FDR
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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.
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Overview
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.
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)
Curtis Roosevelt
Self — Grandson
Bronson Chanler
Self — Hudson Valley Neighbor
Edna Gurewitsch
Self — Roosevelt Family Friend
Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves
Self — Granddaughter
Grenville Clark
Self (archive footage)
James M. Cox
Self (archive footage)
Hugh Gallagher
Self — Biographer
Elmer Loftin
Self — Warm Springs Resident
Robert Fulton Copeland
Self — Warm Springs Resident
H. Stuart Raper
Self — Medical Director, Warm Springs Foundation
Janice Howe Raper
Self — Physical Therapist
Ben C. Fowler
Self — Warm Springs Resident
Alice Converse
Self — Physical Therapist
David Ginsburg
Self — FDR Administration