Songs from Movies

Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

The movie Teddy the Rough Rider, released in 1940, features 4 songs from artists like the studio orchestra. What is your favorite song from Teddy the Rough Rider?

 

Songs from Teddy the Rough Rider

America
the studio orchestra
A Hot Time in the Old Town
the studio orchestra
Auld Lang Syne
the studio orchestra
There's a Long, Long Trail
the studio orchestra