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Explores the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, including his battle with polio and his thirteen year administration.
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His radio Fireside Chats were heard in millions of living rooms. He restored hope to a country that had lost it, led the nation during the greatest war in history, and championed the common man. Yet there was nothing common about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, neither his aristocratic beginnings, nor his exuberant personality. FDR goes beyond the familiar words and images to explore his hidden dimensions, creating an intriguing mosaic that includes rare archival film and home movies, newly filmed footage and fascinating interviews with family members, friends, biographers and eyewitnesses to the Roosevelt saga. What emerges is a surprising portrait of a towering figure, one who was called a traitor by his own privileged class and a hero by millions of ordinary Americans.
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