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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most revered and influential Americans of this century. The subject of hundreds of books and countless plays, films, and television programs, he has become an icon for an entire generation. Until this definitive 4-hour documentary based on two books by senior creative consultant and FDR biographer Geoffrey Ward, the personal motivations and physical and emotional trails that marked his life remained elusive.
First Aired
Oct 11, 1994
Last Aired
Oct 12, 1994
Seasons
1
Episodes
2
Studio
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, David Grubin Productions, GBH, WGBH Educational Foundation (US)
Cast
Full credits →D
David McCullough
Narrator
F
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
E
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
J
James Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
G
Geoffrey C. Ward
Self — Biographer
D
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self — Biographer
H
Herbert Hoover
Self (archive footage)
J
James M. Cox
Self (archive footage)
