American Experience - Season 7
Season 7
Episodes
FDR: The Center of the World (1882-1921)
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. FDR is 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.
FDR: Fear Itself (1922-1933)
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. FDR is a film by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin.
In this second episode, the subject is FDR's courageous fight with polio. With his wife Eleanor Roosevelt at his side, FDR wins the Democratic nomination for president. He takes office at the beginning of the Great Depression. Exhorting the nation to keep the faith, FDR utters his famous words: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
FDR: The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940)
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. FDR is a film by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin.
In the third episode, the subject is FDR's leadership of America during the Great Depression. The nation turned to this son of great wealth for a host of social programs that promised a New Deal for the common man.
FDR: The Juggler (1940-1945)
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. FDR is a film by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin.
The portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt concludes with his years as president (1932 until his death in 1945), how he dealt with the Great Depression, and his link with Winston Churchill during World War II.
Telegrams from the Dead
Midnight Ramble
Battle of the Bulge
One Woman, One Vote
America's War on Poverty
The programs devised to help the American underclass in the 1960s and their successes and failures.
The Way West: Westward (1845-1864)
The Way West: Approach of Civilization (1865-1869)
The Way West: War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)
The Way West: Ghost Dance (1877-1893)
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