURING COUNTRY ON CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENCY 00:51:35 - WILSON TAKING HAT OFF, MEETING CROWDS OF PEOPLE 00:51:45 - WILSON IN CAR, TIPS HIS HAT, TALKING TO MAN 00:52:58 - WILSON IN GRADUATION DRESS. PRINCETON GRADUATION 00:53:04 - WILSON POSING, TALKING TO PEOPLE 00:53:19 - WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN SPEAKING 00:53:28 - 1912 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 00:53:46 - WILSON EXITS CONVENTION VICTORIOUS WITH NOMINATION 00:53:47 - WORKING ON HIS WHISTLE-STOP CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENCY 00:54:05 - WILSON IN CAR WITH FLOWERS BEING LOADED ONTO CAR, HE TIPS HIS HAT 00:54:06 - WILSON SHAKING HANDS WITH PEOPLE, MORE CAMPAIGNING 00:54:19 - PRESIDENT WILLIAM TAFT CAMPAIGN TOUR. SPEAKING FROM BACK OF TRAIN; SPEAKING FROM NOTES; SHAKING HANDS 00:54:33 - TEDDY ROOSEVELT SPEAKING 00:54:38 - CROWD, TEDDY ROOSEVELT SPEAKING, POINTING FINGERS 00:54:52 - WILSON WALKING OUT OF BLDG, WALKING IN PUBLIC, CAMPAIGNING 00:55:10 - NOVEMBER 5, 1912: WILSON SITTING WITH TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ENTOURAGE SURROUNDS HIM, SITTING IN ROCKING CHAIR 00:55:19 - INAUGURATION DAY, WILSON & TAFT CLIMB INTO CARRIER SHAKE HANDS 00:55:30 - INAUGURAL PARADE 00:55:36 - PEOPLE WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS, PARADE CONTINUES 00:55:42 - CAPITOL BLDG INAUGURATION DAY, FLAGS HANGING ALL OVER. 00:55:49 - WILSON TAKES OATH, SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT 00:55:57 - WILSON BY WINDOW - STANDING 00:56:05 - WILSON ON 2-PIECE TELEPHONE 00:56:11 - USES SHOVEL AT A GROUND-BREAKING 00:56:20 - WHITE SOX BASEBALL PLAYERS, WILSON IN STANDS, MANAGER JOHN MCGRAW 00:56:27 - WILSON THROWS OUT FIRST PITCH 00:56:30 - EXCITED CROWD 00:56:31 - BUST CITY SCENES. TROLLEY CAR, CARS IN THE CITY 00:56:43 - WALL STREET, NEW YORK CITY. TREASURY BLDG 00:56:49 - INTERIOR OF NYSE. STOCK MARKET 00:57:00 - CARGO SHIP 00:57:03 - IRS INCOME TAX FORM 00:57:14 - 1916: CAPITOL DOME BUILDING, WASHINGTON DC 00:57:25 - WILSON MEETS WITH CABINET 00:57:34 - WILSON HELPS WIFE WITH HER COAT, AND SITS IN CAR 00:57:49 - WILSON GIVES HIS SATURDAY SPEECH FROM "THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE" FRONT LAWN IN SHADOWLAWN, NEW JERSEY. DURING SECOND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 00:58:03 - FLAGS WAVING BY CROWD, PEOPLE WITH BOWLER HATS OUTSIDE THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ON WALL STREET 00:58:14 - LINE OF PEOPLE SHAKING WILSON'S HAND 00:58:22 - WILSON IN CHAIR, READING THE NEWSPAPER 00:58:26 - 1917: GERMAN SUBS SINKING SHIPS, PEOPLE BEING RESCUED. SUBMARINE WARFARE 00:59:00 - AMERICAN SHIPS, LARGE GUN BEING LOADED ON BOARD 00:59:08 - GERMAN SUB FIRING TORPEDO, SHIP EXPLODING 00:59:18 - SHIP MEMBER CALLING THRU MEGAPHONE, SHIPS GUN FIRED 00:59:22 - SHOT FROM LIFEBOAT, PEOPLE GETTING OFF SINKING SHIP 