FDR
Title:
FDR
Author:
Grubin, David, screenwriter, producer.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, CA. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2008]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (257 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from his childhood as the coddled child of wealthy parents, through his marriage to distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt and devastating illness with polio, to his service as President of the United States for unprecedented four terms during the crises of the Great Depression and World War II.
General Note:
Parts 1-2 based on Before the trumpet and A first class temperament, by Geoffrey C. Ward; part 4 based on No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in WWII, by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Originally broadcast in 1994 on American experience.
DVD special feature : Teacher's guide (PDF).
MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian rating PG.
Language:
English
Contents:
Disc 1. Part 1: Introduction -- The center of the world -- E is an angel -- A secret ambition -- The discovery -- Part 2: Fear itself -- The Larooco -- Rebirth -- The return -- Mr. President. Disc 2. Part 3: Introduction -- The grandest job in the world -- First days in office -- Re-elected -- Part four: The juggler -- The incident -- Operation torch -- No one to love -- Springtime in Georgia.
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
ISBN:
9781415738474
9781608837229
UPC:
841887052412
841887017251
Format :
DVD
