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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. Available with English audio, English captions, Spanish audio, Spanish captions, and Audio Description.

Watch the introduction to The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Funding is provided by Bank of America; CPB; Mr. Jack C. Taylor; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The NEH; Rosalind P. Walter; Members of The Better Angels Society, including Jessica & John Fullerton; The Pfeil Foundation: David, Mindy, Robert & Daniel Pfeil; Joan Wellhouse Newton; Bonnie & Tom McCloskey; and The Golklin Family.
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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Extras
Timeline Clip - Theodore Roosevelt has dinner with Booker T. Washington.
Timeline Clip - Theodore Roosevelt’s Views On Civilization
FDR's New Deal brought great relief to the American People.
Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt all overcame adversity to achieve greatness.
FDR's New York 1944 Campaign took him to Ebbets Field in the rain.
FDR opens his campaign with a humorous speech about Fala, his scottie dog.
FDR begins his slow recovery after polio.
Theodore Roosevelt believed in the survival of the fittest and 'might makes right.'
James Roosevelt married Sara Delano and they settle down in Hyde Park.
Theodore Roosevelt becomes Police Commissioner of New York.
Specials
On Dec. 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and drew the United States into the war
Al Smith and other political enemies claimed that the new deal was making things worse
FDR started talking straight to the American people using a new medium- radio
FDR and ER helped to integrate the war effort
In the the summer of 1921 Franklin Delano Roosevelt contracts polio
FDR buys Warm Springs and creates a rehab center for polio sufferers.
In 1928 FDR decides to run for New York Governor
FDR embraced the press and used them to communicate with voters
President and Mrs. Harry Truman have lunch with Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House
Timeline Clip - Theodore Roosevelts time at Harvard
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