- Title: F-A2903
- Summary: ROBERT A. TAFT: ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT, SON OF WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. ANTI-INTERVENTIONIST. "MR. REPUBLICAN".
- Description:00:49:34 - ROBERT A. TAFT TALKING AT MICROPHONE. REPUBLIC SENATOR OF OHIO. 00:50:14 - PRESIDENT TAFT COMING OFF TRAIN IN 1909. 00:50:35 - CITY STREET SCENES, TROLLEY CARS. 1900'S CITY STREETS. 00:50:52 - PRESIDENT TAFT IN FIRST MONTHS IN OFFICE. WALKING AROUND BY WATERFALL. 1909. EATING WITH FRIENDS. AT HOME 00:51:15 - STILLS 00:51:37 - CU PRESIDENT TAFT 00:51:45 - TEDDY ROOSEVELT MAKING POLITICAL SPEECHES. 00:51:58 - TAFT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 1912 REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. SHAKING HANDS WITH A SOLDIER. ON CABOOSE OF TRAIN, WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGNING 00:52:25 - WOODROW WILSON WINS THE ELECTION, FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IN 18 YEARS. TAFT AT SWEARING IN 00:52:33 - TAFT LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE, WALKS DOWN STEPS. CU TAFT 00:52:52 - STILLS 00:53:07 - EXTERIOR TAFT'S HOME IN CINCINNATI. 00:53:19 - 1927 FILM OF TAFT FAMILY IN CANADA. EX-PRESIDENT TAFT HOLDS BABY. ROBERT PLAYING GOLF. CHILDREN CARRY GOLF BAG. 00:54:08 - 1930, AT 71, TAFT PRACTICALLY CARRIED OUT OF CAR VERY SICK. HEART ATTACK 00:54:20 - WILLIAM TAFT'S FUNERAL. CORTEGE IN THE RAIN 00:54:48 - ROBERT TAFT, OHIO SENATOR. SPEAKING (MOS) 1938 00:55:06 - TAFT'S WIFE TYPING AT MEETING. 00:55:19 - TAFT IN MEETING WITH FELLOW SENATORS 00:55:27 - JUNE 1940 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. PLACARD FOR ROBERT TAFT FOR PRESIDENT. GOOD CONVENTION FOOTAGE. WENDELL WILLKIE WINS PRIMARY. 00:56:10 - TILT DOWN CAPITOL DOME. 00:56:17 - TAFT ARRIVES AT THE CAPITOL. LS PEOPLE WALK DOWN WIDE STEPS 00:56:26 - TAFT INTERVIEWED (MOS) PAN PHOTOGRAPHERS, CAMERAS ON TRIPODS 00:56:35 - TAFT MAKES SPEECH ABOUT BALANCING BUDGET. TEARS UP OLD BUDGET. 00:57:14 - STRIKERS IN 1946 ORGANIZED LABOR IN STEEL, COAL & TRANSPORTATION. 00:57:32 - NEWS CAMERAMEN FILM COMMITTEE ASSIGNED TO DRAFT A LABOR LAW. COMMITTEE MEETING. 00:57:49 - TAFT MAKES SPEECH ON TAFT-HARTLEY BILL 00:58:18 - MARCH TO VETO THE BILL. 00:58:27 - TRUMAN SIGNING PAPERS. VETOES BILL. 00:58:48 - 1948 - WOMEN STUFFING ENVELOPES FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. 00:59:06 - RADIO NEWS SHOW PANEL WITH MRS. TAFT. MR. SPIVAK. MBS PEOPLE LISTENING. 00:59:58 - TAFT SPEAKS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 01:00:28 - JUNE 22, 1948, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA. DELEGATES. 01:01:31 - CU MAN SMOKING CIGARETTE. CU MAN FANS HIMSELF. 01:01:50 - CU DEWEY SMILING & WAVING. 01:01:55 - TAFT SHAKES HANDS OF UNION WORKERS IN FACTORIES. 01 02 57 POST-PRIMARY TAFT AMONG CRONIES 01:02:18 - LS CAPITOL DOME 01:02:21 - TAFT IN MEETINGS, GETS OFF BUS, LOOKING FOR UNION VOTES, SHAKING HANDS WITH WORKERS, FARMERS, ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL 01:02:56 - TAFT SIGNS IN, VOTING IN VOTING BOOTH. REMOVES HIS GLASSES, SMILES UPON LEARNING VICTORY. SHAKES HANDS WITH SUPPORTERS. LINE OF NEWSREEL CAMERAS ON TRIPODS. 01:03:27 - CU PLAQUE ON BUILDING REPUBLICAN CLUB 01:03:29 - TAFT GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE 01:04:03 - TAFT WITH AMERICAN INDIANS. SMOKES PEACE PIPE. 01:04:15 - SHAKING SUPPORTERS HANDS. 01:04:26 - POSES FOR PHOTOS WITH FAMILY. CU BABY DOLL WITH TAFT BUTTON ON IT. 01:04:39 - MEN LISTEN TO POLITICAL SPEECH. APPLAUSE. 01:05:28 - IKE, WE LIKE IKE BUTTONS & PLACARDS. CONVENTION 01:05:43 - JULY 1952 IN CHICAGO, ARRIVING AT AIRPORT. TAFT SPEAKS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN 01:06:35 - REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 1952, DELEGATES. MEN WRITING ON CLIPBOARDS. ANNOUNCING IKE'S NOMINATION. CU MAN WIPING SWEAT FROM FACE, NERVOUS. LIGHT BULB. PLACARD FOR IKE. 01:07:57 - TAFT & IKE WITH REPORTERS. TAFT UPSET 01:08:35 - MORNINGSIDE DRIVE STREET SIGN. TAFT & IKE MEET IN NEW YORK, REPORTERS SITTING ON SIDEWALK WAITING FOR OUTCOME. IKE & TAFT SHAKE HANDS, SUPPORT. 01:09:08 - TAFT MAKES A SPEECH SUPPORTING IKE & NIXON. 01:09:43 - JANUARY 3, 1953, SENATORS & CONGRESSMEN MEET TO GREET NEW PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. 01:10:13 - IKE, TAFT & OTHERS AT A LUNCH TABLE. 01:10:28 - GOLF COURSE APRIL 20, 1953, AUGUSTA GEORGIA. GOLFING TOGETHER. 01:10:55 - TAFT ON CRUTCHES. CANCER STRICKEN. REPORTERS WRITING TOGETHER. 01:11:12 - EXTERIOR OF N.Y. HOSPITAL. 01:11:18 - LONG LINE OF PEOPLE GOING INTO CAPITOL BUILDING FOR TAFT'S FUNERAL INCLUDING IKE & NIXON. CARRYING CASKET. AMERICAN FLAG AT HALF MAST, ON CAPITOL BUILDING 01:12:02 - POV DRIVING AWAY FROM CAPITOL BUILDING.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1909
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: F-A2903