 The two show President William McKinley arriving at the United States Capitol in order to take the oath of office for President of the United States as part of his second inauguration on March 4, 1901.Both were produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, under the direction of Thomas Edison , and in 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the two "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.Edison's crew shot the films on location on March 4, 1901 and released their footage less than two weeks later.