The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - Season 1 - Eps 4: The Storm (1920-1933)

Name: Eps 4: The Storm (1920-1933)
Released: 2014-09-17
Rating: 3.9

2014-09-17 • 117 min • ⭐ 7.7/10

Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him. He spends seven years struggling without success to walk again, while Eleanor builds her own personal and political life of. FDR returns to politics in 1928 and acts with such vigor during the first years of the Great Depression that the Democrats nominate him for president.

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About The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Title: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

First Air Date: 2014-09-14

Last Air Date: 2014-09-20

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.7/10 (from 37 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 7

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary, History, War & Politics

Production Companies: Florentine Films, WETA

Synopsis

Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.