American Experience FDR: Part I (Season 7, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

FDR: Part I (Season 7, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his ...See morePolio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country 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. This is the first of two parts. Written by Anonymous See less

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Name	Known for
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
David McCullough Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Seabiscuit (2003)
Eleanor Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Women in Defense (1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Geoffrey C. Ward Self Self See fewer	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)