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Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob Riis knew the backstreets and tenements of New York City betterthan anybody else

[Edward Kohn] Jacob Riis knew the backstreets and tenements of New York City better
than anybody else

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- [Edward Kohn] Jacob Riis knew
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the backstreets and tenements
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of New York City better than anybody else.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:23
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Funimation Global Group,BioWare,OXYBOT,Toneplus Animation Studios,T.O. Entertainment,Electronic Arts

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Movie Summary

Two-part series on U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt looking at his work as a progressive reformer as well as his contradictions such as being a passionate conservationist who also hunted animals.
S01 • E02 - I'm with Aldrich, - Theodore Roosevelt 00:13
- I'm with Aldrich,
S01 • E01 And he matched that with a new technology - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
And he matched that with a new technology
S01 • E02 - Well, you know, I sent investigators - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
- Well, you know, I sent investigators
S01 • E01 So he could go into the darkest of the stale beer dives. - Theodore Roosevelt 00:07
So he could go into the darkest of the stale beer dives.
S01 • E02 Now, Senator Aldrich, - Theodore Roosevelt 00:09
Now, Senator Aldrich,
S01 • E01 He could go into the basement tenements - Theodore Roosevelt 00:10
He could go into the basement tenements
S01 • E02 - "We saw meat shoveled from the filthy wooden floors - Theodore Roosevelt 00:13
- "We saw meat shoveled from the filthy wooden floors
S01 • E02 In all of which process it was gathering dirt, - Theodore Roosevelt 00:15
In all of which process it was gathering dirt,
S01 • E01 He'll walk unbeknownst among the people - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
He'll walk unbeknownst among the people
S01 • E01 They find policemen that are drinking in bars - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
They find policemen that are drinking in bars
S01 • E01 And are just outraged and he decides - Theodore Roosevelt 00:05
And are just outraged and he decides
S01 • E02 - [Cecil] He publishes a small part of this report, - Theodore Roosevelt 00:07
- [Cecil] He publishes a small part of this report,
S01 • E01 [murmuring] - Theodore Roosevelt 00:07
[murmuring]
S01 • E02 - And for the first time, - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
- And for the first time,
S01 • E02 He believed that the only agency - Theodore Roosevelt 00:10
He believed that the only agency
S01 • E02 - [Cecil] What's really happening here - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
- [Cecil] What's really happening here
S01 • E01 - Whoever he is, I'm about to knock some sense into him. - Theodore Roosevelt 00:05
- Whoever he is, I'm about to knock some sense into him...
S01 • E02 - But Roosevelt has a real problem on his hands - Theodore Roosevelt 00:20
- But Roosevelt has a real problem on his hands
S01 • E01 It's Roosevelt. - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
It's Roosevelt.
S01 • E01 Now, Mr. Roosevelt, I only stopped here-- - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
Now, Mr. Roosevelt, I only stopped here--