FDR

Name: FDR
Genre: Documentary
Cast: David McCullough, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Geoffrey C. Ward

Documentary0.0•1994•243m per episode•1 season · 2 episodes

Status: Ended
Language: English
Studio: Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Cast

David McCullough
Narrator
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
James Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Geoffrey C. Ward
Self — Biographer
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self — Biographer
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Self — Eleanor Roosevelt Biographer
Herbert Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Thomas J. Walsh
Self (archive footage)
John Nance Garner
Self (archive footage)
C
Curtis Roosevelt
Self — Grandson
B
Bronson Chanler
Self — Hudson Valley Neighbor

Storyline

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.