I watched the film on Teddy Roosevelt, and I found that the film showed a lot of what I had already learned from writing my report. If I was to do this project again with different sources, I would have used this one. This film was a lot like the information that I was shown in my sources. This video showed all of the presidents he had associations with including President McKinley and Benjamin Harrison. During this scene it talked about Roosevelt’s promotion in the Navy. I think that this film could be used for next year as a history film. One thing that seemed to occur throughout the couse of this film is that Roosevelt wasn’t into the idea of holding a place or a title like the president he became.

There was a difference from reading about Teddy Roosevelt and watching the film about him. Reading about him just gave the information about him, but watching the film showed images of competitors, family, and even some pieces from his journal. It showed a part from when his first wife died and it had a big x on the page, and the journal said the “Light has gone out of my life.” When I saw this, it actually made me feel more of what he was feeling, and I had more of a connection. Hearing his words spoken were a lot more real. Another scene showed him training in weightlifting and boxing. It gave the feeling that he was getting ready for his life. It sort of made me feel that he was a famous boxer getting ready for a boxing match, but he was really just trying to be healthier. I also noticed how his political enemies tried to get him to run for vice president to try to get him out of their hair. They thought the position of the vice president was not that big of a deal and they didn’t think he would be commanding much. But then when President William McKinley died and Roosevelt became the president, their plan to get him out of the way backfired. Now they were under his lead.