President McKinley Inauguration Footage (1901)

Original title

President McKinley Taking the Oath

Directed by

Thomas Edison

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

This is a silent documentary showing President William McKinley on the day of his second inauguration in 1901. It includes two short films: one of him taking the oath and another of his procession to the Capitol.

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What happens

President McKinley Inauguration Footage is the name given to two different short documentary films which were combined as one. The two titles are President McKinley Taking the Oath and President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol. The two show President William McKinley arriving at the United States Capitol in order to take the oath of office of the president of the United States as part of his second inauguration on March 4, 1901. Both were produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, and in 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the two "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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