American Experience - Season 7 Episode 1 : FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)

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American Experience - Season 7 Episode 1 : FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)
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Title:American Experience - Season 7 Episode 1 : FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)
Genre: Documentary
Air Date: 1994-10-12
Season Number: 7
Episodes Number: 1
Guest Stars: David McCullough (Narrator (voice)), Franklin D. Roosevelt (Self (archive footage)), Harry S. Truman (Self (archive footage)), Joseph Stalin (Self (archive footage)), Eleanor Roosevelt (Self (archive footage)), Winston Churchill (Self (archive footage))
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Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered the United States 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 first episode looks at the early life of FDR. Born into a wealthy family, there was little about his youth that would suggest the giant of history that he would become. His entry into state politics and a significant meeting with a woman named Eleanor would change his life and the course of a nation.
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