Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband's death, Eleanor Roosevelt proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right, as well as a champion of civil rights, civil liberties and the United Nations. When she dies in 1962, she is mourned everywhere as the First Lady of the World.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes and 39 seconds
Episode Number: 107
Sun, Aug 3 | 3:00 P.M. | A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962) NHPBS (11.1) |
Mon, Aug 4 | 3:00 A.M. | A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962) NHPBS (11.1) |
Fri, Aug 8 | 9:00 P.M. | A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962) NH Explore (11.2) |
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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