American Experience: FDR, Vol. 3 - The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940) (1994)
Genres - Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Politics & Government, Social History |
Run Time - 75 min. |
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Synopsis by Rose of Sharon Winter
This four-part series chronicles the life and political career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In episode three, 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. Archival news clips and photographs, interviews with politicians and friends, and commentary by historians present the story of America's great leader.
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President, Great-Depression, reform [improve], social-change, first-lady, politician, public-policy
