Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, in April and June, 1907, participating in Jamestown's tercentennial celebration on April 26, its opening day, and later on Georgia Day, June 10.
Watch the official Jamestown Exposition 1907 trailer in HD below.
Billy Bitzer Camera Operator
United States 01 May 1907
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
01 February 1907
Scenes of men and women parading horses.
01 January 1907
Compilation of two shorts also distributed independently: Cricket und Reifenspiel [Croquet and the Arc and Hook Game], and Springschnur und Amazonen [Jump Roping and the Amazons].
11 September 1907
Many demonstrations of the art of Jiu Jitsu are given, and as evidence that this is not a passing fad intended only for the amusement of the public there is illustrated in very thrilling manner how several footpads follow two girls and then in a deserted section of the road make an attack, which is successfully foiled and the perpetrators taken into custody.
01 August 1907
Cheering crowds and much jubilation greet the launch of the Accrington to Oswaldtwistle electric tram service.
01 December 1907
An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.
01 April 1907
A short comical ghost story from the era of affordable nickelodeon movie theaters.
01 January 1907
People and buildings in Falkenberg, Sweden in the early twentieth century.
12 February 1907
The scene of the drama is a block of modern flats. Many of the residents are away at a dance, and the janitor and his staff decide upon a jollification of their own.
17 February 1907
The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet.
01 February 1907
Cattle are driven into the sea and tied to a row boat.
01 February 1907
Various scenes of daily working life at a sugar plantation in Hawaii.
04 July 1907
The fight is a short one, with the defeated boxer knocked out in the first round after going down for the third time.
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