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This clip contains footage of American and naval vessels and Mark Twain. It begins with various shots of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet,” the United States Naval battle fleet that he dispatched. A panning shot of the walls and contents of the library of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s estate. A shot of a fire in the fire place. A shot of the bookshelf. A CU of books he wrote. A shot that zooms in on a book on a desk. A CU of the pages of Mark Twain’s “Life on the Mississippi.” A shot of Mark Twain. A shot of Mark Twain having tea with his two daughters. A WS of a steam boat on the Mississippi river. Various shots of a steam boat.