Theodore Roosevelt – The River of Doubt, Part 1

February 10, 2013 25 Comments

Summary Film is Roosevelt Memorial Association compilation of footage from TR’s 1913-1914 trip to South America during which he combined a series of lectures with an expedition in the Amazon Valley of Brazil to collect zoological specimens. The Roosevelt group was combined with a group of Brazilian scientists under the leadership of Col. Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon to explore the course of the uncharted Rio da Dúvida, the River of Doubt. In 1926 George M. Dyott, an English explorer, was asked by the Roosevelt Memorial Association to retrace TR’s voyage down the River of Doubt and to film his trip in order to supplement the footage from the 1914 trip. There are shots of Roosevelt’s party on board the Vandyck; left to right are: Anthony Fiala, George K. Cherrie, an ornithologist, Father John A. Zahm, a friend of TR’s, TR, Kermit Roosevelt, Frank Harper, TR’s secretary, and Leo E. Miller, a mammalogist. TR and his wife, Edith Roosevelt, alight from a small steamer and are met by a uniformed official; location may be Rio de Janeiro. At what is probably the Rio de Janeiro harbor area, there are shots of TR walking, preceded by reporters; TR, with three unidentified men, waves from a carriage; TR is seated in a trolley car, the man next to him (closest to camera) may be Edwin V. Morgan, American Ambassador to Brazil; long shot of the Monroe Palace. On the steps of the Guanabara Palace, Lauro S. Müller, Brazilian Foreign Minister, TR, and others pose. Shots of TR and party …
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25 Responses to “Theodore Roosevelt – The River of Doubt, Part 1”

  1. Vk519 Reply February 10, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    This a workplace?, I thought its a school. No daycare?

  2. X3n0nFr33k Reply February 10, 2013 at 4:04 pm

    7:14 oh my fucking god he must’ve burned his hands so bad

  3. Chris Serano Reply February 10, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    Fuck. I wanna work here

  4. Oneshoe Gaby Reply February 10, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    wait.. no daycare? lol

  5. Oneshoe Gaby Reply February 10, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    LOL what kind of excuse would you have to come up with to call in? “I’m feeling sick, come see our doctor. , ok My cars broke? We got one… my clothes are all dirty… come do a load!”

    lol. but really why would u ever want to call in? LOLOL

  6. Snow Cat Reply February 10, 2013 at 5:36 pm

    We don’t even get a coffee break…. 

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  10. C0mm3n Reply February 10, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    He makes out like hammocks bean bags and ping pong is bettet than evetything shown in the american google HQ lol

  11. Raihan Taher Reply February 10, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    What else do you need in your workplace?? Awesome..

  12. RockOnDoooooooooood Reply February 10, 2013 at 9:03 pm

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  15. EnricoFantini Reply February 10, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    But are there any hot girls working there?

  16. MickeysJunky408 Reply February 10, 2013 at 10:57 pm

    @StormKidification yeah cuz i have sooooo much to gain by lying that i used to work there. i used to work in building GWC3 right off Rengstorff n Garcia. i think i still have my old badge lyin around somewhere. obviously u cant read when i said most of their work is done via temp agencies…of those agencies working on the campuses atLEAST 75% of our staff(of said agencies) was comprised of 18-30 year olds.

  17. darktepig1224 Reply February 10, 2013 at 11:23 pm

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    Yes. It’s called ‘FUCKING IRRITATING VOICE-OVER GUY’.

    It’s the worst type of voice over known to man.

    “What could be better than a free lunch?”  Punching that voice over guy in his moneymaker. That’s what.

  19. TheMayasam Reply February 11, 2013 at 12:20 am

    Damn i hate my job

  20. RacingEF22 Reply February 11, 2013 at 12:23 am

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  21. Toxin08 Reply February 11, 2013 at 1:04 am

    Something seems fishy about this job….

  22. Jason Labarbera Reply February 11, 2013 at 1:45 am

    why cant all offices be like this? i feel like everyone would be so much more productive and happy

  23. airborn101st Reply February 11, 2013 at 2:42 am

    where do i sign up? :P 

  24. samiuseliina Reply February 11, 2013 at 2:56 am

    You don’t have to leave the office ever.

  25. noaverageangelXO Reply February 11, 2013 at 3:36 am

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