FDR

4h 30m
HistoryDocumentary
7.1

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the second of four parts.

Cast

David McCullough
Narrator
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)

Crew

David Grubin
Director, Writer, Producer
Michael Bacon
Editor
Llewellyn M. Smith
Editor
Susan Fanshel
Editor
Geof Bartz
Editor
Roger Phenix
Cinematography
Chana Gazit
Producer

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