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Teddy the Rough Rider

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This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

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Released
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Language
English
  • usa president
  • biography
  • us republican party
  • historical
  • spanish–american war (1898)
  • integrity
  • usa politics
  • anti-corruption
  • short film
  • usa foreign policy
  • american history
  • deterrence theory

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Director

Ray Enright

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical21 Feb 1940

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Teddy the Rough Rider was released on 21 February 1940.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/10/2025

    6/10

    Sidney Blackmer certainly couldn’t be accused of being half-hearted with his downright ebullient portrayal of American politician Teddy Roosevelt. Beginning with his determination to rid the police department of it’s corruption through to his visionary anticipation of the Spanish-American War before his election as Governor of New York. In all of those positions he managed to irritate just about every vested interest…

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