The tenderfoot : Theodore Roosevelt

Duration: 0:20:08

Genre: Biographical (Nonfiction) | Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1953

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center | Teaching Film Custodians: Distributor | Teaching Film Custodians

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Tenderfoot" (season 1, episode 20), which first aired June 24th, 1953 on NBC-TV. 27-year-old Theodore Roosevelt, dejected by the near simultaneous deaths of his mother and his wife, and by political reversals, retires from public life in 1886 to his ranch in North Dakota. He is shaken from his lethargy when some of his property is stolen by outlaws. Undaunted by blizzard conditions, young Roosevelt leads his ranch hands in the pursuit and capture of the outlaws. This action restores Roosevelt's will to fight for law and order, characteristic of his later career.

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