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The Roosevelts

The Storm (1920-1933)

Season 1 Episode 4

Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him. He spends seven years struggling without success to walk again, while Eleanor builds her own personal and political life of. FDR returns to politics in 1928 and acts with such vigor during the first years of the Great Depression that the Democrats nominate him for president.

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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Descriptive Audio: The Common Cause (1939-1944)
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Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Descriptive Audio: The Rising Road (1933-1939)
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Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
Descriptive Audio: The Storm (1920-1933)
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FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Descriptive Audio: The Fire of Life (1910-1919)
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Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Descriptive Audio: In the Arena (1901-1910)
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1:56:20
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
Descriptive Audio: Get Action (1858-1901)
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1:54:57
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
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1:51:33
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
The Common Cause (1939-1944)
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1:55:05
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
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1:56:40
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
The Fire of Life (1910-1919)
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1:56:30
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Theodore Roosevelt at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo
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1:56:20
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
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