00:59:23 - SKELETON OF SHIP, SHIP SINKING 00:59:30 - APRIL 2, 1918l WILSON WALKING OUT WITH TOP HAT ON. SEEMINGLY HAPPY 00:59:39 - WILSON ADDRESSING CONGRESS. U.S. ENTERS WWI 00:59:51 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES "U.S. DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY" 00:59:56 - MOBILIZATION ON THE HOMEFRONT. AMERICANS WAVING FLAGS, WILSON WALKING IN PARADE, MANY MARCHERS, BLIMP 01:00:13 - INDUSTRY IN AMERICA. BUILDING WAR MACHINES. STEEL BEING MADE, WELDERS, PEOPLE DRIVING IN RIVETS WORKERS BUILDING 01:00:24 - SHIP BEING LAUNCHED, PLANE BEING ROLLED OUT OF HANGAR, MORE FACTORY SHOTS 01:00:38 - LIBERTY BOND DRIVE. "BUY BONDS" BILLBOARD THAT LIGHTS UP BY FIREWORKS 01:00:41 - CITY STREET, BANNERS, FLAGS, ETC 01:00:43 - SIGNS BEING PLASTERED 01:00:50 - SPEECHES BEING GIVEN BY SHOW BUSINESS PEOPLE 01:00:53 - ACTRESS FARRAR 01:00:56 - FLAG WAVERS, EXCITED CROWD 01:00:58 - MOVIE STARS AT RALLY 01:01:00 - DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SPEAKING AT RALLY 01:01:03 - CHARLIE CHAPLIN 01:01:06 - SARAH BERNHARDT 01:01:08 - MARY PICKFORD 01:01:11 - FLAG WAVERS 01:01:15 - DOUGHBOY SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH STREETS 01:01:30 - WOODROW WILSON IN TOP HAT & LONG COAT WATCHING PROCEEDINGS 01:01:33 - SOLDIERS MARCH RIGHT IN FRONT OF CAMERA, MORE MARCHING 01:01:50 - WWI COMBAT: EXPLOSIONS 01:01:52 - TROOPS BEING MOWED DOWN, EXPLOSIONS, MORE SOLDIERS KILLED 01:02:15 - LARGE CEMETERY WITH CROSSES FOR HEADSTONES 01:02:40 - ARMISTICE CELEBRATIONS: HAPPY CROWD, PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS, CAPS, SIGNS 01:02:51 - BAND PLAYING FUNNY INSTRUMENTS DURING EXCITEMENT 01:02:58 - MAN ON LAMP POST WAVES DOWN TO CAMERA 01:03:00 - 4 PEOPLE WITH A DUMMY IN A GERMAN UNIFORM, ONE HITTING IT WITH A BAT. 01:03:02 - CROWD 01:03:04 - A BLACK MAN JUMPS IN FRONT OF MILITARY BAND, BLACK ESCORTED AWAY, BLACK MAN JUMPS IN FRONT AGAIN 01:03:11 - CROWD, ONE MAN STRANGLING GERMAN DUMMY 01:03:15 - CROWD, AMERICAN FLAG BEING WAVED, IN FRONT OF A WASHINGTON STATUE 01:03:20 - CROWD WAVING FLAGS 01:03:24 - WALKING OUT THRU GATE (WILSON) TIPS HAT 01:03:31 - WILSON WATCHES PARADE MARCH BY 01:03:37 - WILSON TALKING WITH ANOTHER GENTLEMAN OUTDOORS 01:03:43 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE CIRCA 1918 01:03:45 - DECEMBER 4, 1918: WILSON LEAVES FOR PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE IN EUROPE. ON OCEAN LINER SHIP. PLANS TO PITCH HIS 14 POINT PLAN (LEAGUE OF NATIONS) 01:03:56 - WILSON STANDS WITH TOP HAT 01:04:01 - AMERICAN FLAG WAVING FROM THE BACK OF A SHIP 01:04:04 - WILSON CONVERSING AND LOOKING OVER SIDE OF SHIP 01:04:15 - VIEW, FROM SHIP, OF ANOTHER SHIP FALLING BEHIND IT 01:04:18 - WILSON WATCHING, BLIMP PASS OVER HEAD 01:04:25 - VIEW OF SUN OFF BACK OF BOAT 01:04:30 - WILSON GREETED IN FRANCE & OTHER COUNTRIES, IN BUGGY, CROWDS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, ETC 