The Storm (1920-1933) -
roosevelts: an intimate history

Thu, Nov 27 3:00 P.M. NH World (11.3)  

Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him the following summer. He spends seven years struggling without success to walk again, while Eleanor builds a personal and political life of her own. FDR returns to politics in 1928 and, as governor of New York, acts with such vigor and imagination during the first years of the Great Depression that the Democrats turn to him as their presidential nominee in 1932. He survives an attempted assassination as president-elect and at his inauguration tells his frightened countrymen the only thing they have to fear is "fear itself."

Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 104

All broadcast times for this episode: (show all)

Thu, Nov 27

3:00 P.M.

The Storm (1920-1933)     NH World (11.3)

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About Roosevelts: An Intimate History:

The lives of the three great Roosevelts -- Teddy, Franklin and Eleanor -- are captured in this series.

Ken Burns and producer, Paul Barnes describe the lives and times of these three American icons who influenced 20th century American history more than perhaps any other family.

Through wars, revolutions, depressions, movements, the three led the country through what was called America's century.

At times they had little in common but for one thing they always had in common .

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their ability, desire and conviction to lead.

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