TR's arrival in Panama, November 1906.

Abstract

TR became the first President in office to visit a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama Canal. On November 15, 1906, in Panama City there are views of the processional, including a marching band and escorts on horseback, as spectators gather; long shot of TR, accompanied by Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President of Panama, and two unidentified men standing on a platform on the steps of the Cathedral; President Amador Guerrero delivers welcoming address as dignitaries look on; TR then speaks.Appearing: President Theodore Roosevelt, President Amador Guerrero.Duration: 1:55 at 12 fps.Photographed on November 15, 1906 in Panama City, Panama.May have originally been part of a newsreel.Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory number RMA 301-05-03. DLCSources used: Washington post, November 16, 1906, p. 1; New York tribune, November 16, 1906, p. 1; United States. President, 1901-1909 (Roosevelt). Special message of the President of the United States concerning the Panama Canal. 1906 (January 8, 1906), viewed April 11, 2017, The Miller Center WWW site; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 151.Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owners: Roosevelt Memorial Association; H. [Herbert?] Miles.The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986