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Descriptive Audio: The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

Season 1 Episode 17 | 1hr 56m 30s

Theodore Roosevelt leads a Progressive crusade that splits his own party, campaigns for American entry into World War I — and pays a terrible personal price. Franklin masters wartime Washington as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, while Eleanor finds personal salvation in war work. Her discovery of Franklin’s romance with another woman transforms their marriage into a largely political partnership.

Aired: 09/15/14
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.
Extras
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
The film weaves the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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.