01:04:52 - YOUNG LADIES, CROWDS AGAIN 01:04:56 - BANNER SAYING 'LOVE WILSON,' PARADE & CROWDS 01:05:03 - WILSON ON BALCONY 01:05:07 - CROWD 01:05:12 - SIDE VIEW, WILSON ADDRESSING CROWD 01:05:16 - WILSON SHAKING HANDS IN A THRONG OF PEOPLE 01:05:27 - PAN OF HUGE CROWD IN ITALY WAVING 01:05:32 - WILSON AGAIN ON BALCONY 01:05:35 - LOW ANGLE OF BALCONY, PEOPLE'S HANDS WAVING ON BOTTOM OF SCREEN 01:05:40 - HORSE & BUGGY, CROWD WAVING, MORE BUGGIES, WILSON IN BUGGY 01:05:57 - JANUARY 18, 1919. CONFERENCE IN PARIS 01:06:04 - BRITAIN'S LLOYD GEORGE, SMOKES, CHATS IN CITY ST. 01:06:17 - ITALY'S PREMIER ORLANDO, TIPS HAT, ENTERS BLDG 01:06:24 - PREMIER CLEMENCEAU OF FRANCE 01:06:40 - THE BIG FOUR: LLOYD GEORGE, ORLANDO, CLEMENCEAU, AND WILSON STAND OUTSIDE BLDG 01:06:51 - WILSON LEAVES TO GO BACK TO AMERICA 01:07:02 - WILSON WAVES FROM BACK OF SHIP 01:07:10 - WELCOME HOME CELEBRATION IN BOSTON. CROWDS WAVE AT PARADE, WILSON WAVES TO CROWD 01:07:29 - CU SENATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE 01:07:33 - WILSON MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN OUTSIDE, LODGE OUTSIDE 01:07:54 - SENATOR FRANK BRANDAGES 01:08:05 - WILSON IN CAR, CARS DRIVE BY, CROWDS 01:08:21 - SIGNING OF THE PEACE TREATY FOR FORMAL ENDING OF WWI AT THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. LEADERS OF THE WORLD MEET 01:08:32 - IN THE HALL OF MIRRORS 01:08:43 - WILSON AMONG CROWD 01:08:48 - CU PEACE TREATY OF VERSAILLES DOCUMENT. HAND TURNING PAGE 01:08:53 - WILSON LEAVES 01:09:01 - FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH WILSON 01:09:14 - HENRY CABOT LODGE 01:09:17 - WILSON EXITS BLDG GETS INTO BUGGY, CROWD WAVES TO HIM 01:09:38 - START OF WILSON'S NATION-WIDE SPEAKING TOUR STARTING IN COLUMBUS, OHIO ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1919. MONTAGE PARADE, SPEECHES, CROWDS 01:10:41 - WILSON SPEAKS IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 01:10:50 - WILSON AT LOS ANGELES STADIUM. STADIUM CROWD IN STANDS HOLD CARDS TO SPELL "WELCOME" 01:11:05 - FLAG WAVERS 01:11:11 - SENATORS HIRAM JOHNSON OF CALIFORNIA & WILLIAM BORAH OF IDAHO, THEIR SPEECHES 01:11:25 - CU JOHNSON GIVING SPEECH, CROWD LIKING HIM 01:11:39 - WILSON IN HIS CAR, FANNING HIMSELF 01:11:50 - PUEBLO, COLORADO, SEPTEMBER 15, 1919, TRAIN, CROWDS 01:12:15 - WHITE HOUSE 01:12:18 - WILSON SITTING OUTSIDE WITH CABINET 01:12:26 - WILSON, AFTER STROKE, IN CAR 01:12:40 - CAPITOL DOME BUILDING 01:12:50 - CROWD OF PEOPLE, LISTENING TO WARREN G. HARDING DURING 1920 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 01:13:10 - MARCH 4, 1921: WILSON IN CAR WITH WARREN HARDING INAUGURATION 01:13:27 - WILSON'S WASHINGTON HOME AFTER PRESIDENCY, WILSON WADDLES OUT TO GREET CROWD 01:14:02 - WILSON IN WINDOW, LOOKING OUT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1898
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: VM-245A