FDR

Season 1

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered the United States through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin.

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S1 E1 - Part 1
October 10, 1994
1 h 44 min
TV-PG
Explore Roosevelt's family background and education and follow his early political career and his courtship of his distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt and their troubled marriage. The story continues with Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 39 and his struggle to rehabilitate his body and his political career.
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S1 E2 - Part 2
October 11, 1994
2 h 17 min
TV-PG
A look at the first two terms of Roosevelt's presidency, his struggle with the Depression, how he hid his physical disability from the American people, and how his relationship with his wife affected his personal and professional lives. Also explored -- FDR's management of WWII, including his growing personal ties to Winston Churchill and his relationship with Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union.
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