See restored and colorized footage of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, during the last 22 years of his life from 1897 to 1919. This video brings rare historical film to life, showing Roosevelt in vivid color as he is captured on some of the earliest motion picture cameras ever used. Because of his huge popularity as a political leader, there is more surviving footage of Theodore Roosevelt than almost any other figure of his time. In this collection you can see him wal

Death took Theodore Roosevelt quietly—because if he had been awake, there would have been a fight. On January 6, 1919, the man who charged up Kettle Hill, survived an assassin’s bullet, conquered the Amazon, and reshaped the American presidency died peacefully in his sleep. From a frail, asthmatic child to the embodiment of the “strenuous life,” Roosevelt lived by action, courage, and willpower. He battled monopolies, built national parks, sent his sons to war, and never backed down from hardshi